Major League Baseball
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Kansas City 7, LA Angels 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 14174
Where: Kauffman Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Temperature: 81°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Lance Barksdale, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 14174
Eric Hosmer ended his first month in the majors in style and the host Kansas City Royals beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-3 on Tuesday, winning for just the second time in 10 games.
Hosmer, a 21-year-old with a sweet lefty swing, went 2-for-4 with a two-run double highlighting Kansas City's five-run third inning. He has five homers and 17 RBIs since being called up early in May and boosted his batting average to .283.
Jeff Francis (2-5) pitched seven innings for the win while Joel Pineiro (2-2) took the loss.
The Angels fell to 3-2 on a six-game road trip that concludes Wednesday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| LA Angels | Kansas City | |
| Joel Pineiro | Player | Jeff Francis |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 6.0 | IP | 7.0 |
| 1 | Strikeouts | 2 |
| 9 | Hits | 8 |
| 6.00 | ERA | 3.86 |
Hitting
| LA Angels | Kansas City | |
| Mark Trumbo | Player | Chris Getz |
| 2 | Hits | 3 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 2 | TB | 3 |
| .667 | Avg | .750 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| LA Angels | 8 | 0 | 10 | .229 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Kansas City | 11 | 0 | 12 | .324 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |