MEDICAL WATCH: RHP Leo Nunez (tear in right lat) went on the 15-day disabled list May 28. 

--Manager Trey Hillman called a pregame team meeting, the Royals' second meeting in five days, but it did not help spark the team to snap an 11-game losing streak. 

At the age of 22, Billy Butler was to be one of the cornerstones for the Royals' youth movement. 

Start after start, Cliff Lee is proving he could be en route to a special season. 

If Jose Guillen's profanity-filled tirade was meant to light a fire under the lethargic Kansas City Royals, Kevin Slowey did a good job of dousing the flames. 

Jose Guillen's profanity-filled tirade moments after the Kansas City Royals squandered a five-run lead and lost their 10th game in a row earned the outspoken outfielder a big thumbs-up from his frustrated bosses. 

--RHP Leo Nunez was placed on the 15-day disabled list after the loss Wednesday with a Grade 2 tear of his right lat. 

MEDICAL WATCH: RF David DeJesus (hives) left the May 28 game. 

Jose Guillen, the Royals' walking time bomb, blew up with a profanity-laced tirade after the team's losing streak reached 10 games Wednesday night. 

This one hit the Kansas City Royals like a sucker punch to the belly, and perhaps planted the seeds of an ugly clubhouse rebellion. 

Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins, after rallying for five runs in the ninth, beat Kansas City 9-8 Wednesday night to stun the reeling Royals with their 10th straight loss. 

Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins, after rallying for five runs in the ninth, beat Kansas City 9-8 Wednesday night to stun the reeling Royals with their 10th straight loss. 

Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins, after rallying for five runs in the ninth, beat Kansas City 9-8 Wednesday night to stun the reeling Royals with their 10th straight loss. 

Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins, after rallying for five runs in the ninth, beat Kansas City 9-8 Wednesday night to stun the reeling Royals with their 10th straight loss. 

Justin Morneau hit a leadoff homer in the 10th inning and the Minnesota Twins, after rallying for five runs in the ninth, beat Kansas City 9-8 Wednesday night to stun the reeling Royals with their 10th straight loss.