document: Ka'aihue Homer Powers Kansas City Past Angels 2-1 KANSAS CITY , Mo. -LRB- AP -RRB- -- Kila Ka'aihue hit Michael Kohn 's second pitch of the ninth inning for a game-ending home run , lifting the Kansas City Royals to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night . Kohn -LRB- 0-1 -RRB- relieved Jordan Walden to start the ninth and was ahead 0-1 in the count when Ka'aihue , who had struck out twice , slammed the ball 393 feet over the fence in right . Joakim Soria -LRB- 1-0 -RRB- pitched the ninth for Kansas City . The Royals tied it 1-all in the fourth on an infield out by Jeff Francoeur after Billy Butler singled and moved up on a hit and a wild pitch . Howie Kendrick gave the Angels a 1-0 lead on the eighth pitch that starter Jeff Francis threw as a Royal , swatting the full-count delivery over the fence in center for a 418-foot home run . But that was all the Angels would get off Francis , a 30-year-old who is still trying to make a full comeback from left shoulder surgery that sidelined him the entire 2009 season and part of 2010 . The Angels had at least one base runner in five of the next six innings but could not break through against the 6-foot-5 left-hander , stranding runners in scoring position in the second , third and fifth . Starters Dan Haren of the Angels and Francis both went seven impressive innings , allowing only one run and six hits . Haren , going for his fourth win in his last five starts in Kansas City , hurt himself with a wild pitch that helped the Royals score their lone run off him . He had six strikeouts and no walks . Francis , who signed as a free agent from Colorado , gave up five hits and one run , walking one and striking out four . Vernon Wells made a great catch to stop the Royals from taking the lead in the sixth . Alex Gordon doubled leading off , went to third on Butler 's groundball and was there with two outs when Francoeur hit a line drive into deep left . Wells went back and made a leaping catch almost at the wall . The Royals also stranded a runner at third in the third , fifth and eighth . Mike Aviles tripled with two outs in the third but Haren struck out Melky Cabrera . In the fifth , Brayan Pena doubled leading off and was at third when Aviles popped up and Cabrera flied out . Aviles walked leading off the eighth against reliever Walden and went to third with two outs when he stole second and kept going on catcher Jeff Mathis ' throwing error . But Walden struck out Butler . NOTES : Angels are opening season at Kansas City for the first time . ... According to Angels ' research , Mathis was only third man in major league history to hit an opening day home run on his birthday . ... With a payroll of $ 36,126,000 and an opening day average age of 27.21 , Royals are youngest and poorest team in the majors .
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