ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Angels manager Mike Scioscia didnt mince words during his closed-door meeting with his top three run producers: Torii Hunter, Bobby Abreu and Vernon Wells. The offence wasnt getting the job done, and they were being held accountable. The rest of the Los Angeles hitters must have been listening outside the door of Scioscias office during the expletive-laced session, because the team responded with a big night at the plate. Erick Aybar opened the scoring with a three-run triple, Abreu came home with the go-ahead run on reliever Aaron Crows second wild pitch of the seventh inning, and the Angels snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak with a 7-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday. Howie Kendrick had three hits, including a pair of RBI singles, and the slumping Wells singled his first three times up. Scioscia called the meeting before batting practice to impress upon his three veteran All-Stars their responsibilities as a trio in the middle of the lineup to wake up a slumbering offence that had averaged two runs over the previous nine games. "Man, he cursed us out. It was pretty bad," Hunter said. "The words he used in there really hurt our feelings, but it actually pumped us up to keep going. He really cursed me out. It wasnt fun. But I appreciate that meeting. Today we had a lot of fight. We got better swings from everybody and played the game the right way. It was a lot of fun. Thats what we have to continue doing." Hunter, Abreu and Wells were a combined 4 for 10 with two walks and no RBIs. Hunter prevented the Royals from taking the lead in the seventh when he fielded Jeff Francoeurs single to right field and threw out Melky Cabrera at the plate for his eighth outfield assist this season. "I had a clean scoop on it and I just told myself to make a nice, accurate throw to the plate and give Jeff Mathis something he could handle," Hunter said. "I knew that if they sent him, he was dead. I couldnt believe that they sent him." Royals reliever Tim Collins (3-3) was replaced by Crow after giving up a pair of one-out walks in the bottom half. Abreu scored on the wild pitch to Alberto Callaspo, who was intentionally walked. Wells and Callaspo executed a double steal, and Wells scored on Kendricks single off Crows left foot. Scott Downs (4-2) retired all four batters he faced to get the win, and rookie Jordan Walden pitched a scoreless ninth for his 14th save in 17 chances. He struck out Eric Hosmer and Francoeur before retiring Billy Butler on a fly to right with the potential tying runs at second and third. "It feels good to get that six-game losing streak out of the way. It was ugly," Hunter said. "I almost jumped up and down after catching that last flyball. I felt like I won the World Series." Angels right-hander Joel Pineiro came up short again in his sixth attempt to get his 100th major league victory. He was charged with five runs and seven hits over 5 1-3 innings, leaving with a 5-4 lead before Matt Treanor greeted Rich Thompson with a tying RBI single. It was the seventh hit the Australian-born righty allowed in his last four appearances. "The situation thats going on has nothing to do with 100 wins," Pineiro said. "Honestly, I wanted to win for the team. I didnt care if it was 100, 300, whatever. I mean, I just wanted to get back on track and do what Im supposed to be doing. Im just hoping that when it turns around, it turns around big. Theres no excuse tonight. I got the runs. For some reason, my off-speed stuff was better than my sinker." Mike Moustakas tried to score on a safety squeeze by Chris Getz moments later, and was cut down at the plate by first baseman Kendricks throw to Mathis. Alcides Escobar walked, loading the bases, but Thompson came back to strike out Alex Gordon. Moustakas, the second overall pick in the 2007 draft and one of nine rookies on the Royals roster, hit his first major league home run in his sixth plate appearance -- a solo shot that landed in the second row above the 18-foot wall in right-centre with two outs in the fourth inning and trimmed the Angels lead to 5-3. "It was awesome," said teammate Eric Hosmer, who played with Moustakas in Triple-A and came up to the majors a month before he did. "Everyone was really happy for him. And for him to do it here in his hometown with his family watching, it was a special moment for him. Hes as big a competitor as anybody in this clubhouse. When he gets hot, theres no turning back. These first couple of games, hes looked really comfortable at the plate, and its going to be a fun ride for him from here on out." Cabrera narrowed the gap to 5-4 in the fifth with an RBI