But Shoemaker gave the lead right back when he laid a pitch over the middle and Sal Perez crushed it into the left-field fountains, an estimated 429 feet from the plate.
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Holland then walked Mike Trout before he was finally pulled.
I told Royals fans not to panic. “I didn’t execute when I needed to and we lose the game because of it”. Despite giving up a mammoth home run to Hosmer, Street was able to record the final three outs and the comeback was complete. Albert Pujols moved from first to third.
Royals manager Ned Yost earned his 900th victory…. Next batter, Eric Hosmer hit a two-run homer to put the Royals on top, after their were held to just one hit in the first six innings by started Jared Weaver. The veteran had been dinged for at least 10 hits in each of his past three outings, putting his spot in the rotation in question.
One more game in Kansas City.
The victory snapped the Angels’ nine-game losing streak away from home.
Not only did Greg Holland say he was available, he practically demanded to pitch.
Now, we’ve got a little bit of a sample size problem here, because we won’t know the total July birth numbers for Kansas and Missouri until next year, but the Kansas City Star has plenty of anecdotal evidence to suggest crazy-exciting baseball works as some kind of aphrodisiac. He allowed five in 2 1/3 innings against Cleveland on August. 27, 2010….
It was the 10th homer of the year for the Cardinals’ first baseman, who collected two hits for the second straight game.
Angels: LHP C.J. Wilson will have season-ending surgery to remove bone spurs. He hopes it allows him to be ready by spring training.
Taylor Featherstone and Victorino were plunked back-to-back in the second to load the bases, but Kole Calhoun flied out to end the inning.
Alex Gordon said he should be ready “shortly” to go out on a minor league rehab assignment, although no date has been set. He has been throwing, taking regular batting practice and shagging fly balls during pregame workouts the last couple of weeks.
That was pretty much the case in his only previous start against the Angels last season when he gave up five runs and nine hits in six innings of a 6-1 road defeat.
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The Royals hitters, embiggened by Mike Sweeney’s effervescence following his induction into the Royals Hall of Fame, took to the second inning with a flame that sparks the fire. Matt Shoemaker (5-9) absorbed most of the damage for the Angels, the right-hander failing to make it through the frame in his second consecutive disastrous start.
