ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Jered Weaver
can be a bit sensitive on the subject of his diminished velocity. Over
the past couple years, he's made a habit of changing the subject to
anything but his pitching once the radar gun comes up.
Tuesday night, the three-time All-Star had a good reason to go on a different direction in his postgame analysis.
Johnny Giavotella drove in three runs with his first homer of the season, Mike Trout and Carlos Perez had two-run singles against Edinson Volquez and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4.
"The story of the night was the offense," Weaver said. "They did a tremendous job battling against a guy that's been throwing the ball real well. Johnny hit a homer at the right time and we were able to shut the door. It was fun to watch. The offense battled a lot harder than I did."
Weaver (3-0) allowed four runs and nine hits over six innings and struck out four. The Angels scored one more run than they totaled in the right-hander's first three starts this season.
"The offense had had a great approach. They weren't swinging at anything that was out of the zone," Weaver said. "There were some walks and some knocks through the holes. Carlos gave us two runs to go ahead, and Gio's home run was the icing on the cake."
Volquez (3-1) gave up eight runs and 12 hits in in five innings. The right-hander, facing the Angels for the first time since 2007 with the Texas Rangers, was coming off a 4-0 win over Detroit in which he allowed five hits through seven innings.
"It was just a weird night for him," manager Ned Yost said. "You don't see 10 hits going into the fifth inning -- and nine of them were on the ground.
"But that's his goal. He wants ground balls. I thought Eddie commanded the ball really well, and his secondary stuff was good. They weren't scorching the ball, but they just kept finding holes until that fifth inning."
Volquez worked with the bases loaded in three different innings. The Angels grabbed an 8-4 lead in the fifth on Perez's two-run single and Giavotella's drive into the left-field bullpen.
"I imagine it took a bit of a toll on him tonight," Yost said. "I mean, you don't want to see your pitcher go through three of those type of situations in five innings, but Eddie usually kind of rises to the occasion in those situations, does a good job of limiting the damage."
Opposing batters are hitting .204 with the bases loaded against Volquez during his 12-year career.
A one-out walk to Albert Pujols loaded the bases in the Angels' first, but Volquez retired Kole Calhoun on a foul pop to third and got Andrelton Simmons to fly out to center.
Mike Moustakas homered and Jarrod Dyson hit a pair of RBI doubles for the defending World Series champions, who had six two-base hits altogether -- all against Weaver. The franchise record is 11, set on Aug. 11, 2003 against the Yankees.
SPIKE MARKS
Royals: Four-time Gold Glove LF Alex Gordon robbed Pujols of extra bases and an RBI with a diving catch in left-center to end the second. Gordon has played 174 consecutive errorless games. The franchise record for outfielders is 240, by David DeJesus. ... Hosmer's fifth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 16 games, equaling the longest of his career. ... Dyson's two doubles matched the total he had in his previous 71 regular-season at-bats. ... The Royals are 11-1 when scoring more than three runs.
Angels: Next Monday is the fourth anniversary of Weaver's no-hitter against Minnesota. He is 55-44 with a 3.68 ERA in 112 starts since then. ... Ortega calmly caught Kendrys Morales' flyball in shallow LF in the second inning while 3B Yunel Escobar and SS Simmons collided right in front of him.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Chris Young (1-3, 6.41 ERA) has made 210 starts in the majors with five different clubs and has only one complete game -- on Sept. 7, 2008, when he pitched a two-hitter in San Diego's 10-1 rout at Milwaukee.
Angels: RHP Nick Tropeano (1-0) will start against the Royals for the first time. He has allowed only two home runs in 75 1/3 innings in the big leagues, both of them two-out solo shots.
Tuesday night, the three-time All-Star had a good reason to go on a different direction in his postgame analysis.
Johnny Giavotella drove in three runs with his first homer of the season, Mike Trout and Carlos Perez had two-run singles against Edinson Volquez and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 9-4.
"The story of the night was the offense," Weaver said. "They did a tremendous job battling against a guy that's been throwing the ball real well. Johnny hit a homer at the right time and we were able to shut the door. It was fun to watch. The offense battled a lot harder than I did."
Weaver (3-0) allowed four runs and nine hits over six innings and struck out four. The Angels scored one more run than they totaled in the right-hander's first three starts this season.
"The offense had had a great approach. They weren't swinging at anything that was out of the zone," Weaver said. "There were some walks and some knocks through the holes. Carlos gave us two runs to go ahead, and Gio's home run was the icing on the cake."
