For the first time in nearly two months the Kansas City Royals won a rubber match by taking down the Los Angeles Angels 3-0 at Kauffman Stadium on Wednesday.
The Royals came out with an aggressive gameplan against Johnny Cueto: swing early and often. At first that played right into Cueto’s hands as he allowed a couple lasers but managed to retire the first five batters of the game on just 11 pitches (with the help of a spectacular catch by Mickey Moniak to rob Salvador Perez of a hit). With two outs in the second, Kansas City mounted a rally.