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August 15, 2026 · AL West

Kansas City Royals vs Los Angeles Angels

August 15, 2026Angel StadiumClear 78°F · 7 mph, R To L
AWAY
Kansas City Royals
50-74
0
vs
HOME
Los Angeles Angels
49-75
1

Game Highlights

Published August 16, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B8 Nolan Schanuel Nolan Schanuel singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Tyler Tolbert, deflected by first baseman Jac Caglianone. Jose Siri scores. KC 0, LAA 1

Box score

  123456789 R
KC 000000000 0
LAA 000000010 1

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

Royals AWAY 0

Randy Dobnak started for Royals, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Nate Pearson took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Randy Dobnak Starter 5.2 93 0 6
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Randy Dobnak threw
    CSW 27% 1st-pitch strike 70% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 28 30% 2 5 5 10 6
    Changeup 25 27% 5 1 6 9 4
    Slider 14 15% 5 0 1 7 1
    Sweeper 14 15% 0 3 4 5 2
    Four-Seam Fastball 12 13% 1 3 3 3 2
  • Craig Kimbrel Middle 1.1 13 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2
  • Nate Pearson Middle 1.0 20 1 1 L
Angels HOME 1

Reid Detmers started for Angels, leaving with the game tied 0–0.

workload · innings pitched
  • Reid Detmers Starter 8.0 92 0 11 W
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Reid Detmers threw
    CSW 37% 1st-pitch strike 72% 3.7 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 52 57% 6 11 11 14 10
    Slider 24 26% 7 1 7 6 3
    Curveball 12 13% 2 5 2 2 1
    Changeup 4 4% 2 0 0 2 0
  • Ben Joyce Closer 1.0 13 0 2 SV

Where the game turned

1 run Bottom 8th · off Pearson
  • Schanuel 1B (1)

Batting lines

AWAY · KC
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Nick Loftin 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .237 .322 .378 .700
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .283 .356 .444 .800
Jac Caglianone 1B 3 0 1 0 0 1 .274 .325 .494 .819 SB
Salvador Perez DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .261 .367 .628
Isaac Collins LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .231 .329 .357 .686
Michael Massey 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 .265 .296 .429 .725
Carter Jensen PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .219 .297 .403 .700
John Rave PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 .286 .451 .737
Starling Marte RF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .242 .298 .314 .612
Luke Maile C 2 0 0 0 0 2 .238 .273 .429 .702
Tyler Tolbert RF 2 0 0 0 0 1 .304 .363 .457 .820
HOME · LAA
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Mike Trout CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .244 .385 .446 .831
Nolan Schanuel 1B 3 0 3 1 0 0 .279 .356 .392 .748
Zach Neto SS 3 0 0 0 1 2 .223 .310 .411 .721
Moisés Ballesteros DH 3 0 0 0 1 1 .211 .284 .332 .616
Josh Lowe RF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .204 .263 .353 .616
Denzer Guzman 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .237 .283 .355 .638
Adam Frazier 2B 3 0 2 0 0 0 .235 .306 .347 .653 2B
Tyler Heineman C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .185 .237 .238 .475
Wade Meckler LF 3 0 0 0 1 1 .295 .364 .394 .758

Pitching lines

AWAY · KC
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Randy Dobnak 5.2 4 0 0 2 6 0 93 1.73
Craig Kimbrel 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 4.50
Nate Pearson 1.0 1 1 1 1 1 0 20 2.83 L
HOME · LAA
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Reid Detmers 8.0 2 0 0 0 11 0 92 3.78 W
Ben Joyce 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13 0.00 SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · KC
Matt Quatraro
Matt Quatraro
Lineup 4.6 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.5 R
HOME · LAA
Kurt Suzuki
Kurt Suzuki
Lineup 3.0 R Bunts 4.5 R IBBs 5.5 R

Recent form

AWAY · KC
3-7 L4 -11 run diff
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HOME · LAA
4-6 L1 -14 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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