single. Wells led off the Angels four-run second against Felipe Paulino with a single before Los Angeles loaded the bases with none out. Aybar then smacked a 1-2 pitch inside first base and down the line to clear the bases, and Maicer Izturis drove him in with a sacrifice fly. Two of the runs were unearned, the result of a fielding error by Getz on a routine grounder to second by Callaspo. The Angels tacked on another unearned run in the third, after Wells singled again and got to second on an errant pickoff throw by Paulino -- the first error by a Royals pitcher since Jeremy Jeffress wild pickoff throw April 18 against Cleveland. Kendrick drove in Wells from third with an infield hit. NOTES: The Angels came within one game of tying a dubious franchise record for consecutive games scoring three runs or fewer, which was set in September 1981. ... 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Corey Hart doubled to start the ninth against Capps (1-4). Then with two outs and two strikes, Maldonado drove a fastball into the bullpen. "Ive got to get the heater down," Capps said. "I get it down, its a groundball to short." Axford promptly pitched a 1-2-3 inning for his 11th save, and those excruciating defeats in Kansas City were quickly forgotten. "It can hurt the team, and it can hurt the guy thats out there closing. So all that was very important to me," manager Ron Roenicke said. Ryan Braun ended Francisco Lirianos no-hit bid with a one-out, three-run homer in the sixth inning on the left-handers 97th pitch after a pair of walks. Trevor Plouffe tied the game at 3 off Yovani Gallardo in the bottom of the frame with his second home run of the night, his seventh in seven games and 14th of the season. But Manny Parra, Kameron Loe (3-2) and Axford allowed the Twins only two singles over the final three innings. Braun said he never "ever" expects Axford to blow a save. "I still feel 100 per cent with him out there closing the game. You saw he proved it tonight," Gallardo said. "The past few days things havent gone his way, but you couldnt notice it out there on the mound." Liriano struck out six in six innings, walking four, hitting one batter and allowing just the one hit. He was sharp from the start, striking out the side in the second and recording six groundball outs over the first five innings. The Twins had a prime opportunity to further pad their lead by following Plouffes home run, on his 26th birthday, with three straight singles, the last by Casilla that made the score 2-0. But Denaard Span gave Gallardo his first out with a sacrifice bunt.dddddddddddd That put both runners in scoring position, but Ben Revere bounced out and after an intentional walk to Mauer, Josh Willinghams fly ball to centre field didnt quite reach the warning track. After taking all that time to only produce two runs, with Liriano sitting in the dugout and losing his rhythm, the Twins lost some of their edge. Liriano walked ninth hitter Edwin Maysonet and then Carlos Gomez -- he of the .303 on-base percentage entering the game -- for a second time with one out. Pitching coach Rick Anderson visited Liriano on the mound, Brian Duensing began warming up in the bullpen and ... Liriano hung an 0-2 slider that Braun hit over the centre-field wall. "Honestly? Just hoping not to strike out. His stuff was so good tonight," Braun said. Gallardo needed 109 pitches to finish six innings, but after allowing a pair of infield singles following Plouffes second homer he struck out Span to end that threat. Gallardo struck out seven and walked two while giving up eight hits. "Thats as good as hes thrown this year," Roenicke said. This is the Liriano the Twins have had to settle for, six years after his sensational rookie debut and subsequent elbow injury. In four starts since returning to the rotation last month, Liriano has a 3.04 with 29 strikeouts and just 12 hits allowed in 23 2-3 innings. But hes still struggling to bear down and get that critical out when he and the Twins need it. "When you walk the leadoff guy, you end up getting yourself in a little bit of a jam," Twins manager Ron Gardenhire said. NOTES: RH Mike Fiers (1-2, 4.50 ERA) pitches for the Brewers in Saturdays matinee against fellow rookie RH Liam Hendriks (0-2, 9.00) of the Twins. Fiers will make his fourth start for the Brewers. Hendriks will be recalled from Triple-A Rochester to rejoin the rotation after four starts at the beginning of the season for the Twins. ... Braun has at least one hit in his last 20 interleague games, batting .408 in that stretch. ... Plouffe is hitting .396 with four doubles, nine homers and 16 RBIs in 12 games this month. cheap jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '