Valencia, Spain (SportsNetwork.com) - Valencia continued its push for a Champions League spot on Saturday as Alvaro Negredo came off the bench to rescue a 3-2 win over Almeria with a goal in the 83rd minute at the Mestalla. The two sides shared four first-half goals as Valencia struck through Dani Parejo and Rodrigo Moreno, while Tomer Hemed was on target twice in the opening 45 minutes for Almeria. But with the match seemingly headed for a draw, Negredo came through with his second goal of the season for Los Che with seven minutes to play, moving the club level with third-place Atletico Madrid on 38 points. It took the home side 11 minutes to move in front when Parejo played a ball wide to Antonio Barragan and then raced to the near post to latch onto a cross and redirect the ball into the net. But Almeria had an answer two minutes later as Wellington Silva got down the left wing and delivered a near-post cross for Hemed to poke past goalkeeper Diego Alves. The goals continued in the 28th minute and Valencia regained the lead when Paco Alcacer was released into the area and squared the ball for Rodrigo to slot home. However, Almeria hit back again within five minutes as Hemeds deflected header left Alves with no chance in the Valencia net and he was left to watch it sail into the top corner. Hemed nearly completed his hat trick by nodding a ball off the crossbar late in the first half, but Valencia introduced Negredo with 30 minutes to play and he made his impact felt, twice testing goalkeeper Julian Cuesta before heading home the winning goal in the 83rd from a Jose Luis Gaya cross. Villarreal kept itself firmly in the race for a European spot with a 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao on Saturday as Denis Cheryshev scored a few minutes before halftime for the Yellow Submarine and Bruno Soriano converted a penalty kick seven minutes from time to seal the win. 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Vargas (10-5) allowed one run on four this and struck out three, but had his scoreless innings streak snapped at 17 when Oswaldo Arcia hit a solo homer in the seventh. Perez had two hits and two RBIs before leaving in the seventh because of discomfort in his right knee, helping the Royals win for the 21st time in 26 games. Kansas City extended its lead over the idle Detroit Tigers in the AL Central to two games. Trevor May (0-2) gave up three runs on seven hits and walked four in 4 2-3 innings for the Twins. When Perez left, Kratz came in as a pinch hitter and broke his bat on a pitch from Anthony Swarzak, but still managed to muscle it over the wall in left field for a 4-0 lead. Kratz added a solo shot to centre in the ninth for his first multihomer game. The drives proved even more important when Trevor Plouffe hit a three-run homer off Aaron Crow in the ninth inning. "Its great to help the team out when you do get in there for any bench guy," Kratz said. Greg Holland came on for his 38th save in 40 tries. Josh Willingham had three hits and Alex Gordon and Billy Butler each had two for the Royals, who have won eight straight series for the first time since 1991. May made his major league debut on Aug. 9, and it was a rough one. He walked seven batters in two innings and gave up four runs. He breezed through four innings of his home debut, but walked the bases loaded in thhe fifth.dddddddddddd. Perez followed with a two-run single and Butler added an RBI single to give the Royals a 3-0 lead. That was enough for Vargas, who has dominated the Twins this season. He retired 10 in a row from the second through sixth while his offence built him a cushion. "Salvis a huge part of our team, but we have to keep him healthy and keep him in it for the long haul," Vargas said. "For Kratz to come in and step up and go big fly twice was pretty nice, especially when they were able to extend the game a little bit there. Those two home runs really counted." TRAINERS ROOM Royals: Perez is day to day with a sore knee. Manager Ned Yost said Perez tweaked a tendon in his knee while running the bases in the fifth inning, but was removed purely as a precaution. Twins: Byron Buxton, one of the top prospects in baseball, flew to Fort Myers, Florida, to begin his recovery after a nasty outfield collision at Double-A New Britain. GM Terry Ryan said Buxton had a stiff neck and some headaches, but nothing more serious. Ryan said he doubts Buxton will play again this season. "Were all fortunate it ended up the way it ended up," Ryan said. "Weve seen collisions in our day, but that one ranked right up there." UP NEXT The Royals open a two-game interleague series in Colorado. RHP James Shields (11-6, 3.29 ERA) starts the opener against LHP Tyler Matzek (2-8, 5.50). The Twins stay home for a three-game series against Cleveland. RHP Kyle Gibson (11-9, 3.96) starts the opener against RHP Trevor Bauer (4-7, 4.35). EARLY EXIT Twins manager Ron Gardenhire didnt stick around very long. When plate umpire Chris Segal called Joe Mauer out on strikes in the first inning, the mild-mannered first baseman argued that he fouled the third strike and it hit the dirt before Perez caught it. Segal disagreed, and Gardenhire came to Mauers defence before returning to the bench. Moments later, Segal ejected Gardenhire after the conversation apparently continued from the dugout. It was the fifth time this season and 72nd time in his career that Gardenhire was ejected. 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