| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 4-4 | 2-1 | 2-3 |
| Game 2 | 4-4 | 1-3 | 3-1 |
| Game 3 | 3-5 | 1-3 | 2-2 |
| Game 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 2-6 | 1-0 | 1-6 |
| Game 2 | 4-4 | 1-1 | 3-3 |
| Game 3 | 2-6 | 1-3 | 1-3 |
| Game 4 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| Team | R | H | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
|
|
6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
LA Angels Pitcher
Y. Kikuchi
(L)
Kansas City Pitcher
N. Cameron
(W)
| Team | ML | O/U (Margin) | ATS (Margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
-108 | 8.5o (0.5) | -1.5 |
|
|
-108 | 8.5u | +1.5 (4.5) |
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. Neto | SS | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .236 |
| M. Trout | CF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .233 |
| J. Adell | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .266 |
| J. Soler | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .220 |
| O. Peraza | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Y. Moncada | PH -3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .174 |
| N. Schanuel | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .229 |
| V. Grissom | 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .292 |
| L. O'Hoppe | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .213 |
| B. Teodosio | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .214 |
| A. Frazier | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .256 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 16 | ||
Battling
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Loftin | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .235 |
| B. Witt Jr. | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .283 |
| S. Perez | 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .165 |
| L. Thomas | CF -RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .191 |
| S. Marte | RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .231 |
| K. Isbel | PR -CF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| C. Jensen | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .288 |
| I. Collins | LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .206 |
| E. Diaz | C | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .429 |
| M. Massey | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .243 |
| Totals | 31 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12 | ||
Battling
Baserunning
Fielding
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y. Kikuchi (L 0-3) | 5 .0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6.21 |
| S. Anderson | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.17 |
| R. Zeferjahn | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6.39 |
| D. Pomeranz | 1 .0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7.20 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Cameron (W 2-1) | 6 .1 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5.13 |
| N. Mears (H 3) | 0 .1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| D. Lynch IV (H 3) | 0 .1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.96 |
| M. Strahm (H 7) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.66 |
| L. Erceg (S 6) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.23 |
Location Kauffman Stadium
Temperature 66° Temperature
Attendance 19,079 attendance
Home Jim Wolf
1st Derek Thomas
2nd Alex MacKay
3rd Alan Porter
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | LAA Starter (IP) | KC Starter (IP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25, '25 | LAA |
|
KC -121 | o9.0 | M. Farris (5.0) | M. Lorenzen (5.2) |
| Sep 24, '25 | LAA |
|
LAA +103 | u8.5 | Y. Kikuchi (5.0) | S. Kolek (6.0) |
| Sep 23, '25 | LAA |
|
KC -158 | o9.0 | S. Aldegheri (4.2) | C. Ragans (5.0) |
| Sep 04, '25 | KC |
|
KC -152 | u9.0 | K. Hendricks (6.0) | N. Cameron (5.0) |
| Sep 03, '25 | KC |
|
LAA +138 | u9.0 | C. Dana (5.0) | R. Bergert (5.0) |
| Sep 02, '25 | KC |
|
LAA +142 | u9.0 | M. Farris (5.0) | M. Lorenzen (6.0) |
| Aug 21, '24 | KC |
|
KC -182 | u8.5 | J. Cueto (6.1) | M. Lorenzen (7.0) |
| Aug 20, '24 | KC |
|
LAA +174 | o7.5 | T. Anderson (6.0) | C. Ragans (5.0) |
| Aug 19, '24 | KC |
|
KC -232 | u8.5 | C. Fulmer (4.0) | S. Lugo (7.0) |
| May 12, '24 | LAA |
|
KC +101 | u8.0 | P. Sandoval (6.0) | S. Lugo (8.0) |
Last Meeting ( Mar 19, 2026 ) LA Angels 4, Kansas City 3
While the Los Angeles Angels have ended their first true skid on the young season, the Kansas City Royals continue to struggle.
Looking to build on a needed victory, the visiting Angels try to hand the Royals a 10th loss in 11 games on Friday night.
Los Angeles ended a four-game losing streak, during which it totaled six runs, with its 7-3 home win over Toronto on Wednesday. The triumph somewhat salvaged a 2-4 homestand for the Angels, who continue to hover around the .500 mark to open the campaign.
