Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

65-73, 31-38 Away

Final
5 - 1

Kansas City Royals

70-68, 37-33 Home

Farris wins MLB debut and Adell hits 2-run homer as Angels beat Royals 5-1

Los Angeles Angels vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Adell finished with three hits and Oswald Peraza had an RBI double for the Angels, who Mike Trout less than an hour before the game because of a skin infection on his left arm. Trout will be re-evaluated Wednesday and is day-to-day.

Kansas City remained 2 1/2 games behind Seattle for the last American League wild card.

Farris (1-0) walked his first batter but soon settled in. He allowed one run and three hits with two walks and three strikeouts.

Royals starter Michael Lorenzen (5-9) permitted two runs and four hits in six innings. He walked one and struck out five.

Bobby Witt Jr. tripled for Kansas City in the third and scored on Vinnie Pasquantino's sacrifice fly.

The Angels took a 2-1 lead on Adell's two-run homer off Lorenzen in the sixth. Peraza doubled home a run in the seventh and scored on a wild pitch.

Key moment Lorenzen took a two-hit shutout into the sixth. But after a one-out single, Adell launched a 454-foot homer to left field.

Key stat Farris was the fourth Angels pitcher to make his MLB debut as a starter in Kansas City, following Frank Tanana (1973), Jarrod Washburn (1998) and Seth Etherton (2000).

Up next The Royals will send RHP Ryan Bergert (2-1, 2.67 ERA) to the mound Wednesday night. The Angels counter with RHP Caden Dana (0-0, 7.50).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Jensen struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jensen hit for Grichuk
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Perez struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino walked.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved García

Statistics

LAA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
9	Ground Balls	8
8	Strikeouts	5
4	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
9	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	1
34	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
144	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	6
37	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
4.7	Runs Created	0.8
.265	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.441	Slugging Percentage	.214
.265	Secondary Average	.179
.297	On Base Percentage	.242
.738	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.457
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.8
38.0	Batter Rating	10.5
34.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.89	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.09
.176	Isolated Power	.071
0.13	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.80
.027	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.121
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.036
9.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.8	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
85.0	MLB Rating	64.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0