Kansas City Royals and Los Angeles Angels play in game 2 of series

Aug 15, 2026, 04:02 pm

Kansas City Royals (50-73, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (48-75, fifth in the AL West)

Anaheim, California; Saturday, 9:38 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Royals: Randy Dobnak (2-1, 2.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, 19 strikeouts); Angels: Reid Detmers (3-8, 4.00 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 156 strikeouts)

LINE: Angels -157, Royals +127; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals lead 1-0 in a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels.

Los Angeles has a 28-35 record at home and a 48-75 record overall. The Angels have gone 20-8 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Kansas City has gone 21-43 on the road and 50-73 overall. The Royals have a 22-14 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams match up Saturday for the fifth time this season. The Royals are up 4-0 in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Nolan Schanuel has a .273 batting average to lead the Angels, and has 22 doubles and seven home runs. Wade Meckler is 11 for 38 with an RBI over the last 10 games.

Bobby Witt Jr. has 25 doubles, a triple and 13 home runs while hitting .285 for the Royals. Jac Caglianone is 19 for 39 with three doubles and four home runs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 5-5, .228 batting average, 4.09 ERA, outscored by eight runs

Royals: 4-6, .227 batting average, 4.60 ERA, outscored by four runs

INJURIES: Angels: Wade Meckler: day-to-day (foot), Yusei Kikuchi: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sebastian Rivero: 10-Day IL (hand), Oswald Peraza: day-to-day (hand), Shaun Anderson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sam Bachman: 15-Day IL (forearm), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (knee), Jack Kochanowicz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)

Royals: Salvador Perez: day-to-day (elbow), Beck Way: 15-Day IL (back), Connor Seabold: 60-Day IL (lat), Maikel Garcia: 10-Day IL (hand), Vinnie Pasquantino: 10-Day IL (wrist), Tony Gonsolin: 15-Day IL (elbow), James McArthur: 60-Day IL (elbow), Nick Mears: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Luinder Avila: 60-Day IL (forearm), Cole Ragans: 60-Day IL (elbow), Carlos Estevez: 60-Day IL (foot), Stephen Kolek: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jonathan India: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alec Marsh: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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