{"id":2049185,"date":"2025-09-25T13:46:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2049185"},"modified":"2025-09-25T13:46:39","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T13:46:39","slug":"ward-homers-jansen-secures-milestone-save-as-angels-edge-royals-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/ward-homers-jansen-secures-milestone-save-as-angels-edge-royals-3-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward Homers, Jansen Secures Milestone Save as Angels Edge Royals 3-2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Taylor Ward went deep, Kenley Jansen closed out his 475th career save, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night to avoid a series sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Yusei Kikuchi (7-11) was sharp, striking out six and allowing just one hit over five innings before exiting with a left forearm cramp. Jansen fanned two in a perfect ninth inning to earn his 28th save of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The Angels struck first in the second inning when Luis Rengifo doubled and later scored on Oswald Peraza\u2019s groundout. Ward followed with a 320-foot solo homer in the third, making him one of only three players this season with at least 35 homers, 100 RBI, and 30 doubles.<\/p>\n<p>Kansas City starter Stephen Kolek (5-7) allowed five hits and three runs across six innings. His throwing error in the fourth inning on a pickoff attempt at second base allowed Peraza to score, giving Los Angeles a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>The Royals trimmed the deficit on Randal Grichuk\u2019s solo homer in the fifth and Carter Jensen\u2019s run in the seventh, but they couldn\u2019t complete the rally.<\/p>\n<p>The win snapped a rough stretch for the Angels, who had lost 10 of their previous 12 games and entered the night with the majors\u2019 worst save percentage (51%) and the AL\u2019s highest bullpen ERA (4.87).<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key Moment:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Second baseman Christian Moore made a diving stop in the seventh, throwing out the runner at first to end the inning and preserve the Angels\u2019 slim 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key Stat:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Royals, one of MLB\u2019s steadiest defensive teams this season, committed three errors after entering the night averaging just 0.37 per game \u2014 third-lowest in the majors.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Up Next:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The series concludes Thursday with Angels rookie LHP Mitch Farris (1-2, 6.52 ERA) facing Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (6-11, 4.70).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\tfbq('init', '1324276914788316');\n\tfbq('track', 'PageView');\n\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yardbarker.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taylor Ward went deep, Kenley Jansen closed out his 475th career save, and the Los Angeles Angels held off the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on Wednesday night to avoid a series sweep. 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