KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals traded for Johnny Cueto, and then used Yordano Ventura’s seven sharp innings to beat Dallas Keuchel and the Houston Astros 5-1 on Sunday.

Ventura (5-7) allowed one run and six hits in just his second win in his last seven starts. The right-hander, who won 14 games last year, was demoted to Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday and then recalled the next day after the Royals learned left-hander Jason Vargas would miss the rest of the year with an elbow injury.

Kansas City loaded the bases with no outs in the first inning. After two ground ball resulted in force outs at home, Omar Infante drove in two with a single. Rookie Cheslor Cuthbert followed with a two-run double.

Lorenzo Cain hit his 10th home run of the season in the second, putting the Royals up 5-1.

Astros starter Dallas Keuchel allowed five runs on 10 hits over 6 2/3 innings, suffering his fifth loss of the season.

The Royals announced during the game that they had acquired Cueto from Cincinnati for minor league left-handers Brandon Finnegan, John Lamb and Cody Reed, drawing a big cheer at Kauffman Stadium.