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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH The Royals won two of three at Anaheim, but Jeremy Guthrie was the surprise losing pitcher in the middle game of the series. Guthrie yielded four home runs in a 6-2 loss Tuesday...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Jarrod Dyson was perhaps playing himself into a platoon situation in the Royals outfield, but that is on hold now for a doctor's exam. Dyson started in center field Wednesday...

MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Ned Yost continues his search for a viable leadoff hitter. Alex Gordon was the Royals' leadoff hitter to begin the season, but Yost opted last week to move him to the third slot in anticipation of...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Billy Butler and the Royals knew this wouldn't last. And it didn't. Butler was mired in a 4-for-35 skid, but on Monday he broke out of that with a 5-for-5 game, the second five-hit...

RHP Jeremy Guthrie will start Tuesday for the Royals against the Angels. Guthrie has not lost in his past 18 starts and has won 10 consecutive decisions, one short of the Royals club record. RF Jeff Francoeur was not in the starting lineup Monday against...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Royals 11, Angels 4 Royals 11, Angels 4: Billy Butler went 5-for-5 with five RBIs as visiting Kansas City took the opener of the three-game series. Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain and Salvador Perez contributed three hits...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Haakenson, The Sports Xchange Royals 11, Angels 4 ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Billy Butler snapped out of a slump in a big way, collecting five hits and five RBIs as the Kansas City Royals routed the Los Angeles Angels 11-4 Monday...

The Sports Xchange By Joe Haakenson, The Sports Xchange Butler's five RBIs propel Royals to win over Angels ANAHEIM, Calif. -- It was only a matter of time. The way Kansas City Royals manager Ned Yost saw it, Billy Butler, his struggling designated...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH While the No. 4 hitter is customarily a run producer, the Royals had gotten little offense from that slot -- until Monday night. Designated hitter Billy Butler snapped out of his...

CF Mike Trout came into Sunday's series finale in Chicago scorching hot at the plate. Trout was hitting .356 with 13 RBIs in the prior 11 games, with nine of his previous 15 hits going for extra bases -- three doubles, two triples and four home runs. He...

The Los Angeles Angels were denied in their bid for a season-high four-game winning streak when they were held to one hit in Sunday's series finale against the Chicago White Sox. The Angels will look to regain some momentum when they host the Kansas...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH James Shields was acquired in the December seven-player blockbuster trade with the Rays to be the staff ace. His 2-3 record would not indicate ace status, but that is far from the...