Gattis' slam sends Astros to 9th straight win

Gattis' go-ahead slam KANSAS CITY -- Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa provided the appetizer with solo home runs in the fourth inning on Friday night, and Evan Gattis served up the main course for the Astros.

Gattis continued his torrid run by hitting his second career grand slam in the sixth inning off Royals starter Jakob Junis to send the streaking Astros to their season-high ninth consecutive win, 7-3, at Kauffman Stadium.

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The Astros (46-25) improved to 8-0 on their season-long 10-game road trip with weekend games remaining against the Royals.

Gattis clubbed a 2-2 slider from Junis and launched it a projected 405 feet, according to…