Royals vs. Angels Game Highlights (4/23/23) | MLB Highlights

Reid Detmers who had a heck of a rookie year last year which included pitching a no hitter Bobby Witt Jr. will lead off for the Royals and their Royal Blue jerseys today the Angels wearing their red tops for the first time this year. Reid Detmers goes to work and we're underway with a fly ball to left it pretty well. Taylor Ward is all the way back. This one really carrying and Ward's got it right up against the fence in deep left field. You notice a difference in the day games here at the big A. The baseball will carry really well. So if you get a ball up in the air it's going to go again. It's an out. That's what you want especially early on for Reid Detmers. MJ Melendez breaking ball stayed up and MJ is all over it. Mike Trout goes to the wall and it's gone. Get you a high piece of cheese today fellas and turn the fan on even if it's a breaking ball. It don't matter. Look in the middle. And here's a hanger that Melendez can't lay off of. That's exactly what you look for to your high and let her fly where the ball carrying here today. I think we should expect a lot of runs like we saw last night. Melendez is now a knight in shining armor. Royals don't hit much but they've been getting hit by pitches so far in this series as Perez takes one off the left arm. Here's Pasquino hit hard towards second fielded on a short hop. That's going to be a double play to win the inning is over the Royals score one in the top of the first facing Jordan Lyles who like Zach Greinke has really struggled with run support ball for so good start for the angels here in the bottom of the first leadoff walk. Here's Mike Trout three forty career hitter against the Royals entering today's play. Trout hooks it toward the left field corner. That's a fair ball bounces out of play for Trout Ward ends up at third as Trout got his hands around and just hooked it kept it fair down the line quick where those hands and I still go back to what is it. Bats yesterday and early in the afternoon he was hit staying back to the baseball going to right field every swing and now quick enough to get the hands through the baseball and pull it two minutes scoring position here Shohei who lives a fly ball to various is there he's got it third and scoring is Taylor Ward's it's a sack fly for a time the angels get the run back from the top of the first it's one one here in the bottom half here's Ren Hefo here's the twentieth pitch of the inning and Ren Hefo takes a fastball for a third strike. So all in all not bad the angels have runners at second and third and nobody out and they get one base hit for Michael Massey would have been two for his last 30 runner going from first Duffy strikes out throw to second was caught by Ren Hefo after it got by Neto good concentration from Ren Hefo to catch that ball on the fly with all that movement in front of him but to stolen base for Massey as Duffy strikes out Kyle Isbell their strike three called Isbell taking that pitch essentially down the middle back to back strikeouts for Dettmer is 10 to second winning off the third is Freddie for me grounded sharply and in the left center field and Freddy Fair mean has his first big league hit. Look at his look at his buddies over there on the bench. Look at him. Congratulations Freddie. We talked you into that but you earned it and he's on for Bobby with Junior who nearly homered on the first pitch of the game went with a fly ball to right center field long run Renfroe and Trout it's Trout making the running catch now a chance for a double play to win a first reaching it's that with just above the outfield grass and right away gets himself in a pretty good throwing position and a perfect throw first base in the stretch by Jake Lamb gets a double play ball for mean with a bit of a base running booboo after his first big league hit one ball two strikes on MJ Melendez and he strikes out against three Denver's to win the top of the three Jordan Lyles second time through the lineup. Usually this is where he starts dialing in the one with a grounded a third Duffy misplays it and Ward's going to reach seen Duffy make that play a couple of times already today he could make it a thousand times in a row and here's one that he bubbles and allows Ward to get on Trout hits it a mile high to center field Isbell is fighting the sun and he's got it but you could see the sun reflecting off of his glasses all over the stadium to down but it doesn't get much easier now here's Ohtani and Ohtani strikes out on a curve ball down Lyle strikes out his second and at the end of three in Anaheim it's a one one time walked about her for the first time today and now the bases are loaded or one to Kyle Isbell high fly ball should get Detmer's out of the inning. Mike Trout backing up he's there he's got it on the side retire Detmer's flirts with trouble that gets out of the fourth without a run to Bobby with Junior. There's a knuckling bouncer that Renhefe backhands and gets to first to retire with what a play that was a lot on the throw for Renhefe because Witt gets down there fast. This is Hunter Dozier batting for the first time today. Melendez by the way for the Royals came out of the game with lower back. Swing and a miss for Hunter Dozier. The Detmers has his fifth game he's through five innings with only one run left. Vinny has hit the ball right on the nose twice. He is one for two with a single to center field and that's hit right on the nose deep right center field and gone. Vinny Pasquino puts the Royals in front to one in the sixth inning and that is another big hit for him with two strikes. That was an O2 pitch. Taylor Ward leads off this inning and a hanging breaking ball is hit well down the left field is long gone. Baseball was struck in out of a ballpark. Great to see that from Taylor Ward. Needed that swing and he knew it and he watched it get out of here. Tied it up right away. This the second Angel hit and Mike Trout at the plates Trout with a drive right center field. This is hit pretty well. Back to those go back to back here in the six. And the athlete in his three to two Cabrillo whipping around Shohei once every bit of a third straight home run here. But here is this one right center by Trout back Jax that pitch a breaking ball again hit out for that stride using his hands. The Royals have scored in six different innings in this series and the Angels have answered in the next half inning and five of the six Bobby Wood Jr. is 0 for three on the first pitch of the game he flied out to the wall and left field hit well the center Trout is back. He's all the way back. It is over his glove for a home run. This is up in the zone above his belt. That's all you do. Talked about pitches that are up up in the zone. Look underneath the city with three home runs today. Also team it doesn't necessarily hit a lot of home runs. Here's a drive to left field by Hunter Dozier toward the corner Ward on the run makes it has doubled flight out and homered in today's ballgame. Trout reps one to the gap in left center field extra bases again for Mike Trout. That's his third extra base hit today. He's got a double to lead off the bottom of the eight. Tony home at his last time. Tony was one of the first passes to be back to hurry. I'll tell you say it's an infield and he just flat out erased everybody and beat them with the bag. Infield in with runners at first and third and nobody out. Big out now a chance for a ground ball and a double play. Fastball got him back to back strikeouts with runners at the corners. One more man to go. Grounded on one hop to Duffy and Taylor gets out of it first and third with nobody out. There's Carlos Sestero is to try to save it. His belt a high fly to center Mike Trout backing up fighting the sun he's there he's got it. Save it back to the Royals. The Angels have won this series. They pull out back to back to back home runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take the lead. Mike Trout right in the middle of it.