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Albert Pujols homered and drove in three runs, Ian Kinsler had three hits and a sacrifice fly that scored Shohei Ohtani with the go-ahead run in the eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 5-4 on Friday night. The Angels have won six straight and nine of 10. Their 12-3 start matches their best record after 15 games, set in 1979. Zack Cozart and Ohtani, who doubled in his first at-bat, led off the eighth with singles off Justin Grimm (0-2). After Andrelton Simmons advanced the runners with a bunt, Luis Valbuena's pinch-single scored Cozart and moved Ohtani to third. Kinsler's flyout to center drove in Ohtani. Blake Wood (1-0) worked a spotless seventh to Continue to Article

April 13, 2018 11:54:pm EST

Shohei Ohtani had to get a new bat for his triple that broke open the game. Ohtani tripled with the bases loaded in a five-run seventh inning to help the streaking Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. Ohtani gave one of his bats to a 6-year-old boy, Leo Guastello, who boldly asked for it before the game when the two-way rookie star from Japan was signing autographs. "He looked really sad when he was asking me," Ohtani said through a translator. "He really wanted that bat, so I gave it to him. Hopefully he can swing the bat and become a good player someday, but I can't be doing this all the time or I'll run out of bats." Mike Trout Continue to Article

April 13, 2018 1:48:am EST

Nick Tropeano threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings in his first major league start in nearly two years to help lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Angels' offense continued to batter opposing pitchers, getting 15 hits, and a new wrinkle showed in Shohei Ohtani's game -- speed. Ian Kinsler homered in the first inning, but the game-breaking blow came in the seventh on a three-run triple by Ohtani. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 11:34:pm EST

Nick Tropeano threw 6 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start in nearly two years to help lift the Los Angeles Angels to a 7-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Thursday night at Kauffman Stadium. The Angels offense continued to batter opposing pitchers, getting 15 hits and a new wrinkle in Shohei Ohtani's game -- speed. Ian Kinsler homered in the first inning, but the game-breaking blow came in the seventh on a three-run triple by Ohtani. Continue to Article

April 12, 2018 11:26:pm EST

Jakob Junis allowed one hit in seven scoreless innings and Mike Moustakas homered as the Kansas City Royals rolled to a 10-0 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. Moustakas went 3-for-5 with three RBIs for Kansas City, which racked up 13 hits. Drew Butera and Alcides Escobar had two RBIs apiece for the Royals. Continue to Article

April 09, 2018 11:11:pm EST