KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a bases-loaded triple in a five-run seventh inning to help the streaking Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory.Ian Kinsler homered on his first swing in his return to the Angels' lineup, and Nick Tropeano (1-0) pitched shutout ball into the seventh for his first major league win since 2016.Los Angeles has won eight of nine.Ohtani drove a 1-2 pitch from Brandon Maurer to right-center, scoring Kole Calhoun, Andrelton Simmons and Luis Valbuena. The Royals walked Ohtani intentionally in the sixth with first base open and Simmons on second.Ohtani is tied with Mike Trout for the Angels' lead with 11 RBIs in 26 at-bats. Trout went 3 for 4 with his fifth home run and has 55 at-bats.Kinsler led off the game with a home run for the 47th time in his career, driving a 1-0 pitch from Ian Kennedy (1-1) out to left. Kinsler missed the previous 11 games with an adductor strain.RED SOX 6, YANKEES 3BOSTON (AP) — Rick Porcello pitched seven scoreless innings, Mookie Betts drove in two runs and Boston beat New York.Porcello stayed in after a 45-minute rain delay and was working on a no-hitter before Aaron Judge's leadoff double in the seventh. The 2016 AL Cy Young Award winner struck out six and walked none in his third straight win to begin the year.Andrew Benintendi and Mitch Moreland each had two hits and drove in a run.It was more than enough offense for Porcello (3-0), who returned to the mound after the delay and put the Yankees down in order in the sixth.Craig Kimbrel got three outs for his fourth save.Yankees starter Sonny Gray (1-1) was pulled after a leadoff single by Moreland in the fourth. It was the seventh hit allowed by Gray, who also threw three wild pitches and hit a batter. He was charged with six runs and seven hits.CARDINALS 13, REDS 4CINCINNATI (AP) — Jose Martinez drove in six runs and Yadier Molina homered in his return from a one-game suspension, powering St. Louis to a victory that left Cincinnati mired in its worst start since 1955.The Cardinals homered a season-high four times while piling up a season high in runs. The Reds helped by walking 11 batters, three of them with the bases loaded.The Reds fell to 2-10, the worst record in the majors and their worst start since an identical mark in 1955.Infielder Cliff Pennington pitched the ninth for Cincinnati and gave up a pair of walks and Martinez's second RBI single of the game.Paul DeJong's solo shot deep into the upper deck in center off Austin Brice (0-2) snapped a 4-4 tie in the sixth. Martinez and Molina hit back-to-back drives in the seventh, when St. Louis put it away with seven runs. Martinez added a two-run double in the inning.Michael Wacha (2-1) went five innings and extended his streak of beating Cincinnati.TWINS 4, WHITE SOX 0MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Joe Mauer reached 2,000 career hits and Jose Berrios struck out 11 in seven innings and Minnesota beat Chicago.Mauer had two hits and three RBIs for Minnesota, which has won three in a row. He became just the third Twins player, Rod Carew and Kirby Puckett, and the 12th active player to reach 2,000 hits.Berrios (2-1) tied a career high with 11 strikeouts and allowed just three hits for the second time in three starts this season. The right-hander is 4-1 with a 1.67 ERA in five starts against Chicago.Lucas Giolito (0-2) pitched 6 1-3 innings for the White Sox, giving up four runs, three earned, and five hits and five walks. He struck out three.PIRATES 6, CUBS 1CHICAGO (AP) — Gregory Polanco homered twice to help back a third straight solid start by Trevor Williams, and Pittsburgh pulled away from Chicago.Francisco Cervelli lined a three-run shot in the seventh off Cubs reliever Justin Wilson as Pittsburgh scored four times in the inning to break open a tight game. Adam Frazier also went deep for Pittsburgh, which improved to 9-3.Kyle Schwarber homered, doubled and singled for three of the Cubs' seven hits. Chicago's Ian Happ had his first two-hit game this season.Williams (3-0) was a bit better than Chicago starter Kyle Hendricks (0-1) in what began as a pitchers' duel following Chicago's 13-5 rout of Pittsburgh on Wednesday night.The Pirates' right-hander allowed one run and four hits through six innings, while striking out five and walking one.Hendricks allowed two runs and five hits and struck out seven through six innings.ROCKIES 5, NATIONALS 1WASHINGTON (AP) — DJ LeMahieu hit two home runs and drove in a career-high four runs to lead Colorado over Washington.Chad Bettis (2-0) allowed one run and three hits over seven innings as Colorado took the opener of a four-game series.LeMahieu's four-hit game matched a career high.He provided most of the offense, starting with the game's first at-bat.The second baseman sent Washington starter Gio Gonzalez's third pitch into the Colorado bullpen in left.The Rockies managed another run in the first when Washington second baseman Howie Kendrick misplayed Ian Desmond's two-out pop up and allowed Chris Iannetta to score from second.LeMahieu added an RBI double in the second off Gonzalez (1-1). In the sixth, he smacked a two-run homer to center off reliever Matt Grace to make it 5-1.INDIANS 9, TIGERS 3CLEVELAND (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a leadoff homer and drove in three runs, helping Cleveland to its 11th consecutive victory against the Tigers.The Indians completed a four-game series sweep and improved to 31-10 against their AL Central rival since 2016. Jose Ramirez hit a two-run homer, and Trevor Bauer (1-1) struck out seven while pitching seven innings of two-run ball.Lindor, who entered the night batting .184 with one RBI, hit his fourth career leadoff homer off Michael Fulmer (1-2). He added a two-run double in the second and also scored three of Cleveland's season-high nine runs.Jason Kipnis and Bradley Zimmer each had three hits for the Indians. Kipnis added two RBIs and Zimmer robbed Dixon Machado of an extra-base hit with a diving catch in the seventh.___More AP baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball