finish in the series finale. Cook, pitching because closer Grant Balfour was unavailable, allowed two-out singles to Billy Butler and Eric Hosmer in the ninth. Mike Moustakas then worked a full count off Cook before grounding out to end the game
hold up in front of a rare sellout crowd at the Oakland Coliseum. The A's also beat Kansas City 2-1 on Friday. Billy Butler singled twice and drove in the only run for Kansas City, which has lost nine of 12. Oakland didn't get much else
12 for 26) in his last seven games, and .368 (7 for 19) in his last six against the Royals. Kansas City's Billy Butler delivered a bloop single with two outs in the first inning Saturday, but the Royals went 1 for 7 with runners in scoring
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Lorenzo Cain hit a three-run double and Billy Butler capped his most productive series of the season with a two-run single, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 9-5 victory over
with 19 hits in Monday's 11-4 victory. Kansas City entered the series averaging 3.3 runs over a 1-6 stretch. Billy Butler went 3 for 28 in that span, then broke out versus Los Angeles, going 8 for 13 with nine RBIs. "Keeping those losing
Updated May 14, 2013 2:37 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) So much for Billy Butler 's offensive drought. Butler broke out of a severe slump with five hits and five RBIs, and the Kansas City Royals kept Joe Blanton
leaving without a decision in a 7-5 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday. He'll have to find a way to cool off Billy Butler , who is 7 for 9 with a homer, three doubles and seven RBIs in the first two games of this series. Alex Gordon went
seven-plus innings and struck out seven. Both runs against the left-hander were knocked in by the suddenly hot Billy Butler , who had an RBI double in the fourth and a homer in the sixth. ''He mixes speeds well, locates, and he just knows
dropped three in a row and six of seven before opening its nine-game trip with an 11-4 victory in Anaheim on Monday. Billy Butler broke out of a 4-for-35 slump with the second five-hit game of his career and five RBIs as the Royals reached