Salvador Perez homered twice, Bobby Witt Jr. went deep in his hometown team’s ballpark for the first time and the Kansas City Royals stopped a six-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night.

ARLINGTON, Texas — Bobby Witt Jr.'s biggest memory from All-Star festivities in his hometown last summer was coming up about 6 inches short — his measurement — in the Home Run Derby. Now the star shortstop of the Kansas City Royals has his first homer that counts at the home of the Texas Rangers.

Salvador Perez homered twice and added a double to drive in another run as the Kansas City Royals snapped a six-game losing streak, defeating the Texas Rangers 6-1 on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series in Arlington,