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Kansas City Royals @ Anaheim Angels

2016-04-27 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 35142 · 63°F, sunny · Wind 9 mph R to L · 2:51

Los Angeles Angels defeated Kansas City Royals 4–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Eric Hosmer homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. Mike Moustakas scores. Los Angeles Angels took the lead in the 6th — Yunel Escobar homers (3) on a line drive to center field. The game's biggest swing came in the 4th: Mike Trout homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Rafael Ortega scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
ANA	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0		4	5

W: Fernando Salas L: Chris Young SV: Joe Smith

Umpires — HP: Tim Timmons · 1B: Toby Basner · 2B: Jordan Baker · 3B: Mike Everitt · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	5	0	1	0	0	2
Mike Moustakas	5	1	2	0	0	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	3	2	0	1
Kendrys Morales	3	0	0	0	1	2
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	4	0	0	0	0	2
Omar Infante	3	0	1	0	1	0
Paulo Orlando	4	0	2	0	0	1
Jarrod Dyson	3	0	1	0	1	0

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Yunel Escobar	4	1	1	1	0	2
Rafael Ortega	3	1	2	0	1	0
Mike Trout	4	1	1	2	0	1
Albert Pujols	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kole Calhoun	2	0	0	0	1	0
Andrelton Simmons	3	1	1	1	0	1
Cliff Pennington	3	0	0	0	0	2
Carlos Perez	3	0	0	0	0	1
Ji-Man Choi	3	0	0	0	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chris Young	5.1	3	2	6
Luke Hochevar	1.2	1	0	1
Kelvin Herrera	1.0	1	0	2

Anaheim Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nick Tropeano	5.1	8	2	6
Fernando Salas	0.2	1	0	0
Jose Alvarez	2.0	0	1	3
Joe Smith	1.0	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alcides Escobar: K
Mike Moustakas: S7/L78M+
Eric Hosmer: HR/F78XD+.1-H
Kendrys Morales: K
Salvador Perez: 8/L8LD+

Bot 1

Yunel Escobar: K
Rafael Ortega: 9/L9M
Mike Trout: 4/F8RS

Top 2

Alex Gordon: K
Omar Infante: S5/G5+
Paulo Orlando: 64(1)/FO/G6
Jarrod Dyson: SB2
Jarrod Dyson: W
Alcides Escobar: 7/F78M

Bot 2

Albert Pujols: 9/F9S
Kole Calhoun: W
Andrelton Simmons: 9/F9M
Cliff Pennington: 8/F8LD

Top 3

Mike Moustakas: 13/G13-
Eric Hosmer: D8/F78XD+
Kendrys Morales: 8/F8LXD+
Salvador Perez: 6/F6D-

Bot 3

Carlos Perez: K
Ji-Man Choi: K
Yunel Escobar: K

Top 4

Alex Gordon: K
Omar Infante: 8/F78D+
Paulo Orlando: S9/L4D
Jarrod Dyson: S9/G34.1-3
Alcides Escobar: PO1(13)

Bot 4

Rafael Ortega: S9/L4D
Mike Trout: HR/F8RXD+.1-H
Albert Pujols: 63/G56
Kole Calhoun: 8/F8RD
Andrelton Simmons: K

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: K
Mike Moustakas: S8/G6M
Eric Hosmer: S9/L89M.1-2
Kendrys Morales: K
Salvador Perez: 7/F7D

Bot 5

Cliff Pennington: K
Carlos Perez: 13/G13-
Ji-Man Choi: 9/F9LD

Top 6

Alex Gordon: 7/F78D+
Omar Infante: W
Paulo Orlando: S9/G34+.1-2
Jarrod Dyson: 46(1)/FO/G4S-.2-3
Alcides Escobar: SB2
Alcides Escobar: 53/G5-

Bot 6

Yunel Escobar: HR/F8LXD+
Rafael Ortega: W
Mike Trout: 7/F7D+
Albert Pujols: 7/L7M+
Kole Calhoun: CS2(26)/MREV

Top 7

Mike Moustakas: 53/G56-
Eric Hosmer: K
Kendrys Morales: W
Salvador Perez: K

Bot 7

Kole Calhoun: 7/F78XD+
Andrelton Simmons: HR/F7D+
Cliff Pennington: K
Carlos Perez: 53/G56

Top 8

Alex Gordon: 43/G34
Omar Infante: 9/F9D
Paulo Orlando: K

Bot 8

Ji-Man Choi: K
Yunel Escobar: 53/G56
Rafael Ortega: S9/G4
Mike Trout: K

Top 9

Jarrod Dyson: 43/G4+
Alcides Escobar: S9/L34D
Mike Moustakas: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Notes & reviews

replay,6,calhk001,ANA,everm901,ANA01,,Y,M,KCA,A $when Rafael Ortega was called safe at 2B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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