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Kansas City Royals @ Anaheim Angels

2026-08-16 · Day game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 28036 · 84°F, Sunny · Wind 8 mph, R To L · 2:16

Kansas City Royals defeated Los Angeles Angels 3–0. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 4th — Michael Massey homers (11) on a fly ball to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Isaac Collins grounds into a double play, first baseman Vaughn Grissom to catcher Travis d'Arnaud. Salvador Perez out at home. Michael Massey to 3rd. Nick Loftin to 2nd. Isaac Collins out at 1st — worth 16% in win probability.

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Line score

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

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carter Jensen C	4	0	1	1	0	1
Bobby Witt SS	5	1	1	1	0	2
Jac Caglianone 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1
Salvador Perez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0
Michael Massey 2B	4	1	3	1	0	0
Nick Loftin 3B	2	0	0	0	2	0
Isaac Collins LF	4	0	0	0	0	3
John Rave RF	4	1	0	0	0	1
Kyle Isbel CF	3	0	1	0	0	0

Anaheim Angels — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Zach Neto SS	4	0	0	0
Mike Trout DH	4	0	0	2
Vaughn Grissom 1B	3	1	0	1
Jose Siri CF	3	0	0	0
Wade Meckler LF	3	0	0	0
Denzer Guzman 3B	3	0	0	1
Oswald Peraza 2B	2	0	1	1
Travis d'Arnaud C	3	0	0	2
Josh Lowe RF	3	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Noah Cameron	9.0	1	0	0	1	8

Anaheim Angels — pitching