Archive item cramming

Hi, I am trying to cram shortcodes into the archive item using the alignment param as i read in one of Paolo’s comments in this forum.

However, i am not able to get more than one shortcode in one line, even if i align differently left and right, they appear on different rows (see image)

This is what my archive item looks like:

[gd_archive_item_section type=’open’ position=’left’][gd_post_images type=”image” ajax_load=”1″ link_to=”post” types=”image_test” limit=”1″ limit_show=”1″ image_size=”medium”][gd_archive_item_section type=’close’ position=’left’][gd_archive_item_section type=’open’ position=’right’][gd_post_title tag=’h2′]

[gd_post_meta key=”arealocality” show=”value” alignment=”left”]
[gd_post_rating alignment=”left” show=”stars”]
[gd_post_badge key=”featured” condition=”is_not_empty” badge=”Verified” bg_color=”#0073aa” txt_color=”#ffffff” alignment=”right”]
[gd_post_distance]

[gd_archive_item_section type=’close’ position=’right’]

Any suggestions on how i can get the stars and verified badge in the same line?

thanks very much,
Vivek