Meche logs second shutout of his career with 5-0 win over Diamondbacks.

Meche blanks Diamondbacks 5-0

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Gil Meche pitched a four-hit shutout and Mark Teahen had three hits and drove in a run as the Kansas City Royals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 Tuesday.

Meche’s shutout was the second of his career. His other came on Sept. 12, 2004 against Boston while with Seattle. It was his first complete game since Sept. 24, 2007, a 3-2 loss at Baltimore.

Meche has dominated interleague play, improving to 14-4. His .778 winning percentage against the National League tops all active pitchers with at least 20 starts.

Meche (4-5), who threw a career-high 132 pitches, held the Diamondbacks to four singles, while walking one and striking out six. Meche, who is 3-0 in four career starts against Arizona, has not allowed a run in his past two starts, covering 16 innings.

Teahen doubled to right to leadoff the second and scored on David DeJesus’ single. Teahen’s two-out single in the sixth scored Mike Jacobs, who had doubled.

Miguel Olivo’s fielder’s choice grounder in the first scored Willie Bloomquist. Olivo has nine RBIs in the past seven games.

Billy Butler’s sacrifice fly in the fifth scored DeJesus with an unearned run. DeJesus led off the inning with a walk and advanced to third on a Stephen Drew throwing error on a Willie Bloomquist grounder.

The Royals padded their lead in the eighth, which Jacobs led off with a double and scored on Alberto Callaspo’s single.

Diamondbacks starter Doug Davis (3-8), who is 1-5 in his past nine starts, left after 5 2-3 innings, allowing four runs and six hits. He walked three and struck out five.

The Royals have won four straight to open this nine-game homestand against National League clubs. The Royals are 16-5 in their past 21 interleague games.

NOTES: Royals RHP Kyle Farnsworth had four stitches in his left index finger after being bitten while breaking up a fight between his two bulldogs. Manager Trey Hillman said he does not expect Farnsworth would miss any time since the wound is to his non-pitching hand. … Diamondbacks RHP Max Scherzer, who went to the University of Missouri, will start Wednesday, his first career appearance against the Royals.