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
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
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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