Kansas City Royals at Los Angeles Angels

· Major League Baseball

Kansas City Royals

80-79, 37-41 Away

Final
9 - 4

Los Angeles Angels

71-88, 38-40 Home

Pasquantino has HR and 3 RBIs, Witt gets 4 hits as Royals beat Angels 9-4

Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels: Game Highlights

Michael Lorenzen (7-11) gave up two earned runs and five hits with a season-high nine strikeouts and no walks in 5 2/3 innings for the Royals.

Jo Adell, Nolan Schanuel and Mike Trout each homered for the Angels. Trout’s two-run shot — his 23rd of the season and 401st of his career — cut Kansas City's lead to 5-4 in eighth.

However, the Royals scored four in the top of the ninth, a rally highlighted by Salvador Perez’s two-out, three-run double off Angels reliever Sam Bachman, to pull away.

Mitch Farris (1-3) gave up four earned runs and five hits in five innings, striking out five and walking two, for the Angels, who have lost 11 of 13 games.

Pasquantino’s team-leading 32nd homer, a two-run shot to right field in the first, gave him a team-high 110 RBI on the season. Adell pulled the Angels to 2-1 in the second with his team-high 37th homer.

Pasquantino had a run-scoring fielder’s choice in the third and Witt had an RBI double in the fifth to push the lead to 5-1.

Schanuel’s solo shot in the sixth brought the Angels back within two, but Adam Frazier’s pinch-hit RBI single in the eight made it 5-2.

Key moment Bachman was one strike away from escaping a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, but Perez hit a drive off the base of the center-field wall for his game-breaking hit.

Key stat The Angels struck out 13 times, bringing their major league-leading total to 1,603 — tied for fourth-most in major league history. With three games left, the Angels are 51 shy of Minnesota’s single-season record of 1,654 strikeouts, set in 2023.

Up next Angels RHP Kyle Hendricks (8-10, 4.79 ERA) will start against Astros RHP Jason Alexander (4-2, 4.83 ERA) at home on Friday.

Royals LHP Noah Cameron (9-7, 2.90 ERA) will start against Athletics RHP Luis Morales (4-2, 3.07) on Friday.

How can I watch Kansas City Royals vs. Los Angeles Angels?

TV Channel: Royals at Angels 2022 MLB Baseball, is broadcasted on MLB.TV.
Online streaming: Sign up for Fubo.

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Moore grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	O'Hoppe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Taylor struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Avila relieved Cruz
	9th Inning	Tolbert in left field.
	9th Inning	Frazier at second base.

Statistics

KC		LAA
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	7
9	Strikeouts	13
9	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	0
0	Catcher Interference	0
9	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	5
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	0
20	Fly Balls	14
1	Caught Stealing	0
167	Pitches	137
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	1
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
17	Total Bases	16
42	Plate Appearances	34
162.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	3
6.5	Runs Created	3.5
.297	Batting Average	.206
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	1.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.471
.270	Secondary Average	.265
.381	On Base Percentage	.206
.840	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.676
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
6.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.5
57.0	Batter Rating	32.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.50	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.98	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.162	Isolated Power	.265
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.00
.095	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.000
-.027	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.059
18.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
97.5	MLB Rating	80.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0