Gavin Williams, Guardians extend Royals' skid to six

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Lane Thomas and Josh Naylor each homered, Gavin Williams tossed seven strong innings and the visiting Cleveland Guardians beat Kansas City 4-2 on Monday to hand the Royals their sixth straight loss.

Kansas City (75-64) was held to two hits in the opener of the three-game series and fell 4 1/2 games behind American League Central-leading Cleveland (79-59).

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