Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

66-73, 32-38 Away

Final
4 - 3

Kansas City Royals

70-69, 37-34 Home

Jo Adell a one-man show for Angels in 4-3 win over Royals

Los Angeles Angels vs. Kansas City Royals: Game Highlights

Adell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning for the second consecutive game. His three-run shot to center field on the first pitch he saw from reliever John Schreiber gave the Angels a 3-2 lead in this one.

Yoán Moncada, aboard on a single when Adell went deep, doubled off Lucas Erceg (6-4) in the eighth before scoring on Adell’s two-out single for a 4-3 advantage. Adell’s 33 homers and 90 RBI are career highs.

Reid Detmers struck out two in the ninth for his third save.

Angels star Mike Trout sat out again after getting scratched from the lineup Tuesday night because of a skin infection on his left arm.

Salvador Perez had a one-out double in the seventh for the Royals off winning pitcher Robert Stephenson (1-0). It was his 33rd double this season and the 625th extra-base hit of his career, tying Frank White for third on the franchise list. Adam Frazier doubled to tie it at 3.

Mike Yastrzemski had a sacrifice fly in the first inning to help the Royals take a 2-0 lead against Caden Dana, making his first start this season and the fourth of his career. Dana allowed two hits and one earned run over five innings.

Royals rookie Ryan Bergert gave up one hit and left with a 2-0 lead after issuing a leadoff walk to Zach Neto in the sixth. Bergert struck out six and walked three.

Kansas City (70-69) has lost three in a row and seven of 11.

Key moment Kyle Isbel was on second base in the eighth when Angels reliever Andrew Chafin struck out Bobby Witt Jr. for the second out. Chafin then fanned Vinnie Pasquantino in a 12-pitch duel to keep it 4-3.

Key stat The Angels have won the first two games of the series, improving to 162-144 at Kaufmann Stadium.

Up next Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (6-9, 4.89 ERA) starts Thursday opposite Royals LHP Noah Cameron (7-6, 2.92).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Frazier struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Loftin struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Loftin hit for Maile
	9th Inning	Garcia lined out to center.
	9th Inning	Detmers relieved Chafin
	9th Inning	Teodosio popped out to first.

Statistics

LAA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
7	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	8
4	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
5	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
32	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	2
16	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	1
153	Pitches	133
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	6
36	Plate Appearances	33
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
2	Extra Base Hits	2
2.7	Runs Created	0.5
.156	Batting Average	.143
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.214
.313	Secondary Average	.107
.250	On Base Percentage	.219
.531	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.433
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
2.7	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
28.0	Batter Rating	18.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.25	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.125	Isolated Power	.071
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.111	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
.156	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.036
8.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
73.5	MLB Rating	67.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0