"When you try to make this game harder than it is, then it's going to get really hard," Angels manager Kurt Suzuki said. "Stay with the course."
Los Angeles is averaging 3.4 runs while 5-7 at home, but 6.1 in splitting their first 14 road contests.
On Wednesday, Angels star Mike Trout clubbed his first home run this season at home, where he's batting .158 in 11 contests. However, he's batting .300 with seven homers, 17 walks and 16 RBIs on the road.
Trout has batted .315 with six home runs and 18 RBIs in 34 career games at Kansas City. He's 0-for-1 with two walks against scheduled Royals starter Noah Cameron (1-1, 5.40 ERA).
The Kansas City left-hander allowed only two runs and no homers over 10 2/3 innings of his first two starts this season. However, he has yielded 12 runs (10 earned) and five homers over 9 1/3 innings in two games since. Three of those long balls came over four innings of Saturday's 13-4 loss to the host New York Yankees.
"I don't know if I lost focus or they just started putting the bat on the ball and started making some mistake pitchers there," Cameron said. "Just got to get back in the zone and attack and try to get us out of there."
The Royals won three of their first five games in 2026 but have just five wins since. That includes one in the last 10 games, during which time its pitchers have a 6.16 ERA with 18 home runs and 54 walks allowed.
"If we get too focused and caught up in what's happened over the last couple of weeks, we're not going to be able to move forward," Kansas City general manager J.J. Picollo said.
Baltimore went deep twice Wednesday during an 8-6 defeat of the host Royals. Meanwhile, Kansas City's Carter Jensen hit his team-leading sixth homer and is 7-for-13 with four RBIs in his last four contests.
Kansas City All-Star third baseman Maikel Garcia is batting .353 with two homers and nine RBIs in 13 home games, but his status for this series opener is uncertain after he exited Wednesday with elbow soreness.
"Just have to see how he feels come Friday," Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.
Garcia is 1-for-10 versus scheduled Angels starter Yusei Kikuchi, while fellow star teammate Bobby Witt Jr., batting .368 in the last five games, is 0-for-12 against the left-hander.
Kikuchi (0-2, 5.63) is 4-2 with a 4.72 ERA in 10 career starts against the Royals. He allowed 15 runs over 18 innings of his first four 2026 starts. Then he struck out eight with one walk and four hits over six scoreless innings Saturday in a no-decision versus San Diego.
"That's kind of the Kikuchi that we're used to seeing, that type of guy where he's attacking with the fastball," Suzuki said.
--Field Level Media
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z. Neto | SS | Day To Day - Neck( Jun 01, '26) | Jun 01, '26 | |
| Neto is not in the lineup for Tuesday's (Jun. 2) game against Colorado due to whiplash. | ||||
| N. Schanuel | 1B | Ten Day IL - Calf( May 26, '26) | May 26, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels placed INF Nolan Schanuel on the 10-day injured list with a left ankle inflammation. | ||||
| Y. Moncada | 3B | Ten Day IL - Knee( May 21, '26) | May 21, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels placed INF Yoán Moncada on the 10-day injured list with right knee inflammation. | ||||
| Y. Kikuchi | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( May 21, '26) | May 21, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels transferred LHP Yusei Kikuchi to the 60-day injured list due to left shoulder inflammation. | ||||
| B. Joyce | RP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( May 15, '26) | May 15, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels transferred RHP Ben Joyce to the 60-day injured list as he recovers from his right shoulder surgery. | ||||
| T. d'Arnaud | C | Ten Day IL - Foot( May 07, '26) | May 07, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels placed C Travis d'Arnaud on the 10-day injured list with right foot plantar fasciitis. | ||||
| R. Stephenson | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Mar 23, '26) | Mar 23, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels placed RHP Robert Stephenson on the 60-day injured list due to a ligament and flexor repair surgery on his right elbow. | ||||
| A. Rendon | 3B | Sixty Day IL - Hip( Mar 23, '26) | Mar 23, '26 | |
| The Los Angeles Angels placed INF Anthony Rendon on the 60-day injured list. | ||||
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Garcia | 3B | Day To Day - Hamstring( Jun 01, '26) | Jun 01, '26 | |
| Garcia is not in Tuesday's (Jun. 2) game against Cincinnati due to a right hamstring strain. | ||||
