Kansas City 3, LA Angels 2
Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:10 PM
Location -
Kauffman Stadium
Temperature -
70°
Umpires -
Home Plate -
Ted Barrett,
First Base -
Clint Fagan,
Second Base -
Tim McClelland,
Third Base -
D.J. Reyburn,
Attendance -
23027
Final Scoring Summary
|
Final
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
X |
R
|
H
|
E
|
|
LA Angels
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2
|
6 |
0 |
|
Kansas City
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
|
3
|
7 |
2 |
Team Records
Recap
Royals 3, Angels 2: Salvador Perez hit a walk-off solo home run as host Kansas City rallied for three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to stun Los Angeles.
Zack Greinke took a shutout into the ninth for the Angels but was lifted after surrendering a one-out single by Alex Gordon. Closer Ernesto Frieri (3-1) came on and served up a two-run homer to Billy Butler that knotted it at 2-2.
Perez followed and blasted a line drive down the left-field line and off the foul pole to give the Royals the win and drop Los Angeles 2 1/2 games behind the Baltimore Orioles for the second wild-card spot in the American League. The Orioles suffered a 5-2 setback to Oakland on Saturday.
The Angels had set themselves up for the win behind Greinke and Kendrys Morales, whose solo homer in the fifth snapped a scoreless draw. Torii Hunter drove in a run with a single in the eighth to make it a 2-0 lead.
Greinke was charged with one run on five hits after being pulled with a pitch count of 103. Kelvin Herrera (4-2) got the win in relief of Jeremy Guthrie, who worked the first eight innings.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Morales has homered in each of the first two games of the series after going his first 10 games of the month without a blast. … Alcides Escobar and Gordon each recorded a pair of hits for the Royals. … Guthrie was charged with two runs on five hits. He has allowed two runs or less in seven of his last eight starts.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels |
|
Kansas City |
|
Zack Greinke
|
Player |
Jeremy Guthrie
|
|
No Decision
|
W/L |
No Decision
|
|
8.1 |
IP |
8.0 |
|
3 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
|
5 |
Hits |
5 |
|
1.08 |
ERA |
2.25 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| LA Angels
|
6 |
1 |
9 |
.182 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| Kansas City
|
7 |
2 |
13 |
.233 |
10 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Upcoming Games
-
Kansas City
will play their next game at home against LA Angels.
The
Royals
have a W/L % of
.439
after a win and
.468
after a loss.
-
LA Angels will play their next game on the road against Kansas City.
The
Angels
have a W/L % of
.538
after a win and
.545
after a loss.