KC 9, LAA 8 | Mar 14, 2025 | The Best Box Score

Friday, March 14, 2025•Tempe Diablo Stadium•58°F, Cloudy

Royals

LAA

Angels

Final

WIN

Taylor Clarke

LOSS

Nick Jones

SAVE

Steven Cruz

The Royals edged the Angels 9-8 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Kevin Newman3-for-3, 2 RBI

★Jorge Soler3 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 7: Randy De Jesus singles on a ground ball to right fielder John Rave. Kevyn Castillo scores. Chuckie Robinson to 3rd. Randy De Jesus to 2nd.

Weather: 58°F, CloudyWind: 7 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 8:10 PM UTCT: 2:55Att: 8,821Venue: Tempe Diablo Stadium

Win Probability

LAA WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	1	0	9	11	2
LAA	0	2	2	2	1	0	1

Game 779152 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Connor ScottCF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000/.000/.000
Diego HernandezDH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.167/.286/.167
Nick PrattoLF	1	1	0	0	1	1	.167/.333/.333
John RaveRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.292/.393/.375
Jordan Groshans3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.300/.462/.400
Peyton Wilson2B	1	1	1	1	0	0	.250/.368/.750
Bryan Gonzalez1B	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
Luke MaileC	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.368/.611
Dustin DickersonSS	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000/.333/.000
Bench
Maikel GarciaCF	5	1	1	1	0	3	.303/.361/.364
Hunter RenfroeDH	3	2	2	2	1	1	.263/.417/.526
Vinnie Pasquantino1B
Totals	36	9	11	8	6	15	-

HR:Wilson (8th off Jones, 0 on, 2 out)

2B:Renfroe; Loftin

3B:Waters

TB:18

RBI:Tolbert 2; Renfroe 2; Garcia; Loftin 2; Wilson

SB:Tolbert 2; Renfroe; Maile; Garcia; Pratto

SF:Tolbert

Team LOB:10

Los Angeles Angels

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG
Kevyn CastilloCF	2	1	1	0	0	0	.333/.333/.333
Chuckie RobinsonC	0	0

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Michael Wacha	3.1	7	5	3	1	4	1	70-47	12.38
Evan Sisk	0.2	2	1	1	1	2	0	26-15	5.40
Carlos Estévez	1.0	2	1	0	0	0	0	18-12	0.00
Chris Stratton	1.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	20-14	5.14
Taylor ClarkeWBS	1.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	19-12	2.84
Steven CruzS	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5-4	2.57
Totals	9.0	14	8	5	2	8	1	158-104	-

HBP:Robinson (by Clarke)

Inherited runners-scored:Sisk 1-1

Pitches-strikes:Wacha 70-47; Sisk 26-15; Estévez 18-12; Stratton 20-14; Clarke 19-12; Cruz 5-4

Groundouts-flyouts:Wacha 5-2; Sisk 0-0; Estévez 1-3; Stratton 3-1; Clarke 3-0; Cruz 0-3

Los Angeles Angels

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Yusei Kikuchi	4.1	5	1	1	3	8	0	79-51	3.86
Garrett McDaniels

Bot 2 • LAA

0-2

Kevin Newman doubles (1) on a fly ball to center fielder Maikel Garcia. Luis Rengifo scores. J.D. Davis scores.

Top 3 • KC

1-2

Nick Loftin walks.

Bot 3 • LAA

1-4

Jorge Soler homers (4) on a fly ball to left field. Travis d'Arnaud scores.

Bot 4 • LAA

1-5

Mike Trout singles on a ground ball to left fielder Drew Waters. Mickey Moniak scores.

1-6

Jorge Soler doubles (2) on a line drive to left fielder Drew Waters. Mike Trout scores.

Bot 5 • LAA

1-7

Mickey Moniak out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder John Rave. Matthew Lugo scores.

Top 6 • KC

7-7

Nick Loftin doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder Matthew Lugo. Hunter Renfroe scores. Nick Pratto scores.

5-7

Hunter Renfroe doubles (2) on a fly ball to left fielder Matthew Lugo. Tyler Tolbert scores. Maikel Garcia scores.

3-7

Maikel Garcia singles on a line drive to center fielder Mickey Moniak. Luke Maile scores. Tyler Tolbert to 2nd.

2-7

Tyler Tolbert hits a sacrifice bunt. Cavan Biggio scores. Luke Maile to 2nd. Tyler Tolbert to 1st.

Top 7 • KC

8-7

Tyler Tolbert out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Randy De Jesus. Drew Waters scores. Luke Maile to 3rd.

Bot 7 • LAA

8-8

Randy De Jesus singles on a ground ball to right fielder John Rave. Kevyn Castillo scores. Chuckie Robinson to 3rd. Randy De Jesus to 2nd.

Top 8 • KC

9-8

Peyton Wilson homers (2) on a fly ball to left field.

WP:Kikuchi

HBP:Maile (by Joyce)

Inherited runners-scored:McDaniels 1-0; Mondak 1-0; Briceno 2-2

Pitches-strikes:Kikuchi 79-51; McDaniels 4-3; Mondak 5-3; Quijada 25-10; Briceno 13-10; Joyce 19-12; Jones 15-9; Clark 11-6

Groundouts-flyouts:Kikuchi 0-5; McDaniels 0-0; Mondak 1-0; Quijada 2-0; Briceno 0-1; Joyce 0-1; Jones 0-1; Clark 0-2

Bench
Mickey MoniakCF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.222/.256/.472
Travis d'ArnaudC	4	1	2	0	0	1	.211/.318/.474
Mike TroutRF	3	1	1	1	0	1	.263/.462/.632
Jorge SolerDH	3	1	2	3	0	0	.375/.459/.813
Luis Rengifo3B	2	1	0	0	0	1	.000/.000/.000
J.D. Davis1B	3	1	2	0	1	1	.281/.343/.469
Matthew LugoLF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.318/.348/.432
Christian Moore2B	3	0	0	0	0	1	.250/.357/.306
Kevin NewmanSS	3	0	3	2	0	0	.286/.400/.333
Yusei KikuchiP							.000/.000/.000
Garrett McDanielsP							.000/.000/.000
Nick MondakP							.000/.000/.000
José QuijadaP							.000/.000/.000
Endrys BricenoP							.000/.000/.000
Ben JoyceP							.000/.000/.000
Nick JonesP							.000/.000/.000
Chris ClarkP							.000/.000/.000

Win Probability

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Angels

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Los Angeles Angels

Game Notes