Kansas City 5, LA Angels 4
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, April 2, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature:
52°
Umpires:
Home -
Paul Nauert, 1B -
Doug Eddings, 2B -
Dana DeMuth, 3B -
Kerwin Danley
Attendance:
17328
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Chris Getz had three hits, including a tiebreaking single with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the host Kansas City Royals rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday afternoon.
Matt Treanor tied the score with a run-scoring single immediately prior to Getz’s base hit to center field off Kevin Jepsen (0-1). Pinch runner Jarrod Dyson easily scored from second base.
Aaron Crow (1-0) picked up the win with 1 2/3 scoreless innings for the
Royals, who are 2-1 against the Angels in the season-opening series that
concludes Sunday. Joakim Soria worked a perfect ninth for his first save of the season.
Torii Hunter hit a one-out homer in the fourth off Kansas City starter Kyle Davies to give the Angels a 1-0 lead. Kansas City scored twice in the fifth on Getz’s run-scoring single and an infield groundout by Alcides Escobar.
The Angels tied the score in the sixth on Vernon Wells’ RBI-single. Alberto Callaspo followed with a single to give the Angels the 3-2 lead. Wells scored later in the inning on Erick Aybar’s infield out.
Kansas City pulled within a run when Angels starter Ervin Santana threw a wild pitch while striking out Jeff Francoeur in the seventh, allowing Billy Butler to score.
Santana pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up three runs and seven hits. He struck out six and walked two. Davies gave up four runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Kansas City |
|
Ervin Santana
|
Player |
Kyle Davies
|
|
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
|
6.2 |
IP |
5.1 |
|
6 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
7 |
Hits |
7 |
|
4.05 |
ERA |
6.75 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
11 |
1 |
17 |
.314 |
19 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
11 |
0 |
12 |
.314 |
19 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
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