Angels starter Ricky Nolasco surrendered five runs on 10 hits and two walks across six innings. He gave up his 20th and 21st home runs of the season, the most allowed by an American League pitcher this season.
Strahm, making his first big league start after pitching out of the bullpen, allowed one unearned run in five innings.
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Not-so seventh heaven: Royals catcher Salvador Perez followed Hosmer's one-run double with a towering pop-up into shallow right field. Angels first baseman C.J. Cron, second baseman Danny Espinosa, and right fielder Kole Calhoun ranged over, but the ball managed to drop safely for a single.