Josh Hamilton launched his seventh home run of the season in a win over the Royals on Saturday.

Look who is finally showing some signs of life. After batting .202 with two homers over his first 32 games this season, Hamilton has gone deep five times in his last 17 games. The veteran outfielder wasn't a good bet to match his production from Texas to begin with, but he's surely better than he has shown early on.

Josh Hamilton went 2-for-5 and hit a two-run homer off Aaron Harang on Tuesday.

Before the homer, Hamilton hadn't driven anyone except himself since April 29. It gave him his first multi-RBI game since April 14. Hamilton, though, is hitting better in May than he did early on; he's batting .250 with four homers and four doubles in 68 at-bats.

Josh Hamilton said after Monday's game that he has been playing through an illness for 10 days to two weeks.

Hamilton left Monday's game with what was originally described as "lightheadedness," but he's actually been fighting it for a while and began taking antibiotics on Saturday to battle what he suspects is a respiratory infection. The struggling outfielder hasn't considered asking for a day off.