Angels Make It Another Long Day for the Royals

Hubie Brooks and three rain delays totaling more than three hours dampened another day for Kansas City as the Angels won 5-3 in 10 innings Saturday, sending the Royals to their 11th loss in 12 games.

About 100 fans from the original crowd of 20,129 were left when the game ended. The first pitch of the afternoon was at 1:34 p.m. CDT and, after 3 hours, 16 minutes of rain, it finished at 7:57 p.m.

The Royals lost their fourth straight. They tied it at 3 with two runs in the eighth, but left the bases loaded in the ninth.

Luis Polonia opened the 10th with a single against Jeff Montgomery (0-2) and Junior Felix followed with a bunt that rolled up against the third-base bag for a hit. After Von Hayes sacrificed, Brooks singled home both runners.

Steve Frey (1-0) got his first major league victory since Sept. 14, 1990, while with Montreal.

Kansas City loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, and rain again began falling. Frey retired David Howard on a grounder to send it to extra innings.

The Royals, who began the game batting .195, used two errors to score twice in the eighth against Bryan Harvey, tying it at 3. Jim Eisenreich singled with two outs, and scored when left fielder Luis Polonia misplayed Chris Gwynn’s pinch-single. A misplay by third baseman Gary Gaetti set up Brian McRae’s single.

Angel starter Jim Abbott did not allow a runner until Mike Macfarlane led off the sixth inning with a single. Curtis Wilkerson followed by grounding into a double play, and then the game was held up for 1 hour, 59 minutes by showers.

Abbott did not return after the rain delay. He struck out five, and only four of 17 batters hit the ball out of the infield.