But the appeal was rejected and Shah progressed to 38 before being given another reprieve when he chipped a catch straight to Sam Wells at mid-on after mis-timing a drive off Mark Gillespie.

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Wells opened the scoring with a homer against Mark Buehrle in the second that hit the left field foul screen, his fifth of the season and second in two days.

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"The consumer looks a lot more precarious than he did a few weeks ago, " said Mark Vitner, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities.

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