| N. Mears | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Shoulder( May 28, '26) | May 28, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Nick Mears on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement. | ||||
| K. Bubic | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 17, '26) | May 17, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed LHP Kris Bubic on the 15-day injured list due to left arm. | ||||
| C. Ragans | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 07, '26) | May 07, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed LHP Cole Ragans on the 15-day injured list with elbow impingement. | ||||
| J. India | 2B | Ten Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 27, '26) | Apr 27, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed INF Jonathan India on the 10-day injured list. The Royals announced Tuesday that India underwent season-ending surgery to repair the labrum in his left shoulder. | ||||
| J. McArthur | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 18, '26) | Apr 18, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals transferred RHP James McArthur from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. | ||||
| C. Estevez | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Foot( Mar 31, '26) | Mar 31, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Carlos Estévez on the 15-day injured list with left foot contusion. | ||||
| A. Marsh | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Feb 11, '26) | Feb 11, '26 | |
| The Kansas City Royals placed RHP Alec Marsh on the 60-day injured list due to a shoulder injury. | ||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 18, '26
LAA 1 - SD 4
|
L -104 | u9.5 | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 14.3 | 0.0 |
|
Apr 13, '26
NYY 11 - LAA 10
|
L +158 | o9.5 | 3.1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 24.6 | 0.7 |
|
Apr 07, '26
LAA 2 - ATL 7
|
L +108 | o8.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 19.4 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 01, '26
CHC 6 - LAA 2
|
L +136 | o6.0 | 5.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 91 | 17.1 | 3.0 |
|
Mar 27, '26
HOU 2 - LAA 6
|
W +146 | u8.5 | 4.1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 86 | 19.8 | 1.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 4.2 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 88.4 | 19.0 | 1.1 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep 24, '25
LAA 3 - KC 2
|
W +103 | u8.5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 66 | 13.2 | 1.5 |
|
Aug 31, '24
HOU 5 - KC 2
|
W -120 | u7.5 | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 14.4 | 6.0 |
|
Apr 22, '24
KC 3 - TOR 5
|
W -117 | u9.0 | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 81 | 13.5 | 1.2 |
| Last 3 Avg. | 6.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 7.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 82.7 | 13.7 | 2.9 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Apr 18, '26
NYY 13 - KC 4
|
L +136 | o8.0 | 4.0 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 74 | 18.5 | 2.5 |
|
Apr 12, '26
KC 5 - CHW 6
|
L -180 | o8.5 | 5.1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 67 | 12.6 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 07, '26
CLE 2 - KC 1
|
L +102 | u6.5 | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 97 | 17.1 | 1.3 |
|
Apr 01, '26
KC 13 - MIN 9
|
W -106 | o7.5 | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 86 | 17.2 | 0.3 |
|
Sep 26, '25
ATH 4 - KC 3
|
L -124 | u10.5 | 4.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 20.6 | 0.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 4.2 | 5.4 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 84.0 | 17.2 | 1.0 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep 04, '25
KC 4 - LAA 3
|
W -152 | u9.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 93 | 18.6 | 4.0 |
| Last 1 Avg. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 93.0 | 18.6 | 4.0 |
| Team | ERA | AVG. | OBP | WHIP | IP | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
4.06 | .226 | .322 | 1.34 | 8.2 | 0.8 | 4.4 | 8.9 |
|
|
4.72 | .238 | .330 | 1.37 | 8.2 | 1.3 | 4.4 | 8.4 |
| Team | Runs/9 | ERA | AVG. | OBP | WHIP | IP | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
3.79 | 3.59 | .219 | .314 | 1.29 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 5.3 |
|
|
4.03 | 3.76 | .218 | .304 | 1.22 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 5.1 |
| Team | Runs/9 | ERA | AVG. | OBP | WHIP | IP | HR | BB | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
5.59 | 4.74 | .235 | .333 | 1.41 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 3.6 |
|
|
6.72 | 6.29 | .267 | .367 | 1.63 | 3.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 3.3 |