Volquez (3-1) gave up eight runs and 12 hits in in five innings. The right-hander, facing the Angels for the first time since 2007 with the Texas Rangers, was coming off a 4-0 win over Detroit in which he allowed five hits through seven innings.
"It was just a weird night for him," manager Ned Yost said. "You don't see 10 hits going into the fifth inning -- and nine of them were on the ground.
"But that's his goal. He wants ground balls. I thought Eddie commanded the ball really well, and his secondary stuff was good. They weren't scorching the ball, but they just kept finding holes until that fifth inning."
Volquez worked with the bases loaded in three different innings. The Angels grabbed an 8-4 lead in the fifth on Perez's two-run single and Giavotella's drive into the left-field bullpen.
"I imagine it took a bit of a toll on him tonight," Yost said. "I mean, you don't want to see your pitcher go through three of those type of situations in five innings, but Eddie usually kind of rises to the occasion in those situations, does a good job of limiting the damage."
Opposing batters are hitting .204 with the bases loaded against Volquez during his 12-year career.
A one-out walk to Albert Pujols loaded the bases in the Angels' first, but Volquez retired Kole Calhoun on a foul pop to third and got Andrelton Simmons to fly out to center.
Mike Moustakas homered and Jarrod Dyson hit a pair of RBI doubles for the defending World Series champions, who had six two-base hits altogether -- all against Weaver. The franchise record is 11, set on Aug. 11, 2003 against the Yankees.
SPIKE MARKS
Royals: Four-time Gold Glove LF Alex Gordon robbed Pujols of extra bases and an RBI with a diving catch in left-center to end the second. Gordon has played 174 consecutive errorless games. The franchise record for outfielders is 240, by David DeJesus. ... Hosmer's fifth-inning single extended his hitting streak to 16 games, equaling the longest of his career. ... Dyson's two doubles matched the total he had in his previous 71 regular-season at-bats. ... The Royals are 11-1 when scoring more than three runs.
Angels: Next Monday is the fourth anniversary of Weaver's no-hitter against Minnesota. He is 55-44 with a 3.68 ERA in 112 starts since then. ... Ortega calmly caught Kendrys Morales' flyball in shallow LF in the second inning while 3B Yunel Escobar and SS Simmons collided right in front of him.
UP NEXT
Royals: RHP Chris Young (1-3, 6.41 ERA) has made 210 starts in the majors with five different clubs and has only one complete game -- on Sept. 7, 2008, when he pitched a two-hitter in San Diego's 10-1 rout at Milwaukee.
Angels: RHP Nick Tropeano (1-0) will start against the Royals for the first time. He has allowed only two home runs in 75 1/3 innings in the big leagues, both of them two-out solo shots.
10:05PM,EDT,April 26,2016
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, California
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Kansas City - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Escobar flied out to left. | 0 | 0 |
| Moustakas homered to center (402 feet). | 1 | 0 |
| Cain flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Hosmer flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Escobar singled to right. | 1 | 0 |
| Ortega singled to left, Escobar to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| Pujols walked, Escobar to third, Ortega to second. | 1 | 0 |
| Calhoun fouled out to third. | 1 | 0 |
| Simmons flied out to center. | 1 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Morales flied out to left. | 1 | 0 |
| Gordon struck out looking. | 1 | 0 |
| Pérez doubled to deep left. | 1 | 0 |
| Infante walked. | 1 | 0 |
| Dyson doubled to right, Pérez scored, Infante to third. | 2 | 0 |
| Escobar flied out to right. | 2 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Cron singled to center. | 2 | 0 |
| Pérez popped out to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Giavotella singled to center, Cron to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Escobar reached on infield single to first, Cron to third, Giavotella to second. | 2 | 0 |
| Ortega grounded out to first, Cron scored, Giavotella to third, Escobar to second. | 2 | 1 |
| Trout singled to right, Giavotella and Escobar scored. | 2 | 3 |
| Pujols flied out to left. | 2 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Moustakas walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Cain singled to right, Moustakas to second. | 2 | 3 |
| Hosmer grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Cain out at second, Moustakas to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Morales struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Calhoun grounded out to first. | 2 | 3 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 2 | 3 |
| Cron walked. | 2 | 3 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Gordon doubled to center. | 2 | 3 |
| Pérez struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| Infante doubled to left center, Gordon scored. | 3 | 3 |
| Dyson doubled to deep right center, Infante scored. | 4 | 3 |
| Escobar grounded out to shortstop, Dyson to third. | 4 | 3 |
| Moustakas lined out to center. | 4 | 3 |
| 2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Giavotella flied out to left. | 4 | 3 |
