Kansas City 4, LA Angels 2
When: 9:05 PM ET, Saturday, July 3, 2010
Where: Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Temperature:
70°
Umpires:
Home -
Derryl Cousins, 1B -
Jim Joyce, 2B -
Marvin Hudson, 3B -
Jim Wolf
Attendance:
39112
By SportsDirect Inc.
Kansas City’s Bruce Chen was perfect through six innings as the Royals earned a 4-2 victory and series win over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night.
Chen (5-2) retired the first 18 Los Angeles hitters before Erick Aybar led off the seventh inning with a single. Chen was lifted after Jeff Mathis hit a homer in the eighth. He allowed just two hits and one run in 7 1/3 innings, with three strikeouts and a walk.
Closer Joakim Soria had the bases loaded in the ninth and allowed Mike Napoli to hit a sacrifice fly before earning his 22nd save in 23 opportunities.
The Royals took a 2-0 lead in the eighth on Jose Guillen’s two-run single off Ervin Santana (8-6), who allowed all four runs on seven hits in 8 1/3 innings.
After Mathis’ homer, the Royals took a 4-1 lead in the ninth on Jason Kendall’s RBI fielder’s choice and a wild pitch from Francisco Rodriguez that scored Yuniesky Betancourt, who had singled.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Kansas City |
|
LA Angels |
|
Bruce Chen |
Player |
Ervin Santana
|
|
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
|
7.1 |
IP |
8.1 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
4 |
|
2 |
Hits |
7 |
|
1.23 |
ERA |
4.32 |
Hitting
| Kansas City |
|
LA Angels |
|
Scott Podsednik | Player |
Erick Aybar
|
|
2 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
0 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
2 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
7 |
0 |
7 |
.212 |
14 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
| LA Angels
|
4 |
1 |
7 |
.138 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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