Game 17 vs. Los Angeles of Anaheim

This one started off to be the sort of thing we all dreaded before last year. Shane Victorino led off the first with a double, coming around to score on another one by Mike Trout. In the past such a beginning could well have presaged a drawn-out, offense-free debacle ending in a one-run loss.

Indeed, that seemed to be how it was shaping up even with this year’s team in the game. Through the first five innings we managed one single, one walk and a couple of hit batters.

But then LA’s wheels came off in the bottom of the sixth. Ben Zobrist doubled and then scored on a pair of Angel errors. Then Eric Hosmer hit a two-run blast that put us ahead, where we stayed for the rest of the game. Additional small ball put another run on the board for us in the eighth, but it proved to be unnecessary insurance.

ANGELS (1) AT ROYALS (4)

ANGELS               AB  R  H BI  ROYALS               AB  R  H BI
Shane Victorino       2  1  1  0  Alcides Escobar       5  0  0  0  
 David Murphy         2  0  1  0  Ben Zobrist           4  1  2  0  
Kole Calhoun          3  0  0  0   Jarrod Dyson         0  0  0  0  
Mike Trout            3  0  2  1  Lorenzo Cain          4  1  1  1  
Albert Pujols         4  0  0  0  Eric Hosmer           4  1  1  2  
C.J. Cron             4  0  0  0  Kendrys Morales       2  0  0  0  
Johnny Giavotella     4  0  0  0  Mike Moustakas        1  0  0  0  
Carlos Perez          4  0  0  0  Alex Rios             4  0  1  0  
Conor Gillaspie       4  0  2  0  Omar Infante          4  0  0  0  
Taylor Featherston    2  0  1  0  Drew Butera           3  0  1  1  
 David DeJesus        1  0  0  0  *Paulo Orlando        0  1  0  0  
TOTALS               33  1  7  1  TOTALS               31  4  6  4

ANGELS                        100 000 000 -- 1  
ROYALS                        000 003 01x -- 4  

LOB--ANGELS 10, ROYALS 9. ERR--Jered Weaver, Albert Pujols,
Ben Zobrist. 2B--Shane Victorino, Conor Gillaspie, Mike
Trout, Ben Zobrist. HR--Eric Hosmer. HBP--Shane Victorino,
Kole Calhoun, Taylor Featherston, Drew Butera, Mike
Moustakas. SB--Alcides Escobar, Lorenzo Cain.

 ANGELS                          IP    H    R   ER   BB   SO   HR
Jered Weaver                   6.00    4    3    2    2    3    1
Fernando Salas                 0.67    1    0    0    0    0    0
Cesar Ramos                    0.33    0    1    1    2    0    0
Joe Smith                      1.00    1    0    0    0    0    0
 ROYALS                     
Danny Duffy                    6.00    5    1    1    0    2    0
Ryan Madson                    1.00    1    0    0    2    0    0
Kelvin Herrera                 1.00    0    0    0    0    1    0
Greg Holland                   1.00    1    0    0    0    3    0

SO--Shane Victorino, David DeJesus, Conor Gillaspie, Mike
Trout, Kole Calhoun, C.J. Cron, Kendrys Morales, Omar
Infante, Mike Moustakas. BB--Mike Trout, Kole Calhoun,
Kendrys Morales (2), Mike Moustakas (2).