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HOUSTON -- The Kansas City Royals brought their offense with them on this road trip. They’d scored six runs or more in each of their previous three games entering Wednesday night. They’d hit multiple home runs in four of their previous five games.

HOUSTON — The Kansas City Royals’ dynamic rookie duo of Bobby Witt Jr. and MJ Melendez each crushed a home run, but it wasn’t enough as the Houston Astros exploded for four homers of their own in a nine-run scoring outburst.

Houston completed its three-game sweep of the Angels, who struggled to even put the ball in play on Sunday en route to making a dubious bit of history.

HOUSTON — The Angels have been striking out all season, but they took it to a new level this weekend.

Eduardo Escobar got his power back, Carlos Carrasco bounced back, and the Mets ran it back, winning their 18th series out of 24 matchups this season.

CLEVELAND — Triston McKenzie was finally the answer. The Yankees were on the verge of a season sweep against the Guardians when they ran into Cleveland’s talented young right-hander. He shut down the Bombers’ powerful lineup for seven innings as the Guardians shutout the Yankees 2-0 at Progressive Field Sunday.

HOUSTON — For a moment in the Angels’ 9-1 loss to the Houston Astros on Saturday, they had a chance to get back into the game.

CLEVELAND — The Yankees don’t let losses linger. After falling to the Astros on Thursday — and a rainout Friday — the Bombers simply got back to business. Gerrit Cole threw six solid innings, Matt Carpenter homered twice and the Yankees clobbered the Guardians, 13-4, at Progressive Field Saturday in…

HOUSTON — The Angels’ experiment to turn Michael Lorenzen into a starter, which was going so well for the first two months, has not worked lately.