KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Royals Jeremy Guthrie grinded through five shaky innings. Third baseman Mike Moustakas grinded through a calf strain thats still causing him trouble. The rest of the Kansas City offence ground up Rays starter Jeremy Hellickson. Salvador Perez hit a three-run homer, Billy Butler also went deep and the Royals romped to an 11-1 victory over Tampa Bay on Monday in a steamy makeup of a snowed-out game from early May. Perez finished with four RBIs, Butler drove in three runs and Moustakas also drove in a pair as the Royals won their second straight following a seven-game slide. "Were a good team. Were a good-hitting ballclub," Moustakas said. "We knew wed be able to get to the pitcher early and score some runs." Hellickson (10-8) allowed five runs in just 2 2-3 innings for Tampa Bay. It was the struggling right-handers shortest start since June 30, 2012, when he went the same distance in a game against Detroit before getting pelted in the leg by a line drive. "The offence to me looks like it is back on track," Royals manager Ned Yost said. Guthrie (13-10) allowed six hits and three walks but twice delivered timely strikeouts. He fanned Kelly Johnson with two aboard to end the third inning, and then struck out David DeJesus on a called third strike to leave the bases loaded in the fourth. Rays manager Joe Maddon argued that the call and was tossed by plate umpire Greg Gibson. "Its been exasperating. They beat us up. We dont like Kansas City," Maddon said, "except for the food. The Plaza is nice and the barbeque, and this is one of the best ballparks in the American League, in all of baseball really, but they just beat us up." James Loney drove in the only run for the Rays, who no doubt rued having to make the quick trip to Kansas City in the midst of a six-game homestand. They began the day a game back of the Red Sox in the AL East and lead the American League wild-card standings. It seemed like a season ago when the teams first tried to play. The temperature was 41 degrees with a wind chill of 21 at first pitch on May 2, and Kauffman Stadium resembled a snow globe by the fourth inning as flurries fell. The game called with the Royals leading 1-0. It was 93 degrees at first pitch Monday, making for a 52-degree difference from the original date. Sunny skies and a slight breeze made it feel even warmer. The biggest subplot to the game wasnt the weather, though, but the return of Myers to Kansas City. The former minor league player of the year was the key to a seven-player trade last December that netted the Royals starting pitchers James Shields and Wade Davis. Myers hadnt played at the K since the All-Star Futures Game in 2012, when he went 2 for 4 and drove in the three runs. He didnt fare nearly as well against big league pitching, either: He went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts, slamming his bat down after a pop out in the fifth inning. "The fans kinds of wore me out in right field," he said, "otherwise it was good." The Royals struck first on Butlers RBI single in the first, but they didnt really break through until the third inning. Three straight hits and a walk scored two runs, a sacrifice fly added another, and Justin Maxwells RBI single helped drive Hellickson from the game. Hellickson fell to 0-5 in his last six starts. Hes made it through five innings once. "Its very frustrating when you dont give your team a chance to win at all, 5-0 in the third," he said. "You dont give them a chance to come back." The Royals tacked on five more runs in the sixth against the Tampa Bay bullpen, highlighted by Perezs three-run shot. That was more than enough help for the Royals relief corps, which put together four shutout innings to end Guthries three-game losing streak. "I created some problems for myself," Guthrie said. "The bats picked us up fortunately and we won it pretty easily, even though it was a struggle early." 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Varejao is expected to undergo an MRI on his foot Wednesday to determine the severity of the injury. Cavaliers forward Kevin Love, facing his former team for the first tiime since being traded from the Timberwolves in the offseason, also exited the contest earlier in the third due to a thumb injury, but returned later in the period.dddddddddddd It scared me initially. I had jammed it pretty bad during the Brooklyn game and in practice put it in tape the next day, so I was fortunate that I was able to, I guess, get shots up and some practice time with the tape on, Love said. We came back here and it seems to be just a mild, little thing. I shook it off and went back in there and played. ' ' '