Noah Cameron made sure this one never got close. The Royals right-hander allowed a single hit over nine innings, and Kansas City turned a handful of scattered runs into a 3-0 shutout of the Angels.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| LAA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cameron was the story from the first pitch to the last. He worked the full nine innings, scattering just one hit and one walk while striking out eight. The Angels managed nothing against him all night, and his final line -- 9.0 innings, 1 hit, 0 runs, 8 strikeouts -- earned him the win and pushed his record to 7-8 with a 4.16 ERA.
The offense gave him more than enough. Michael Massey opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a solo homer to right field, a 384-foot shot that put Kansas City ahead 1-0 and proved to be the game's decisive swing. Bobby Witt Jr. added to the lead in the fifth with a homer to left, and in the seventh, Carter Jensen's infield single to second brought home John Rave to make it 3-0. Massey finished 3-for-4 with a run scored, while Witt drove in a run of his own.
Ryan Johnson took the loss for Los Angeles, working 5.1 innings and allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks. The Angels bullpen kept things from getting worse, covering 3.2 innings and allowing just 1 run, but the damage was already done -- the offense could not solve Cameron, finishing with a single hit and an error on the night.
The result dropped the Angels to 49-76, a first loss after their previous game, while the Royals improved to 51-74 and snapped into a winning mark with the victory.