KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gil Meche gave up three hits in seven innings to win for the first

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gil Meche gave up three hits in seven innings to win for the first time in more than a month, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Saturday night.

The Indians lost on the road for the first time since Aug. 6 at Tampa Bay, snapping a 10-game winning streak away from home.

Meche, who was 0-1 with four no-decisions since an Aug. 4 win over Boston, struck out 10, matching his season high and bringing his strikeout total to a career-high 158 — the third straight year he has fanned at least 150. Meche (11-10) yielded one run and walked two.

David DeJesus went 3-for-4, his third three-hit game in four games, and drove in two runs. Joakim Soria worked a flawless ninth for his 35th save in 37 opportunities.

DeJesus’ two-out single in the second scored Mark Teahen and Esteban German, both of whom had singled. German’s single scored Miguel Olivo with the first run of the inning.

Shin-Soo Choo, who extended his hitting streak to 10 games, led off the fifth with a triple and scored on Ryan Garko’s sacrifice fly for the only run Meche allowed.

Cleveland lefty Zach Jackson (0-2), acquired from Milwaukee in the July 7 trade for CC Sabathia, took the loss. He allowed three runs and nine hits with no walks in seven innings.

Jackson stranded four Kansas City batters at third base in the first seven innings.

The Royals are 4-1 on this homestand, with all the victories coming when the opponent started a left-hander. Kansas City improved to 29-20 in games started by opposing lefties.