ANAHEIM, Calif. -- When Will Smith was drafted in 2007 by the Angels, he dreamed of taking the mound at Angel Stadium one day and having a game like this. It didnt occur to him that it would be in a different teams uniform, though -- and against former minor league teammate Garrett Richards. Smith pitched two-hit ball over seven innings in the longest of his five major league starts, and the Kansas City Royals beat Los Angeles 4-1 on Tuesday night. The 23-year-old left-hander was dealt to the Royals along with reliever Sean OSullivan for third baseman Alberto Callaspo in July 2010. "At first, I didnt know how to take it because I was so young," Smith said. "But people kept telling me it was a good thing for me. Im very happy in Kansas City. Weve got a great young core here, so Im excited. It always feels good to win, going against a buddy of yours like Garrett." Smith (2-3) allowed a run, struck out four and walked four against an all-righthanded lineup that included switch-hitters Kendrys Morales and Callaspo. The Angels only hits against their former farmhand came in the first inning -- a line-drive single through the box by Torii Hunter and an RBI single by Mark Trumbo that followed a walk to Albert Pujols. "This is a tough lineup to navigate through, and he really got locked in during the fourth inning," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "He had thrown more balls than strikes to that point and his command was off a little bit, but he was wild enough that he was tough to hit. Then he just settled in and really started commanding the ball." Trumbo and rookie Mike Trout gave their teammates a crash course on Smith before the game, so they could have a clue as to what he throws and when. "Trout and Trumbo spoke up and gave us a little insight on what this guy was featuring. They were right on point, but we just couldnt get anything going," Hunter said. "He has an over-the-top delivery, like an Iron Mike (pitching machine). He has a little cutter, a changeup, a slider and a curve ball. He threw everything by the kitchen sink." Jonathan Broxton allowed two singles during a scoreless ninth for his 23rd save in 27 chances. Garrett Richards (3-2) gave up four runs, five hits and three walks in five innings, including a two-run homer by Lorenzo Cain. The 24-year-old right-hander, who is trying to secure the fifth spot in the Angels rotation, got the nod this time around after Jerome Williams went 0-5 with a 7.53 ERA in his previous five starts and was relegated to the bullpen. Williams took over for Richards and scattered four hits over four scoreless innings in his second relief appearance this season. Richards, who bounced back from two straight rough outings against Toronto and Baltimore with seven innings of three-hit ball in an 11-0 win at Detroit last Tuesday, gave up Cains third homer of the season after Alex Gordon opened the game with a bloop double inside the left field line. "Im trying to get my mentality down to a point where instead of waiting for something to happen, I turn it on. And thats only going to come with more experience and more starts," Richards said. "But I feel like Im getting better every time out, and I thought I did a pretty good job tonight of not letting this one unravel too much." Kansas City pushed across two runs in the second. Gordon hit an RBI single, and Chris Getz scored when Alcides Escobar beat second baseman Howie Kendricks relay throw to first on a potential inning-ending double-play grounder to shortstop. Angels outfielder Mike Trout was 0-for-3 with a walk as his franchise-record streak of consecutive games with a run scored ended at 15, leaving him tied with Roy Hartsfield of the 1950 Boston Red Sox for the major league-record among rookies. Trout came up three shy of the overall AL mark set by Red Rolfe of the Yankees in 1939 and equaled by Kenny Lofton of the Indians in 2000. The Angels received two scares Tuesday night. Albert Pujols, making his eighth start as the designated hitter, swung at an inside pitch in the third inning and was struck on the right elbow. He was examined by trainers before striking out on the next pitch. Gold Glove outfielder Torri Hunter tried to make a backhanded diving catch on a sinking liner by Eric Hosmer in the sixth, and the ball bounced past him for a triple. Hunter bruised his left ribs on the play and spent several anxious moments on his knees while manager Mike Scioscia and a couple of trainers ran out to check on him before leaving him in the game. "He hit a line drive, and when Im running toward the gap, the balls always in the lights," Hunter said. "It stayed in the lights the whole time and I saw it late, so I had to dive quick to get to it. But I dove funny. Ive got a hard belt, and when I fell, it rolled all up in me. I had to fight them to stay in the game. I was bobbing and weaving, and they finally let me stay in and let me get my at-bat." Hunter led off the bottom of the inning, fouled a pitch hard off his left shin and crumpled to the ground. By the time he got back to his feet, longtime Angels trainer Rick Smith had arrived and the frustrated Hunter shooed him away. He drilled the next pitch just foul down the left field line and lined out to first base one pitch later before Pujols struck out again. "I didnt ask to come out. Im tough. Im one tough cookie," Hunter said. "And if Scioscia lets me get in there tomorrow, Ill be in there. Im not going to ever go in his office and say Give me a day off. I mean, this is baseball. If you dont get banged up, go ice skating or something." NOTES: Three-time All-Star C Jason Kendall, who was attempting a comeback with the Royals Double-A club in Arkansas, announced his retirement Tuesday at age 38 after 15 big league seasons. He played for five teams, including Oakland, and Angels fans will remember him for the time he charged the mound against John Lackey in May 2006 after Lackey shouted at him to stop leaning over the plate to get hit by a pitch -- something Kendall did 254 times in the majors. ... Jean Segura made his major league debut at SS for the Angels and struck out his first two times up before reaching on an error. 