The night of Aug. 10, 1994 was a perfect West Coast baseball evening, warm with a barely perceptible breeze for the KC Royals’ game against the California Angels. It was the rubber game of a three-game series; the Royals were scheduled to fly home after the contest for a day off before hosting Texas to begin a nine-game homestand.
The game was close all the way. The Angels scored first on a Gary Disarcina one-run single in the second inning and Felix Jose‘s RBI single in the Kansas City fourth left it tied going to the bottom of the ninth.