Royals Win 11-9 Postgame

April 26, 2026

I’m sorry there was no postgame yesterday and no game thread today. We are having some trouble coordinating this stuff among the writers and interns. The early start due to rain fears did not help.

At this point, I don’t get it about the Angels. The offense is back. Where were they before?

In the first inning, Sach Neto singled and Mike Trout homered. 2-0 Angels.

In the second inning, Josh Lowe got a (bunt) single followed by a Travis d’Arnaud single. Adam Frazier doubled to score Lowe. 3-0 Angels. Zach Neto doubled to make it 5-0 Angels.

Then Mike Trout walked and Jorge Soler singled to score Zach Neto. 6-0 Angels.

In the fifth inning and again in the sixth inning the Royals scored to make it 6-3 Angels. Same old pitching. I shouldn’t be mean. Three runs in six innings is not that bad. It is hard to keep Bobby Witt Jr. from hitting a home run now and again.

Jorge Soler doubled to lead off the seventh inning. Soler advanced to third on a Schanuel ground out. Jo Adell got a hit to make it 7-3 Angels. Josh Lowe got his third hit of the day to put men at first and third. He was removed with an apparent leg injury. Bryce Teodosio pinch ran. Travis d’Arnaud hit into a double play to end the threat.

Sam Bachman allowed an Isaac Collins homer to make it 7-4 in the seventh inning. The Royals got two men on with no outs and then there was a

Rain Delay!

It was maybe an hour and a half. When they resumed the Royals did manage to score the runner who was on third. 7-5 Angels. Ryan Zeferjahn was pitching, but the run belonged to Bachman. Zeferjahn got out of the seventh inning and gave up another hit in the eighth before he was replaced by Brent Suter. Suter walked the tying run Isaac Collins. Maikel Garcia came in to pinch hit. He popped up foul to Nolan Schanuel who made the out.

In the ninth Yoan Moncada walked. Pinch runner Oswald Peraza stole second. Peraza advanced to third on a Schanuel flyout. Jo Adell got a two out walk and then stole second. Bryce Teodosio walked to drive in Peraza. 8-5 Angels.

OK. I guess Drew Pomeranz came in as the closer. He gave up a game tying homer with two outs. It was a fastball inside. The Angels got another out. Extra innings..

I hate to put other teams highlights, but here you go.

Zach Neto came up in the tenth inning with Adam Frasier as the ghost runner on second. He advanced to third on a Mike Trout ground out and scored on a passed ball while Oswald Peraza was striking out. 9-8 Angels.

Joey Lucchesi gave up the game winning homer to give the Royals the sweep.

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WallyChuckChili

1 hour ago

Wasn’t there a sweep predicted?

Prediction confirmed.

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EHC

2 hours ago

Not sure why most are so upset. Isn’t this the team you expected? There should be no surprises. The ones who should be upset are the people who thought this team might be decent. People like me and a few others.

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Kevin

2 hours ago

Reply to EHC

The missing bullpen pieces are a big issue. This is three games in a couple weeks it has cost them. Kenley would have closed it out. But he’s elsewhere.

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Eric_in_Portland

2 hours ago

Reply to EHC

I get no joy out of having correctly assessed the squad. My interest is in winning. I react to the loss and not to my expectations.

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WallyChuckChili

1 hour ago

Reply to EHC

We will win again!

How many times is up for debate.

I for one hope for more than most here have predicted.

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Angelz4ever

2 hours ago

Thanks to Mensa Moreno for this rambling wreck of a team.

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TrojanBoiler

3 hours ago

Man the comments around here certainly are depressing today lol

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WallyChuckChili

1 hour ago

Reply to TrojanBoiler

Can’t chase wins every night

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HalosFanForLife

3 hours ago

No more bringing your brooms Pineapple.

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Angelz4ever

4 hours ago

You gotta be ****ing kidding me! I stop following the game at the rain delay.

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bobblanton

4 hours ago

We can’t trade Soriano because Perry won’t get anyone good back. Arte won’t let him get anyone good back that he might have to pay a lot of money later

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Roy Hobbs

4 hours ago

It’s only going to get worse, we scored 9 runs today and that wasn’t enough.

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Angels22

4 hours ago

I stopped watching since the Padre series and boy have they tanked. I think that NY series was the season ending with Romano blowing it twice. I know Romano is gone, but it’s too late. I hope we trade Soriano and anyone else for a rebuild. This team is pathetic.

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Roy Hobbs

4 hours ago

Reply to Angels22

I actually think this season may bring about the sale. The team as constructed is only going to get worse without a large amount of money injected and there’s very little in the minor leagues so it will get more expensive as well.