| Escobar reached on infield single to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Ortega grounded into fielder's choice to first, Escobar out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| Trout struck out swinging. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Cain grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 3 |
| Hosmer singled to right. | 4 | 3 |
| Morales grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Hosmer out at second. | 4 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Edinson Volquez pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Pujols singled to center. | 4 | 3 |
| Calhoun flied out to left. | 4 | 3 |
| Simmons singled to left, Pujols to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Cron reached on infield single to second, Pujols to third, Simmons to second. | 4 | 3 |
| Pérez singled to center, Pujols and Simmons scored, Cron to second. | 4 | 5 |
| Giavotella homered to left (395 feet), Cron and Pérez scored. | 4 | 8 |
| Escobar grounded out to third. | 4 | 8 |
| Ortega grounded out to second. | 4 | 8 |
| 5 Runs, 5 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jered Weaver pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Gordon struck out looking. | 4 | 8 |
| Pérez doubled to deep center. | 4 | 8 |
| Infante flied out to center, Pérez to third. | 4 | 8 |
| Dyson flied out to center. | 4 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Danny Duffy pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Duffy relieved Vólquez. | 4 | 8 |
| Trout walked. | 4 | 8 |
| Pujols lined out to center. | 4 | 8 |
| Calhoun struck out swinging. | 4 | 8 |
| Simmons grounded out to third. | 4 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Mike Morin pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Morin relieved Weaver. | 4 | 8 |
| Escobar struck out swinging. | 4 | 8 |
| Moustakas lined out to center. | 4 | 8 |
| Cain grounded out to pitcher. | 4 | 8 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Joakim Soria pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Soria relieved Duffy. | 4 | 8 |
| Cron walked. | 4 | 8 |
| Pérez sacrificed to pitcher, Cron to second. | 4 | 8 |
| Cron caught stealing third, pitcher to third. | 4 | 8 |
| Giavotella doubled to right. | 4 | 8 |
| Escobar singled to shortstop, Giavotella scored on error by shortstop Escobar. | 4 | 9 |
| Ortega walked, Escobar to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Trout flied out to right. | 4 | 9 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Greg Mahle pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Pennington at second base. | 4 | 9 |
| Mahle relieved Morin. | 4 | 9 |
| Hosmer grounded out to first. | 4 | 9 |
| Morales walked. | 4 | 9 |
| Gordon struck out swinging. | 4 | 9 |
| Pérez popped out to shortstop. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Los Angeles - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for Kansas City | KC | LAA |
| Wang relieved Soria. | 4 | 9 |
| Pujols lined out to left. | 4 | 9 |
| Calhoun grounded out to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Simmons flied out to left. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Greg Mahle pitching for Los Angeles | KC | LAA |
| Infante walked. | 4 | 9 |
| Dyson popped out to second. | 4 | 9 |
| Escobar grounded into double play, shortstop to first, Infante out at second. | 4 | 9 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Kansas City Royals | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
| Escobar SS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | .221 | .253 | .279 |
| Moustakas 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | .267 | .337 | .613 |
| Cain CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .203 | .289 | .284 |
| Hosmer 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .312 | .361 | .468 |
| Morales DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | .233 | .284 | .384 |
| Gordon LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14 | .235 | .342 | .368 |
| Pérez C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | .277 | .304 | .585 |
| Infante 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | .274 | .303 | .387 |
| Dyson RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .333 | .379 | .407 |
| Totals | 33 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 129 | |||
| BATTING 2B: Pérez 2 (6, Weaver 2); Dyson 2 (2, Weaver 2); Gordon (3, Weaver); Infante (7, Weaver) HR: Moustakas (7, 1st inning off Weaver 0 on, 1 Out) RBI: Moustakas (11), Dyson 2 (3), Infante (3) 2-out RBI: Dyson GIDP: Hosmer, Morales, Escobar Royals RISP: 3-11 (Moustakas 0-1, Hosmer 0-1, Dyson 2-3, Escobar 0-2, Infante 1-2, Pérez 0-1, Morales 0-1) Team LOB: 6 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING E: Escobar (4, bobble) | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Angel Stadium of Anaheim, Anaheim, CA |
| Attendance | 34,428 (75.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:02 |
| Weather | 66 degrees, partly cloudy |
| Wind | 7 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Mike Everitt, First Base - Tim Timmons, Second Base - Toby Basner, Third Base - Jordan Baker |
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