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10:10 pm EDT Sat Aug 7, 2010

It wasn’t long ago that the Kansas City Royals led the majors in batting, but many of the players responsible for that production are no longer on the team - and their offense has suffered. The Royals look to get their sputtering offense untracked Saturday night when they continue a weekend series against the Seattle Mariners. Kansas City has a .278 average to rank second in the majors, but now the Royals are clearly back in a rebuilding phase. They designated veteran Jose Guillen for assignment on Thursday, even though the slugger led the team with 16 homers and 62 RBIs. Top hitter David DeJesus is out for the season with a thumb injury, and Scott Podsednik, Rick Ankiel and Alberto Callaspo have all been traded. The result is unproven young players like Gregor Blanco and Kila Ka’aihue getting chances to play, and Kansas City has totaled seven runs in losing three of four to start this nine-game West Coast road trip.

The Royals lineup is further depleted this weekend since former Mariners shortstop Yuniesky Betancourt is expected to miss the series to be with his wife in Miami at the delivery of their first child. Kansas City fell 7-1 on Friday as Seattle starter Luke French scattered nine hits in eight innings. The Mariners ended a three-game slide against the Royals and beat reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Zack Greinke for the first time. Seattle scored its most runs since an 8-1 win over Detroit on July 4. Ryan Langerhans homered among his three hits and Chone Figgins drove in three runs. Bruce Chen will start for Kansas City. He gave up three runs over five innings Sunday to earn a 5-4 win over Baltimore after going 0-3 with a 7.97 ERA in his previous four outings.