The baseball soared into the evening twilight, a missile launched at 104 mph, and moments later, Mike Moustakas patted the black patch on his right shoulder.
As Kauffman Stadium came to its feet, Moustakas paid tribute to Yordano Ventura and pointed up toward the sky. As he crossed home plate, completing his fourth home-run trot of this young season, the Royals were on their way to a total dismantling of the Los Angeles Angels, a 7-1 victory on Friday night.
The blast came on a 97 mph fastball from Angels starter JC Ramirez in the bottom of the first inning.