An already youthful Royals clubhouse will get even younger, starting today.</p><p>Immediately following Tuesday&#x92;s game, the Royals recalled outfielder Jarrod Dyson, outfielder Lorenzo Cain, catcher Manny Pina and pitchers Vin Mazzaro and Sean O&#x92;Sullivan from Class AAA Omaha to the active roster.</p><p>The club also purchased the contract of reliever Kelvin Herrera from Class AAA Omaha, which means the Royals will have to make a corresponding roster move before tonight&#x92;s game to clear a spot on the 40-man roster. The aforementioned five players are already on the 40-man. </p><p>&#x93;We&#x92;ve still got some things we want to accomplish,&#x94; said Royals manager Ned Yost. &#x93;We want Melky (Cabrera) to get 200 hits. The outfielders have done well, but we&#x92;ll find spots to get Cain and Dyson in there. We&#x92;ll use Herrera out of the pen, but we haven&#x92;t decided who is going to start on the 27th. It will be one of two guys (Mazzaro or O&#x92;Sullivan).&#x94;</p><p>The moves came shortly after Omaha lost to Columbus 8-3 on Tuesday in the Class AAA baseball national championship game, a one-game battle which pitted the Pacific Coast League champs (Omaha) against the International League champs (Columbus).</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Soria still hobbled</span></strong></p><p>The Royals opened their final home series of the season Tuesday still without closer Joakim Soria &#x97; and with designated hitter Billy Butler forced to the bench because of flulike symptoms.</p><p>Soria remains slowed by a strained right hamstring suffered Sept. 11 in closing out a 2-1 victory at Seattle. He tested his recovery again Tuesday by playing catch in an early workout but was not sure if he&#x92;d return before the end of the season.</p><p>&#x93;I don&#x92;t know,&#x94; Soria said. &#x93;I mean, I haven&#x92;t thrown in a while. I have to get my stuff ready first and then we can decide.&#x94;</p><p>Soria is likely to require an extended bullpen workout before returning to game action, but Royals manager Ned Yost said the club has not considered shutting him down for the season &#x97; yet.</p><p>&#x93;We&#x92;d like to get him back on the mound, but we&#x92;re running out of time,&#x94; Yost said. &#x93;It&#x92;s been eight days now since he&#x92;s thrown, and we don&#x92;t want to put him in a competitive situation without at least a side session or two.&#x94;</p><p>Butler was in the original lineup Tuesday against Detroit before his illness prompted a change. He received IV treatment in hopes that he can play Wednesday in the home finale against the Tigers.</p><p>&#x93;We&#x92;re keeping him isolated from people so nobody else gets it,&#x94; Yost said of Butler, who was not present at his locker during pregame. &#x93;We&#x92;d probably play him tonight if we really needed to win a game.&#x94; Yost replaced Butler by inserting Mitch Maier as the designated hitter and adjusting the lineup. Maier batted seventh; Butler had been in his usual No. 3 slot.</p><p>Yost said he chose to keep all three starting outfielders in their regular defensive positions, and put Maier at DH, to maintain competitive integrity.</p><p>&#x93;We have the best defensive outfield in baseball,&#x94; he said, &#x93;and we&#x92;re playing the (American League Central Division) champions, and they&#x92;re playing for home-field advantage. We&#x92;re going to put our best team on the field.&#x94;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">More Maier</span></strong></p><p>Sitting in front of Maier&#x92;s locker Tuesday was a large, framed memento of July 26, the night he made his major-league pitching debut. The memento included the lineup card, a baseball from the game &#x97; a 13-9 loss to Boston &#x97; a photo of Maier pitching, and the broken bat that catcher Jason Varitek shattered after swinging at one of Maier&#x92;s pitches.</p><p>&#x93;Varitek sent that over,&#x94; Maier said. &#x93;It was pretty cool. He obviously didn&#x92;t have to do that.&#x94;</p><p>Maier said he&#x92;d put it with a bunch of other baseball-related keepsakes he&#x92;s collected during his young career. </p><p>&#x93;I&#x92;ll probably put it in my basement somewhere,&#x94; Maier said. &#x93;I&#x92;ve got a jersey from when I got drafted, a couple balls signed by people and stuff. I&#x92;ve got a little trophy area I&#x92;ll put it in.&#x94;</p><p><strong><span class="subhead">Etc.</span></strong></p><p>&#x95;Happy birthday to Royals first base/outfield/baserunning coach Doug Sisson, who turned 48 years old Tuesday.</p><p>&#x95;The Tigers will start right-hander Max Scherzer today, but right-hander Doug Fister will also pitch today in relief. Tigers manager Jim Leyland is still deciding which player will start game two of the American League Division Series.