Los Angeles Angels at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Los Angeles Angels

66-74, 32-39 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

71-69, 38-34 Home

Bobby Witt Jr.'s eighth inning homer helps KC avoid sweep

Bobby Witt Jr. hits go-ahead HR for Royals

The Royals hit four solo homers in a game where all seven runs came on home runs.

Lucas Erceg (7-4) struck out two in one inning and Carlos Estévez picked up his major league-best 37th save.

Angels starter Kyle Hendricks allowed two runs on three hits in six innings, while Kansas City starter Noah Cameron allowed three runs on five hits in five innings.

The Angels got on the board in the first on a three-run homer by Luis Rengifo. With two outs, Taylor Ward singled, Jo Adell walked and Rengifo hit a slider 384 feet down the left-field line.

The Royals answered in the second on Adam Frazier's home run, the 1,000th hit of his MLB career. Vinnie Pasquantino connected on his 29th home run of the season leading off the fourth inning to trim the deficit to 3-2.

The Royals tied it when Salvador Perez hit his 24th home run of the season, leading off the seventh inning.

Ryan Zeferjahn (6-5) took the loss.

Key Moment After the Royals tied the score in the bottom of the seventh, Erceg retired the Angels in order in the eighth.

Key Stat With his home run, Perez reached 495 career RBI at Kauffman Stadium, breaking a tie with Frank White for the third most RBI in the history of the ballpark. He trails George Brett (839) and Hal McRae (534).

Up Next The Angels return to start a three-game series with the Athletics. The Angels will send RHP José Soriano (10-9, 3.68 ERA) to the mound to face RHP Mason Barnett (0-1, 11.25).

The Royals continue their nine-game homestand against the Twins. RHP Michael Wacha (8-11, 3.52) will start for Kansas City. Minnesota has not named its starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	O'Hoppe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Peraza struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Kingery ran for Moncada
	9th Inning	Moncada doubled to center.
	9th Inning	Moncada hit for Taylor
	9th Inning	Rengifo flied out to left.

Statistics

LAA		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	12
11	Strikeouts	3
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
3	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	27
1	Home Runs	4
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	0
12	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
151	Pitches	117
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	17
35	Plate Appearances	30
162.0	Projected Home Runs	648.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
3.1	Runs Created	4.1
.207	Batting Average	.185
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.379	Slugging Percentage	.630
.379	Secondary Average	.556
.343	On Base Percentage	.267
.722	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.896
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
3.2	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.6
25.0	Batter Rating	33.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	6.8
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.31	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.90
.172	Isolated Power	.444
0.55	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.171	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.100
.172	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.370
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
75.0	MLB Rating	83.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0