Buddy Groom (3-1) took the loss.
Angels 9, Royals 4
In Anaheim, Bartolo Colon allowed just two singles through the first seven innings and Vladimir Guerrero and Jose Guillen homered on consecutive pitches, helping Anaheim beat Kansas City for its sixth straight victory.
Coming off a three-game sweep at Yankee Stadium, the Angels staked Colon to a 9-0 lead after six innings en route to their 14th win in 18 games. They are a season-best 17 games over .500 (71-54).
Colon (13-9) allowed five hits in 7 2-3 innings, including back-to-back homers in the eighth by Calvin Pickering and Aaron Guiel after a leadoff walk to Abraham Nunez.
Colon struck out six and walked two. He is 8-1 in his last nine starts.
Royals shortstop Angel Berroa, last season's AL Rookie of the Year, was recalled from Double-A Wichita before the game and went 0-for-4.
Darrell May (9-14) allowed five runs and nine hits in five innings, tying Arizona's Brandon Webb for the most losses in the majors.
Other result: Devil Rays 9, Mariners 0
Roger Clemens won for the first time in almost a month -- the 323rd victory of his career -- and Carlos Beltran hit a three-run homer to lead the Houston Astros over the Philadelphia Phillies 8-4 Monday night.
Clemens (13-4), who left in the fourth inning of his start against the Phillies last week after injuring his right calf, hobbled around on the injured leg throughout much of his impressive seven-inning outing.
But he fought through the discomfort, allowing only two runs and five hits in his first win in five starts since July 28 against Arizona. He also had eight strikeouts -- his most since the win over the Diamondbacks -- and two walks.
Jim Thome hit his 38th homer for Philadelphia. Cory Lidle (7-12) is still looking for his first win since joining the Phillies in a trade from Cincinnati two weeks ago.
Cubs 8, Brewers 3
In Chicago, Carlos Zambrano took a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and struck out nine to lead Chicago over Milwaukee.
Moises Alou went 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two doubles for the Cubs, who won for the fifth time in six games and moved less than a percentage point ahead of San Francisco in the NL wild-card standings.
The Brewers have lost a season-high six straight.
Geoff Jenkins broke up the no-hit bid with one out in the seventh when he blooped a double that barely stayed fair down the left-field line.
Zambrano (12-7) then gave up three more hits and three runs before he was lifted for Kent Mercker, who pitched 1 1-3 innings of scoreless relief.
Chicago shortstop Nomar Garciaparra missed the game because of a strained left wrist and is day-to-day.
Brewers starter Ben Sheets (9-10) gave up six runs and 10 hits six innings. He is 0-5 in eight outings since July 10.
Other results: Expos 8, Dodgers 7; Padres 9, Mets 4; Diamondbacks 5, Pirates 4
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