ANAHEIM, Calif. (Interstat) — Reid Detmers pitched eight innings of two-hit shutout ball, and Nolan Schanuel’s RBI single in the eighth inning lifted the Los Angeles Angels to a 1-0 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Saturday.

Detmers (4-8) struck out 11 and allowed two hits. Ben Joyce pitched a scoreless ninth for his second save. Randy Dobnak struck out six and allowed four hits over 5 2/3 innings for Kansas City. Nate Pearson (2-1) took the loss, surrendering one run on one hit in one inning. Craig Kimbrel worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Schanuel went 3 for 3 and drove in the game’s only run. Adam Frazier added two hits for the Angels, who had six hits. The Royals had two hits.

Los Angeles scored in the bottom of the eighth when Schanuel singled sharply to right field, deflected by first baseman Jac Caglianone, scoring Jose Siri. The announced attendance was 30,002, and the game took 2 hours, 5 minutes.

The Angels improved to 49-75, while the Royals dropped to 50-74.