KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Unbeaten Michael Wacha won for the seventh straight time this year and the St. Louis Cardinals ended their season-worst three-game losing streak by beating the Kansas City Royals 6-1 Sunday.Wacha held the majors' best-hitting team to one unearned run and five singles in seven innings. He exited with a 1.87 ERA and became the first Cardinals pitcher to start 7-0 since Matt Morris began 8-0 in 2005.Matt Carpenter hit a two-run homer in the sixth off Yordano Ventura (3-4). 
Down 4-1, the Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Alex Gordon flied out.Ventura started off shaky, walking the first two hitters on 10 pitches and both scored. Jhonny Peralta hit an RBI single and Matt Adams doubled home a run.Ventura, who threw 30 pitches in the first, settled down after that and didn't allow another hit until the sixth.Yadier Molina drove in two runs with a two-out single in the eighth. Adams doubled twice.Salvador Perez extended his hitting streak to 10 games and singled home a run for the Royals.
Down 4-1, the Royals loaded the bases with two outs in the sixth, but Alex Gordon flied out.Ventura started off shaky, walking the first two hitters on 10 pitches and both scored. Jhonny Peralta hit an RBI single and Matt Adams doubled home a run.Ventura, who threw 30 pitches in the first, settled down after that and didn't allow another hit until the sixth.Yadier Molina drove in two runs with a two-out single in the eighth. Adams doubled twice.Salvador Perez extended his hitting streak to 10 games and singled home a run for the Royals.
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