Kansas City, Mo. ? Mark Teahen wasn’t counting days or at-bats, but he was aware he had not homered in a long time.

Teahen homered for the first time in more than two months, and the Kansas City Royals took advantage of three Toronto Blue Jays errors to win, 6-2, on Monday night.

Teahen, who led the Royals with 18 home runs in 2006, hit his sixth home run in the first inning, ending a drought of 250 at-bats without a homer. Teahen’s previous home run was May 29 against Baltimore.

“It feels nice to get it out of the way,” Teahen said. “I try not to think about it, but it had been too long, so it’s nice to get on the board. I wasn’t counting at-bats or anything, but I knew it had been a long time.”

Said Royals manager Buddy Bell, “Maybe this will get him on a little roll. I hope he doesn’t start swinging for the fences now.”

“Well, I’m going to,” Teahen said and laughed. “No. I know my approach. I’m a line drive hitter and home runs happen when they happen. As long as I stay within my approach, they’ll happen more often than they have been.”

Teahen hit .407 (11-for-27) during the seven-game homestand.

“I feel like the last couple of weeks I’m getting back to hitting my pitch,” Teahen said. “I’ve been driving the ball a little bit better as a result of that.”