Royals Shut Out Angels, 3-0, As Cameron Throws A One-Hitter

The Los Angeles Angels offense took the day off today in Anaheim against the Kansas City Royals, as Noah Cameron hurled a one-hit, complete-game shutout as the Royals notched a 3-0 win.  

The Angels couldn’t do anything with Cameron, who threw five perfect innings to start things off for KC. The Royals backed him up in the middle innings with a little long ball, as Michael Massey got the Royals on the board in the fourth with a solo shot and Bobby Witt Jr. followed up with another in the fifth off Angels starter Ryan Johnson. 

Johnson got the first out in the fifth with a nice start as he gave up just those two homers. His overall line included four strikeouts to go with five hits and a pair of walks as he was able to stay away from the big inning. 

The Angels finally broke up the perfect game in the sixth as Oswald Peraza managed to draw a walk, and he got as far as second on a ground out, but the Angels couldn’t get the big hit to bring him home. 

The Royals padded their lead in the seventh with an unearned run off reliever Blake Weiman, with John Rave starting the rally by reaching on an error by third baseman Oswald Peraza. Kyle Isbel then sacrificed him to second, and Carter Jensen singled Rave home to make it 3-0. 

Vaughn Grissom broke up the no-no to start the seventh as he dumped a flare into left for a single. Once again, though, the Angels did nothing as all they could manage was soft contact against Cameron. 

The only things in question after that were the shutout and the complete game, and Cameron handled both of those without any issues. He wound up throwing 115 pitchers, 73 for strikes, as he punctuated his effort by striking out Mike Trout to get the final out of the game. 

The victory gave Kansas City the series win, and it sent them back into the basement of the AL West pending the results of the Athletics’ game against the Texas Rangers. It was a disappointing result for the Halos, who had won four of their last five games coming into this one. 

They’ll now hit the road after a day off to play the Houston Astros on Tuesday, with George Klassen on the mound for the Angels against Cristian Javier for the Astros.