Major League Baseball

FINAL
Los Angeles Angels 3
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Kansas City Royals 8
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LAA1001000103
KC302201008
Kauffman Stadium · 40,657 att.

Head to Head

LAA win series 2-0

LAA Last 5 matchups KC
  1. 7 Final 2014-03-21 @ LAA 3
  2. 3 Final 2014-03-20 @ KC 2

Injuries

Kansas City Royals

  • Mitch Spence Out
  • Nick Mears Out
  • Ryan Bergert Out
  • Cole Ragans Out
  • Luinder Avila Out

Los Angeles Angels

  • Jack Kochanowicz Out

Lineups

Confirmed

KC

  1. Alcides EscobarSS3
  2. Norichika AokiRF11
  3. Lorenzo CainRF6
  4. Eric Hosmer1B51
  5. Billy ButlerDH36
  6. Alex GordonLF4
  7. Salvador PerezC13
  8. Omar Rafael Infante2B14
  9. Mike Moustakas3B18

Substitutes

  1. Jarrod DysonCF1

LAA

  1. Kole CalhounRF56
  2. Mike TroutCF27
  3. Albert Pujols1B5
  4. Howie Kendrick2B47
  5. Erick AybarSS0
  6. David Freese3B25
  7. Josh HamiltonLF32
  8. C.J. CronDH28
  9. Chris IannettaC22

Substitutes

  1. Hank CongerPH24

MLB News

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ESPN Bradford Doolittle 2026 MLB Awards: Results, analysis on MVP, Cy Young, more Baseball's best players and managers of 2026 collected their hardware this week. ESPN Keith Jenkins Who has won the MLB MVP Award? All-time winners list MLB's MVP Award is given to top players in the American League and National League. Take a look at the all-time winners list now. News Jesse Rogers Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, Astros' Yordan Alvarez unanimous MVP winners Cubs star Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Astros' Yordan Alvarez each earned all 30 first-place votes to win the MVP awards in their respective leagues Thursday night. News Braves, reliever Evan Phillips agree to 3-year, $35M deal The Braves and free agent relief pitcher Evan Phillips, who appeared in 31 games for the Dodgers last season, have agreed to a three-year, $35 million contract.