Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

79-79, 36-41 Away

Final
2 - 3

Los Angeles Angels

71-87, 38-39 Home

Ward homers, Jansen earns 475th save as Angels avoid sweep with 3-2 win over Royals

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Yusei Kikuchi (7-11) gave up just one hit while striking out six over five innings. He was removed with a left forearm cramp before the sixth. Jansen struck out two in the ninth for his 28th save of the season.

Luis Rengifo doubled and scored on Oswald Peraza's groundout in the second inning for a 1-0 lead. Ward added a 320-foot solo home run in the third to became one of just three MLB players this season with at least 35 homers, 100 RBI and 30 doubles.

Royals' starter Stephen Kolek (5-7) went six innings, giving up three runs on five hits while striking out two. In the fourth, Kolek tried to cut down Peraza at second, but his throw sailed wide of second baseman Jonathan India, allowing Peraza to score for a 3-0 lead.

Randal Grichuk's homer in the fifth was the only hit given up Kikuchi.

Carter Jensen scored to bring the Royals within a run of Los Angeles in the seventh inning.

The Angels entered the night with the worst save percentage (51%) in the majors and the highest bullpen ERA in the AL at 4.87. Los Angeles won for just the second time in its last 12 games.

Key moment Second baseman Christian Moore laid out for a diving stop, then fired to first for the third out of the seventh, preserving the Angels’ 3–2 lead.

Key stat The Royals came into the night averaging the third-fewest team errors per game in the majors (0.37), but gave up three against Los Angeles.

Up next LHP Mitch Farris (1-2, 6.52 ERA) takes the mound for the Angels while Royals' RHP Michael Lorenzen (6-11, 4.70) gets the start in a series-closing matchup on Thursday.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Yastrzemski struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Perez grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Pasquantino struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Jansen relieved García
	8th Inning	Peraza grounded out to third.
	8th Inning	Moore struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
13	Ground Balls	11
9	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
2	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	2
7	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
122	Pitches	129
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	1
5	Total Bases	11
32	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
-0.3	Runs Created	2.5
.069	Batting Average	.194
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.172	Slugging Percentage	.355
.172	Secondary Average	.290
.156	On Base Percentage	.265
.329	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.620
1.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.5
13.0	Batter Rating	24.0
29.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.79
.103	Isolated Power	.161
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.063	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
4.0	Runs Produced	5.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.7
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
61.8	MLB Rating	74.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0