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Royals continue slide in 6-5 loss to Houston

"It's been a bad couple of weeks," admitted veteran Miguel Tejada, who hit a three-run homer while starting at third base in place of slumping Mike Moustakas.

George Brett: Moustakas isn't the Royals' only young, struggling third baseman

"A one-for-34 skid has plunged Moustakas' batting average 42 points in the past 1 �1/2 weeks.

Royals again offer little support for Shields in loss to Athletics

But Parker kept the score 1-0 by retiring Mike Moustakas on a routine fly to center.

Royals ride seven-run third inning to victory over Angels

They scored once in the second inning on successive two-out doubles by Mike Moustakas and Salvy Perez against Angels starter Barry Enright before blowing the game open in the third.

Royals beat Angels 9-5 with 7-run 3rd inning

Mike Moustakas doubled with two out in the Royals' second, ending an 0 for 18 drought going back to his home run off the Yankees' Phil Hughes last Friday.

Recap: LA Angels vs. Kansas City

After Mike Moustakas grounded out to second, Perez clubbed a double to center to bring Eric Hosmer and Cain around.

Yankees sweep slumping Royals with 4-2 win

And Billy Butler (.228), Mike Moustakas (.209) and Jeff Francoeur (.229) all continued to scuffle, combining to go one for 11.

Pettitte and Rivera still too much for Royals in 3-2 loss to Yankees

Shields should have been out of the inning when Cano hit a routine grounder to third, but Moustakas threw wildly for an error that enabled Nix to score for a 1-0 lead.

Royals pounded by Overbay, Yankees in 11-6 loss

"Jarrod Dyson hit a three-run shot for the Royals, just the second homer of his career, and Mike Moustakas went deep in his second straight game.

Royals back Guthrie with three homers, halt skid with 6-2 win over Orioles

"It's been a tough stretch for us with all of the rainouts, the push-backs and delays and everything," said third baseman Mike Moustakas, who hit one of the three homers.

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Royals' Francoeur says it's tough not to press as slump deepens

Moustakas, 24, is part of the franchise's youth core.

Ned Yost 'probably' will shift Kelvin Herrera out of eighth-inning role

"I want to be able to produce right there," Moustakas said.

More misery for Royals as A's sweep series with 4-3 win

"I'm battling, there's no getting around it," said Moustakas, whose average dipped to .178.

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Joe Blogs: Jeff Francoeur and ANT

But there's little-to-no ANT spoken about Hosmer and Moustakas.

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