{
  "id": 1381253,
  "title": "Angels narrowly avoid no-hitter in shutout loss to Royals",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/angels-narrowly-avoid-no-hitter-in-shutout-loss-to-royals",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T00:15:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/angels-narrowly-avoid-no-hitter-001552666.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a recent game, the Los Angeles Angels faced the Kansas City Royals, only to fall 3-0. The Angels had just two baserunners throughout the entire contest, with one walk and one hit. Starting pitcher Noah Cameron was dominant, remaining perfect through five innings before a walk to Oswald Peraza led to a bloop single by Vaughn Grissom, spoiling the Angels' no-hitter bid. Cameron completed the game, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out eight.\n\nRyan Johnson took the mound for the Angels and displayed his improving skills. He pitched 5.1 innings, allowing two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out four. Johnson's toughest moment came early in the game when he surrendered two hits and a walk with the bases loaded and no outs. However, Vaughn Grissom made a crucial play, diving to first base, hitting first base, and throwing to Travis d'Arnaud for a double play, saving Johnson's season-high scoring inning.\n\nAngels manager Kurt Suzuki praised Grissom's heads-up play and tagging abilities. Johnson, who had only gone past the fifth inning once in his previous eight starts, saw progress in Sunday's game. His primary goal for the season is to pitch deeper into games, a goal he believes will be a building block towards achieving that objective. The Angels concluded their home stand against the Royals and Texas Rangers with a combined 4-3 record, heading into a six-game road trip against the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers starting August 18.",
  "summary": "The Angels had just one hit and one walk in the loss.",
  "key_points": [
    "Los Angeles Angels lost 3-0 to Kansas City Royals",
    "Noah Cameron pitched no-hitter, ruined by single in 6th inning",
    "Ryan Johnson improved, pitched 5.1 innings allowing 2 runs"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The Angels' loss shows that while their pitching is improving, their offense still struggles to produce, limiting their chances of winning despite strong performances from Noah Cameron and Ryan Johnson.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}