Angels hit three homers as Royals’ win streak ends

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Albert Pujols, Cameron Maybin and Luis Valbuena each homered and Alex Meyer dominated for six innings as part of a two-hitter, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat Kansas City 9-0 on Saturday to snap the Royals’ sixgame winning streak.

Maybin hit a leadoff homer in the first inning, Pujols had a two-run shot in the fifth and Valbuena added a three-run homer in the seventh.

Meyer (3-3) pitched the best game of his young career, allowing two hits and a walk while striking out nine.

Rookie right-hander Jake Junis (2-1) got the first loss of his career, surrendering five runs and eight hits in 51/3 innings. He did not walk a batter and struck out six.

The Royals had at least 10 hits in each of their last four games, but Meyer and relievers Blake Parker, Cam Bedrosian and Yusmeiro Petit combined to shut them down.

Pujols’ 602nd career homer gave him 1,865 career RBIs, moving past Mel Ott into 10th place on baseball’s career list. It was Pujols’ 11th home run of the season.

ATHLETICS 5, YANKEES 2

Ryon Healy went deep twice for his third multihomer game in two weeks, Matt Joyce also hit a long ball and Oakland beat New York. Joyce reached base five times, Jesse Hahn (3-4) pitched five innings to defeat New York for the first time in his career and Jed Lowrie had an RBI single to keep the A’s rolling at home. Oakland has won six of its last eight at the Coliseum, including three straight against the Yankees.

RANGERS 10, MARINERS 4 Mike Napoli hit two home runs, connecting along with Rougned Odor and Shin-Soo Choo in the sixth inning to power Texas past Seattle. Martin Perez (3-6) won for the first time since May 18. He left with a 5-4 lead with one out in the sixth after giving up a 463-foot, three-run homer to straightaway center by Mike Zunino.

ASTROS 7, RED SOX 1 Jose Altuve hit a solo homer, Carlos Beltran had a two-run shot and three RBIs, and Houston beat Boston. Altuve led off the third with his homer off the train tracks above the left-center field facade, and Beltran followed three batters later with his ninth home run of the season to put Houston ahead 6-0.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

PIRATES 4, CUBS 3 Gregory Polanco broke out of a slump with a two-run homer, Andrew McCutchen hit his 12th home run of the season and Pittsburgh edged Chicago. Ivan Nova (7-4) pitched seven strong innings and Pittsburgh’s bullpen made it stand up a night after collapsing late in a 9-5 loss. Felipe Rivero got the final five outs for his third save. INTERLEAGUE

ORIOLES 15, CARDINALS 7 Jonathan Schoop homered twice and drove in four runs, Manny Machado went deep in a seven-run second inning against Adam Wainwright and Baltimore beat St. Louis. Adam Jones and Mark Trumbo got Baltimore started with successive first-inning shots, and Schoop finished the long-ball display with drives in the fourth and seventh.

Saturday’s games NATIONAL LEAGUE

Colorado 5, San Francisco 1 Arizona 5, Philadelphia 1

LA Dodgers 10, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 8, Miami 7, 10 innings

San Diego 7, Milwaukee 5, 11 innings Washington 7, New York Mets 4 Pittsburgh 4, Chicago Cubs 3

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland 9-(n), Minnesota 3-(n) Chicago White Sox 5, Toronto 2 Oakland 5, New York Yankees 2 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2 Texas 10, Seattle 4 Houston 7, Boston 1

LA Angels 9, Kansas City 0

INTERLEAGUE

Baltimore 15, St. Louis 7