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With Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on hand and sitting with the Bleacher Creatures at the start, Robinson Cano hit a grand slam in a seven-run third inning, Derek Jeter had three hits and three RBIs on a rainy afternoon and Phil Hughes (11-8) pitched homerless ball for only the fifth time this year. A night after wasting a five-run, first-inning lead in an 11-5 defeat, New York gave Zach Britton another shellacking at Yankee Stadium, won for just the fourth time in 13 games and restored a 6 1/2-game lead in the AL East rather than have Baltimore creep within 4 1/2. "I want it to be 20 games," Nick Swisher said. Chamberlain, the excitable pitcher who has alternated energizing and puzzling Yankees fans since his debut in 2007, had pitched eight scoreless outings before going on the disabled list with a sore elbow last June. The following day, an MRI revealed a torn ligament. He appeared to be a month or two from returning before he dislocated his right ankle during spring training while playing with his son at a local spot that had a trampoline. Some fretted he might not return this year. Chamberlain said he never doubted or got down, inspired by his dad, Harlan Chamberlain -- in a wheelchair since childhood due to polio. "He never complained why, and he was never going to be out of his wheelchair. He was never going to miraculously be able to walk again. And I knew I was going to be able to walk again," Joba said. "It was a great example for me growing up to be able to get through this." Chamberlain entered to a big ovation and started J.J. Hardy with a called strike, then gave up a home run on an 85 mph slider that went just over the glove of leaping left fielder Ichiro Suzuki, hit the top of the wall and bounced into the seats. Chamberlain threw 28 pitches, allowing two runs, a walk, four hits in 1 2-3 innings, including an RBI double to Endy Chavez in the eighth. His fastball reached 93 mph -- four mph less than during his minor league rehab outinngs -- and he relied on off-speed pitches.dddddddddddd "I was curious to see how he would do today because Im sure theres a lot of emotions," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. "He threw strikes. Im happy with that. I didnt think he tried to overthrow today." With Mariano Rivera out for the season following knee surgery, Chamberlain could wind up as the Yankees seventh-inning pitcher behind setup man David Robertson and closer Rafael Soriano. "Hes almost like a trade acquisition," Hughes said. Swisher never doubted that Chamberlain would make it back to the major leagues this season. "You seen the size of that dude? That guys a beast," he said. "Big guys like that really heal up well. He had a bad injury, man. Cant blame him for that, man. I got a kid. I take him to the trampoline thing." Hughes allowed nine hits but just one run in six innings. "I didnt pitch well at all," he said. "Didnt have good stuff. Didnt have good location. Was just trying to bear down and get some outs when I really needed them." In his first outing at Yankee Stadium, Britton (1-1) retired just one batter during a 12-run first inning in a 17-3 loss last July 30. He got a no-decision in September and allowed seven runs over 2 2-3 innings in this one, leaving him with a 19.13 ERA in the Bronx. "Were in the hunt, and I understand what I have to do to be at this level," he said. "Im not getting it done right now. So I got to either do something or somebody else is going to come up and find a way to do the job." NOTES: Suzuki, acquired from Seattle on July 23, played left field for only the second time in his big league career -- the other was in Game 5 of the 2001 AL championship series at old Yankee Stadium. He made a leaping catch of Mark Reynolds drive near the top of the wall in the sixth. ... Casey McGehee made his Yankees debut, a day after he was obtained from Pittsburgh at the trade deadline. His beard shaved off to comply with team rules, McGehee started at first base and went 0 for 2 with two walks, two runs and an eighth-inning sacrifice fly. ... Sotomayor, a Bronx native, joined the Bleacher Creatures for their first-inning Roll Call. Curtis Granderson hit his 29th homer in the first. ... Cano had been in a 1-for-17 slide entering the series finale. His slam was his second this season and ninth overall. ... Alex Rodriguez, his broken left hand bandaged, played with his kids on the field after the game on family day. ... The Yankees were 7 for 13 with runners in scoring position, Baltimore 0 for 15. ' ' '