AROUND THE HORN Monday's other games

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Blue Jays 9, Royals 3
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Switch-hitter Orlando Hudson hit the first two homers of his career right-handed and drove in four runs. Reed Johnson went 3-for-5 with a homer for Toronto, which won its sixth straight. Juan Gonzalez hit a solo homer in the seventh for Kansas City, giving him 1,400 career RBIs. Toronto's Pat Hentgen struck out a season-high five in 61/3 innings. Brian Anderson (1-4) lost his fourth straight start, giving up eight runs -- four unearned -- and 13 hits.Hudson's three-run shot with two outs capped a six-run first inning, and he added a solo shot in the third to make it 7-0. He singled and scored in the sixth and finished the night 3-for-5. Hudson has 18 career homers -- five this season -- in 227 games, but his two off Brian Anderson were his first from the right side of the plate.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Diamondbacks 12, Mets 8
PHOENIX -- Luis Gonzalez homered in his first three at-bats and drove in four runs as Arizona snapped a four-game losing streak. Gonzalez had two chances for a fourth homer, but struck out looking in the fifth inning and grounded out to second in the eighth. Chad Tracy and Steve Finley also homered as Arizona tied its club record with five home runs in a game. Tracy, moved to the leadoff spot for the first time this season, also tripled and drove in three runs. Gonzalez also hit three homers at Kansas City on June 8, 2001.His first two came off starter James Baldwin, a two-run shot in the first and leadoff home run in the third. His third, an opposite-field blast, came against Dan Wheeler to start the fourth inning. Finley also homered in the fourth, his 10th of the season. Baldwin (0-1), just called up from Triple-A Norfolk, didn't last long in his first start since Aug. 11, 2002. He allowed six runs on seven hits in two-plus innings.
-- Associated Press