Kansas City’s Billy Butler celebrates in the dugout after hitting a two-run home run in the fifth inning. The Royals held off the Angels, 6-3, on Monday in Kansas City, Mo.

Kansas City, Mo. ? Billy Butler’s inadvertent homer helped the Kansas City Royals end a frustrating losing streak against a team they never can seem to beat.

Butler homered twice and had four RBIs, and the Royals ended a nine-game losing streak to the Los Angeles Angels with a 6-3 win on Monday.

Struggling with his timing before last week’s Oakland series, Butler made a few adjustments during the four-game set against the Angels. He got it back in a hurry in the finale, hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning off Ervin Santana (7-8) and a solo shot off Jose Arredondo in the eighth for his second multihomer game this season.

The first homer, all 442 feet of it, surprised Butler.

“I wasn’t trying to hit that,” he said. “I’m just trying to put the barrel on the ball and that’s what ended up happening.”

Kansas City played solid defense, had 11 hits and survived a scare from its shaky bullpen to beat Los Angeles for the first time since May 7, 2008. The Royals had lost six straight and 23 of 29 at Kauffman Stadium to Los Angeles, so they were ready to get rid of the Angels.

“You don’t want to be swept by anybody, so, yeah, there’s significance,” manager Trey Hillman said after Kansas City’s fifth win in 25 home games since the All-Star break.

The AL West-leading Angels continued their September hitting funk, failing to take advantage of numerous opportunities against Royals starter Kyle Davies (7-9).

Los Angeles, which hit .206 the first five games of the month, left runners in scoring position in four of Davies’ five innings and stranded 12 overall.