Kansas City, Mo ? The Anaheim Angels don’t rely on home runs. But they were happy to have them Wednesday night.

Troy Glaus and Tim Salmon each hit three-run homers in the Anaheim Angels’ 12-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Anaheim's Garret Anderson slides safely into home past Royals catcher A.J. Hinch. The Angels won Wednesday night at Kansas City.

“Our offense is really not built around the home run,” Angels manager Mike Scioscia said. “We have to stay aggressive out there and if there’s openings, we have to take them. We have to keep applying pressure. Tonight we were able to do that. We had a lot of little ball sandwiched around two big home runs.”

Salmon backed up his manager’s thoughts.

“He’s right, we’re really a pretty good situational team,” Salmon said. “We’ve really been like that all year. We haven’t relied on the big home run, though when we get it, it really helps.”

The Angels weren’t all long-ball, though. They stole six bases, a season high, in stopping the Royals’ four-game winning streak. The previous high was four against Cleveland on April 2. The club record is seven, set in 1981 vs. Boston.

The Angels broke open a 1-1 game with a five-run fifth inning, capped by Glaus’ homer.

They followed it up with a four-run sixth, including Salmon’s homer.

Anaheim’s Ramon Ortiz (5-5) gave up two runs and seven hits.

“Ramon pitched against a team that’s been swinging the bats real well,” Scioscia said. “I thought he did a real good job of getting ahead and putting some guys away.”

Jeremy Affeldt (1-2) took the loss. He was charged with six runs and 10 hits in four-plus innings. He also walked three and struck out one.

Affeldt came undone in the fifth. He gave up a leadoff hit to Alfredo Amezaga, a walk to David Eckstein and an RBI single to Darin Erstad.

Glaus then sent a 1-0 pitch deep, giving him 45 RBIs in 46 games.

Amezaga went 4-for-5 with an RBI, driving in a run in the ninth. It wasn’t enough to keep him on the big-league roster.

He was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake City after the game to make room for infielder Benji Gil, who will be activated from the disabled list today.

“This was good for Alfredo because we see the potential,” Scioscia said. “Tonight was the type of game he can play. He put the ball in play five times. He played solid defense. He just needs a little more seasoning.”

Hard singles by Salmon and Garret Anderson chased Affeldt. He was replaced by Mac Suzuki, who made his first appearance of the season after being called up from Triple-A Omaha May 20. Suzuki surrendered an RBI groundout to Scott Spiezio.

Kansas City got one run back in the bottom of the fifth when Mark Quinn hit his second home run.

Erstad drove in another run in the sixth with an RBI single over the drawn-in infield.

After Glaus struck out, Anderson was walked intentionally and Salmon hit a 375-foot blast.