ANGELS TAKE ROYAL POUNDING LOSE 2ND STRAIGHT TO AL'S WORST TEAM.Byline: BEN VILLA Staff Writer ANAHEIM -- The Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are a professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium. may have the worst record in the American League American League (AL) One of the two associations of professional baseball teams in the U.S. and Canada designated as major leagues; the other is the National League (NL). , but they don't look like it against the Angels. For the second night in a row, the Angels lost to the lowly Royals, getting crushed 12-4 in front of 44,002 at Angel Stadium. Ervin Santana Ervin Ramon Santana (born December 12, 1982 in La Romana, Dominican Republic) is a right-handed starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Career Santana was a starting pitcher for the Angels' double-A affiliate, the Arkansas Travelers early in 2005, where he (5-8) took the loss, allowing nine hits and seven runs (five earned) in five innings. Gil Meche Gilbert Allen "Gil" Meche [MESH] (born September 8, 1978 in Lafayette, Louisiana) is a right-handed pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. Meche previously pitched for the Seattle Mariners. Meche was a member of the U.S. Junior Olympic team in 1995. (5-6), the Royals' big free-agent signing over the winter, allowed three runs in six innings and won his fifth straight decision over the Angels. On Monday, the Royals beat Angels 10-game winner John Lackey John Derran Lackey (born October 23, 1978, in Abilene, Texas) is a major league baseball starting pitcher from Abilene, Texas. He has played for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim his entire career. and on Tuesday, they looked even better. They had 13 hits as the Angels looked totally out of sorts again, giving up three home runs and committing three errors, two by third baseman third baseman n. Baseball The infielder stationed near third base. Noun 1. third baseman - (baseball) the person who plays third base third sacker Chone Figgins Desmond DeChone "Chone" Figgins (born January 22, 1978 in Leary, Georgia) is a Major League Baseball utility player for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Despite the unusual spelling of his first name, "Chone" is pronounced as "Shawn. . Tuesday's loss also meant the Angels won't win the three-game series. They had won nine series in a row. The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the third after Nathan Haynes Nathan Raymond Haynes (born September 7, 1979 in Oakland, California) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He debuted with the club on May 28, 2007 and has played both center field and right field since debuting. scored on a successful squeeze play by Reggie Willits Reggie Gene Willits (born May 30, 1981, in Chickasha, Oklahoma) is a Major League Baseball outfielder with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is an alumnus of the University of Oklahoma, and he played Junior College Baseball at Seminole State in Seminole, OK. . However, that was about the only highlight of the night for the Angels ,who saw Santana get roughed up. Santana is normally reliable at Angel Stadium, going into Tuesday's game with a 2.83 ERA at home, but he couldn't hold the 1-0 lead the Angels gave him as Billy Butler blasted an 0-1 pitch over the left-field wall for a home run in the top of the fourth inning that tied the game at 1-1. Then in the top fifth inning, the Royals broke the game open.The inning began with a double by Joey Gathright Joey Renard Gathright (born April 27, 1981 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi) is a Major League Baseball player for the Kansas City Royals. Joey made his major league debut with the Devil Rays on June 25, 2004. and Santana then promptly hit David DeJesus to put runners on first and second. Esteban German laid down a sacrifice bunt, but Chone Figgins threw the ball away and Gathright came around to score. Mark Teahen then doubled home two more runs and he later went to third base on a wild pitch. Teahen would eventually score on an Alex Gordon single and the Royals had a 5-1 lead. The Angels did get a little closer in their half of the fifth when Jose Molina doubled home Howie Kendrick, but Santana gave the momentum right back to the Royals. John Buck touched Santana for another home run to begin the top of the sixth and Tony Pena followed with a single. Angels manager Mike Scioscia had finally seen enough and replaced Santana with Chris Bootcheck. Meche wasn't as dominant against the Angels as he was on May 3, when he allowed just two hits and two runs in a 5-2 win, but he was still effective enough. The Angels put runners on base in every inning except for one, but they couldn't get key hits. In the first inning, the Angels had two runners on and just one out with Vladimir Guerrero at the plate, but the Angels tried a double-steal and Figgins was thrown out at third base. Guerrero would eventually fly out to end the inning. Then in the sixth inning, the Angels put together another threat. Trailing 7-2, Figgins led off with a walk and with one out, Guerrero doubled. Casey Kotchman grounded out to second base to score a run, but Howie Kendrick followed with a ground out and Meche got out of the inning relatively unscathed. Meche is 6-1 in 10 career starts at Angel Stadium. ben.villa@presstelegram.com (562) 499-1338 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Kansas City's Joey Gathright, despite appearing to score, was called out for leaving third base early on a flyout Tuesday night. Stephen Dunn/Getty Images |
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