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Angelz4ever

4 hours ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

Don’t tease us Roy.

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steelgolf

4 hours ago

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 This game perfectly followed an Angels baseball script for the past 10 years. Jump to lead, starter falters, and in comes the arson squad to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. When they jumped out to a 6-0 lead I told my son that there was still only a 30% or less chance that they win that game unless they call it because of rain.

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Jeff Joiner

4 hours ago

Hats of to big brain Kurt Suzuki.

Who could have possibly predicted sending Bachman out for a second inning would go horribly? Then you have to admire the way he kept Bachman in after the leadoff homer. Then the walk. Then the single.

If not for the rain delay, Kurt would’ve probably let Bachman face Witt as the tying run there.

Suter and Lucchessi obviously did not do their jobs today but take those 2 runs off the board in the 7th and they probably don’t factor in.

There aren’t a lot of great options in the bullpen but Suzuki manages to make them all worse.

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Terry

4 hours ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

The starters sucked also, 29 runs allowed in the series.

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MarineLayer

4 hours ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

How about bringing out Detmers for the sixth when he barely survived the fifth. Bad team bad manager, bad GM, bad owner.

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Turk's Teeth

3 hours ago

Reply to Jeff Joiner

Given not a single starting pitcher delivered a quality start in this series against one of baseball’s worst teams, and six different relievers surrendered at least two earned runs over the past three games, honestly, what was the “safe” or “brainy” play for Suzuki today?

The first three relievers Suzuki turned to were his three top relievers by K rate, FIP, WAR. Will Silseth be the “safe” guy now? The guy with the 2.61 ERA, but the 5.06 xFIP and 7 BB/9 suggesting imminent implosion?

Coming into today, Bachman was everyone’s hypothetical stopper – the guy with the sub-3 ERA/FIP fans trusted to go multiple innings. Fans have been calling out for more Bachman and Suter usage – and today they collectively surrendered 4 ERs in two innings.

Hard to pin that on Suzuki, really.

I don’t think there’s a safe arm in the pen at this point. At some point, it’s out of the manager’s hands and roster composition determines the outcome.

Next guy up? Kirby Yates. In his first two Salt Lake rehab starts, 6ERs and 2HRs in two innings for a spiffy 27.00 ERA. Rinse and repeat.

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JackFrost

4 hours ago

This fits the mood I think :

Tom Waits – “Cemetery Polka”

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bobblanton

4 hours ago

You would think they would have some kind of bullpen with all those pitchers they deafted

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Jim Atkins

4 hours ago

I don’t think I have ever been happier to not get Peacock than I am today.

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FungoAle

4 hours ago

Rain moving into Chicago tonight/tomorrow for the game tomorrow, it’s just the black cloud over the Angels

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Roy Hobbs

5 hours ago

We’re back on a 67 win pace

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bobblanton

4 hours ago

Reply to Roy Hobbs

We win less than 60 when the bullpen can’t hold a lead

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Terry

5 hours ago

That should be quite a series coming up against the Mets., who just got swept at home by the Rockies. The Mets are 47-76 since last June.

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Terry

5 hours ago

Mindboggling: 29 runs allowed this series, to the freakin’ Royals

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steelgolf

4 hours ago

Reply to Terry

Angels own the dubious title of “Slumpbusters”

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GonFishin

5 hours ago

We know Perry sucks and is bad at his job, but this last offseason might be his greatest “masterclass” to date. This bullpen is the worst I have ever seen in the Perry era, and that’s saying something:

-Let Jansen walk: Replace him with Romano who had an ERA over 8 last year.
-Trade our best lefty Burke last year for .188 Josh Lowe. Replace him with Pomeranz (currently over 7 ERA.)
– biggest FA contract handed out this offseason was Kirby Yates. Whoops.
-Grab Sandlin, Suter, and Lucchesi off the streets.

This guy is worse than Tony Reagans, Peter Chiarelli, Nico Harrison, Jerry Jones, Mike Keenan, and Bill Schmidt combined. Being handcuffed by Arte doesn’t excuse repeated incompetence.

Fire Perry. Tonight.

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FungoAle

5 hours ago

Reply to GonFishin

You got me with the Nico callout 🙂

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steelgolf

4 hours ago

Reply to GonFishin

Yeah, but he picked up Grayson Rodriguez sooooo …. Whoops, never mind.

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YOUknowulovetheIE

2 hours ago

Reply to GonFishin

I hate to beat a dead horse, but Andrew Chafin pitched well for the angels in his limited time here. He signed a minor league deal somewhere else. Why didn’t dumb fuck perry bring him back on a one year deal?