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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yordano Venturas first career complete game wasnt enough to get the Kansas City Royals their first winning streak this month.Mitch Morelands second home run of the game broke a tie in the eighth inning and Cole Hamels earned his 12th win of the season as the Royals lost to the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Thursday night.The Royals came to Texas to open a four-game weekend series on the heels of a 7-5 home win over the Los Angeles Angels that snapped a four-game losing streak. Theyre 4-9 since the All-Star break, havent won consecutive games since June 29-30, and have fallen nine games behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.In Wednesdays win, the Royals snapped an 18-inning scoreless streak. In Thursdays loss, Kansas City managed six hits off Hamels (12-2) and closer Sam Dyson and went 0 for 11 with runners in scoring position.When Royals manager Ned Yost was asked how his team can emerge from its slump, his blunt answer referred to such struggles at the plate.Start stinking hitting, he said. Its as simple as that. Start hitting and start getting some run production.Ventura (6-9) allowed only four hits, but three were home runs. That included the second of Mitch Morelands two shots, both to the opposite field, which broke a 2-2 tie in the eighth inning.Ventura struck out six and walked only one. He said through a translator that he was able to do with the ball what he wanted, keep it low in the strike zone.I hate that the result was what it was, but I thought he pitched a great game, Yost said. He got out on a couple of pitches but less than a handful. He really stayed within himself.In Venturas last six starts, he has five losses and a no-decision. His most recent win came on June 17.The game was a pitching rematch of the Rangers 7-4 win in Kansas City last Saturday, with the same pitchers of record. Hamels 123 pitches on Thursday night were 10 more than his previous high for the year. Since the All-Star break, hes 3-0 with a 0.84 ERA and .190 opponents batting average.Hes our front-end guy, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. I mean, hes our ace. Hes the guy that sits in the front of that rotation.Paulo Orlandos second home run of the season, and first since May 17, was pulled well beyond the 14-foot wall in left field and gave Kansas City a 1-0 lead.Kansas City broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth when Raul Mondesis topper to shortstop scored Alex Gordon. Gordon had singled and advanced to third on a blooper to center by Brett Eibner that broke an 0-for-19 streak.JUST PLAYING AROUNDWhen Rougned Odor homered off Ventura in the second inning, the two exchanged stares. Both are known to get emotional on the field, but Ventura said they were simply having fun.Even though were not on the same team, I have a good friendship with him, Ventura said through the translator. It was a bad pitch. Odor is a good fastball hitter, and I missed my location.SHORT HOPSThe first son of Royals 3B Cheslor Cuthbert was born on Thursday morning in Venezuela. . Texas also didnt have a hit with runners in scoring position because it didnt have an at-bat in such a situation. . The game began after a 35-minute rain delay. It was the second rain delay in three days, an unusual summer occurrence in Arlington.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: RHP Luke Hochevar was placed on the 15-day disabled list with symptoms of thoracic outlet syndrome.Rangers: LHP Derek Holland (shoulder) is expected to throw a bullpen session on Friday. 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Ross Brawn says he left Mercedes at the end of 2013 because he could no longer trust Niki Lauda or Toto Wolff.Brawn remained Mercedes boss after it purchased his title-winning Brawn GP team ahead of the 2010 season. He remained at the helm for four seasons and helped orchestrate the teams return to competitiveness in 2013, having played a key role in luring Lewis Hamilton from Mercedes.However, he left his role at the end of 2013 and has now revealed it was due to his relationship with non-executive chairman Lauda and Wolff, who had both been added to the teams management structure.What happened at Mercedes is that people were imposed on me who I couldnt trust, Brawn says in his new book Total Competition. I never really knew what they were trying to do. I mean Niki would tell me one thing, then I would hear he was saying something else.Brawn also recalls Wolffs famous stroll along the beach with former F1 team boss Colin Kolles, when Wolff made several disparaging remarks about him which became semi-public afterwards.He said I was resting on my money now. I had got all this money and I wasnt interested in the team anymore, and I wasnt motivated and I wasnt doing this, I wasnt doing that. That the team neededd a fresh impetus and all that sort of stuff.dddddddddddd Diressing slightly, he was very new to the team and he had been flattered by the boards attention.What the board had said to him, from what I understand, is This team is not working for some reason, youre a smart businessman, you know Williams, can you just go in there and tell us whats wrong? So he was giving Kolles a snapshot of what he was mentally rehearsing, I guess.Brawn says the hiring of Paddy Lowe in 2013 to a technical role further strained his relationship with both men.?So I was beginning to deal with people who I didnt feel I could ultimately trust; people within the team, who had let me down already in terms of their approach.Then in early 2013, I discovered Paddy Lowe had been contracted to join the team and it had been signed off in Stuttgart. When I challenged Toto and Niki, they blamed each other. I met them to have it out with them. And they both pointed to each other...Total Competition: Lessons in strategy from Formula One, written by Brawn and Adam Parr, is published by Simon & Schuster on November 3.? ' ' '