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ARLINGTON, Texas -- A forgettable weekend series ended a forgettable month for the Kansas City Royals.Mitch Moreland homered for the fifth time in his last five starts and Lucas Harrell won in his Texas debut as the Rangers beat the Royals 5-3 on Sunday to finish a sweep of the four-game series.Eric Hosmer and Drew Butera homered for Kansas City, which has lost eight of its last nine games and 10 of its last 11 road games. The defending World Series champions went 7-19 in July, their worst month since recording the same record in July 2012, and havent won consecutive games since June 29-30.We take probably the last couple of weeks and try to forget that, Hosmer said. Times are rough. ... Everyones doing what they need to do to try to win. Its just not happening.Dillon Gee (3-5) gave up two-run homers to Moreland and Nomar Mazara and allowed seven hits over six innings in his longest start of the season. He had a 6.43 ERA in six previous starts.Made a couple mistakes that they obviously capitalized on, said Gee, who pitched collegiately at Texas-Arlington and makes his off-season home in nearby Fort Worth. He said he went to the well, too often on Mazara, with a curveball that had previously fooled him. Gee said the scouting report on Moreland was to pitch him down and in. Moreland sent such a cutter just inside the right-field foul pole.Seems like now hes changed his approach a little bit, Gee said.Moreland was 8 for 13 with four homers in the series, including a walk-off winner on Saturday night.Im trying to go up there and have good at-bats, he said. It definitely worked out well for me this series.The Royals hit 2 for 25 with runners in scoring position during the sweep. Their 17-36 road record is the worst in the majors and is only one loss short of last seasons total.Kansas Citys 12-game deficit in the American League Central is its largest since closing the 2012 season 16 games out.Just waiting for it to pick up, manager Ned Yost said. Efforts not the issue. Its the production.Before the game, the Royals placed closer Wade Davis on the 15-day disabled list with what Yost called a mild flexor strain. Yost said its the same injury that sent Davis, who has converted 21 of 23 save opportunities this season, to the DL in early July.Hopefully hell be back around the end of the 15 days, Yost said.BIZARRE DAY FOR HOSMERHosmers first-inning home run was an opposite-field shot that struck low off the left-field foul pole 332 feet away. He couldnt recall hitting the opposite foul pole in his career.Later, his bat snapped on a foul tip and flew into the stands, leaving him holding only the knob.I barely touched the ball, Hosmer said. I guess the bat was due to go at some point. It was one of the weirder feelings Ive ever had.SHORT HOPSThe temperature was 96 degrees at first pitch and reached 99. ... Rangers manager Jeff Banister gave CF Ian Desmond and SS Elvis Andrus the day off ahead of Mondays travel day. ... The Royals released Triple-A Omaha OF Travis Snider. He hit a combined .232 last season playing 87 games for Baltimore and Pittsburgh.TRAINERS ROOMWith Davis put on the DL, LHP Matt Strahm was brought up from Double-A Northwest Arkansas and made his major league debut. He faced three batters and allowed one earned run. ... Rangers RF Shin-Soo Choo (back) did rehab work Sunday for the second straight day and reported no discomfort. He hopes to be ready when eligible for re-activation on Thursday.UP NEXTRoyals: LHP Danny Duffy (6-1) will start the series opener at Tampa Bay on Monday. Duffy has five wins and four no-decisions in his last nine starts, most recently losing on June 6.Texas: RHP Yu Darvish (2-2) will make his seventh start since starting his season in late May following Tommy John surgery when the Rangers open a series at Baltimore on Tuesday. Both losses have come since returning from the disabled list on July 16 following shoulder discomfort.---This version has been corrected to show the Royals were 2 for 25 with runners in scoring position for the series. Keith Hernandez Jersey . Francis told several hundred members of the European Olympic Committees that when sport "is considered only in economic terms and consequently for victory at every cost . Ramon Urias Cardinals Jersey . Those lessons were more than enough to overwhelm the Utah Jazz. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Indiana Pacers star Paul George has two missions at the Rio Olympics: Win his first gold medal and lift the spirits of fallen French gymnast Samir Ait Said.Between his 15- and 20-point performances in the Americans first two basketball victories in these Olympics, George was watching on television when Ait Said suffered a gruesome leg injury reminiscent of the compound fracture George suffered in Las Vegas on Aug. 1, 2014, in a Team USA scrimmage.Following Team USAs 44-point victory Monday night over Venezuela, George repeated his vow to build a friendship with the gymnast and to use himself as an example of an athlete who can make a full recovery from such a catastrophic fall.At some point ?Im going to go over there and have a chat with him, sit down with him, try to be an inspiration to him, George said. I know what its like going through it. Hopefully any words I can give is useful for him.Attempts to set up a meeting Monday had to be postponed because of Team USAs game-day schedule, but George has been talking for days about the ppainful sight of Ait Said breaking his left leg after an awkward landing after two backward flips.ddddddddddddIt would be an easy story to tell, George said of the message he plans to give Ait Said. I came back stronger and better for it. For his case, hopefully hes more athletic and its a story that, as well as mine, can inspire as well.Its all about encouragement, keeping his head into it. I know for him its tough, an Olympian, a gymnast, their window is just as small as ours. Hes probably been training his whole life for this opportunity. I will definitely be in his corner for him.?When Said was initially injured, George posted a consoling message on Twitter.George missed all but six games of the 2014-15 season in the wake of his injury before returning with a real flourish last season, earning his third career All-Star selection, averaging 23.1 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.1 assists in leading the Pacers to the playoffs. ' ' '