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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...

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...

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...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Jeremy Guthrie gave up a run for the first time in three starts, but his unbeaten streak remains alive. Guthrie picked up the 6-2 victory Thursday night against the Orioles,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Alex Gordon had batted leadoff and Alcides Escobar second in the Royals' first 30 games this year. With the offense sputtering, manager Ned Yost decided Thursday night it was time...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Manager Ned Yost pulled right-hander James Shields, who shutout the Chicago White Sox on two hits for eight innings Monday. He said Tuesday he would still have made the same...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Royals' righty Luke Hochevar has gone from the first pick in the 2006 draft, to the 2011 Opening Day start, to the bullpen in 2013. Hochevar, who didn't play in a 2-1 extra-...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH There will be a premium matchup Monday at Kauffman Stadium, although it was not what the Royals wanted when this series began with the White Sox. A Friday rainout that was moved...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Kansas City Royals - INSIDE PITCH Mike Moustakas went from struggling to smoking, offensively. Moustakas was hitting a puny .130, 9-for-69, on April 25 at Detroit with two doubles being his only extra-base hits....