Warning: the following post contains humorous references to adult situations and colloquial descriptions of the excretory bodily functions of a major league ballplayer.

So, the strongest earthquake in the recorded history of Oklahoma rumbled throughout the Midwest on Saturday night. Folks felt it in such places as Kansas City, St. Louis and Dallas. Among those affected was Los Angeles Angels outfielder Torii Hunter(notes) and his family, who live north of Dallas in the offseason. After getting the shakes, he took to Twitter:

We just had a earthquake in North Dallas area. Did anyone here just feel that?

My house just shook like crazy.

@LeeannTweeden1 was not fun

And then …

I was about to make luv then an earthquake happened. I don’t like earthquakes. Lol….

Me and @knutts48

So, the earth moved before he could make the earth move with Mrs. Hunter. Is that what he’s getting at? Aftershock-blocked? Funny. Perhaps a little TMI, but fair enough, Torii. Hunter also accused his kids of running running to him and “screaming like they were Lil Jon.”

Meanwhile, Hunter’s teenage son Darius was tweeting a different tune:

Dude we just had a earthquake!! @toriihunter48 was screaming like a girl! @knutts48 over here investigating! -_- #yess Finally I’m not tripn

And then:

@toriihunter48 over here taking a dump earthquake happen he ran out the bathroom with toilet paper on his foot @knutts48 over here dien! Lol

Aw, heck no. You just threw your old man under the bus, kid! Hunter’s sense of humor has been passed along to the next generation. Before long, the Hunters ought to have their own reality show. A&E, make it happen.

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ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) — Torii Hunter drove in five runs with a pair of homers Friday, powering the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over Baltimore.

After losing seven out of eight, the Angels have won two in a row.

Hunter bombed a three-run shot to highlight a four-run first inning and added a two-run blast in the seventh. He has 17 homers for the year and 275 for his 15-year career.

Peter Bourjos added a solo homer in the second off Jo-Jo Reyes (6-10), who gave up five runs in five innings to take the loss.

Dan Haren (13-6) picked up the victory despite allowing nine hits in seven innings. He gave up three runs, but did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Baltimore dropped its third straight and joined Kansas City as the first teams in the American League to reach 75 losses. The Royals lost their 75th game earlier in the evening.

ANAHEIM, Calif., Aug. 20 (UPI) — Torii Hunter drove in five runs with a pair of homers Friday, powering the Los Angeles Angels to an 8-3 victory over Baltimore.

After losing seven out of eight, the Angels have won two in a row.

Hunter bombed a three-run shot to highlight a four-run first inning and added a two-run blast in the seventh. He has 17 homers for the year and 275 for his 15-year career.

Peter Bourjos added a solo homer in the second off Jo-Jo Reyes (6-10), who gave up five runs in five innings to take the loss.

Dan Haren (13-6) picked up the victory despite allowing nine hits in seven innings. He gave up three runs, but did not walk a batter and struck out eight.

Baltimore dropped its third straight and joined Kansas City as the first teams in the American League to reach 75 losses. The Royals lost their 75th game earlier in the evening.

By Matthew Hays

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Jun 11, 2011 – Kansas City was looking for a little home-cooking on Friday evening, though they were on the road visiting the Los Angeles Angels. With rookie Mike Moustakas making his major league debut back in his native Southern California, the Royals played efficient baseball en route to a 4-2 victory.

Jeff Francis was the starter for Kansas City and looked solid on the mound, cruising throw the first five innings as Francis used effective “junk” to quiet the Halos bats. Francis ran into some trouble in the sixth inning as the tall Canadian allowed five hits and tossed a wild pitch, which allowed Los Angeles to score twice in the inning. It could have been three runs had Alex Gordon not gunned down Bobby Abreu at the plate, who tried to score on a Erick Aybar single.

For the game, Francis went 6.1 innings, giving up two runs and scattering eight hits. He struck out three and walked one as he earned the victory and moved to 3-6 in his first season with Kansas City.

Melky Cabrera got the Royals out to a quick lead in the first inning when he belted his ninth home run of the season to deep right field off Angels starter Ervin Santana, who the Royals were facing for the third time this season.

Billy Butler homered as well, his sixth of the year, a solo shot to center in the fourth as Kansas City took a 2-0 lead at the time.

As for Moustakas, he went 1-for-3 with a walk and run scored is his debut, singling and coming around to score in the sixth inning as the Royals scored two more to take a 4-0 lead. After Butler walked and Moustakas singled, Chris Getz singled with one out to plate Butler. Alcides Escobar, who was 2-for-4 on the night, then doubled on a line drive to right field to score Moustakas.

Greg Holland came on in relief of Francis and retired all five batters faced, before Joakim Soria came on to pick up his second save in as many days as Kansas City improves to 28-36. For Soria it was his ninth save. Santana was charged with the loss, falling to 3-6 as the Angels now sit at 30-35. Friday’s boxscore can be viewed here.

The Royals look for three wins in a row on Saturday evening as Felipe Paulino (0-0 0.56 ERA) faces Joel Pineiro (2-3 3.76). Gametime is 8:05 CST.

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(Sports Network) – Despite a solid outing, Ervin Santana was the pitcher of
record when the Los Angeles Angels’ season-worst five-game losing streak
began. The starter gets a chance to end the drought tonight but will also need
the offense to get going in the first of three straight games against the
Kansas City Royals in Anaheim.

Santana got the start on Saturday versus the Yankees and pitched well,
allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks over seven innings. However,
he was on the wrong end of a 3-2 decision that began Los Angeles’ current
slide.

The Angels have been outscored 21-10 over their losing streak and haven’t
scored more than three runs in eight straight games, going 1-7 in that span.

That may force Santana to be on top of his game tonight, somewhere he wasn’t
at when he faced the Royals on May 30. The right-hander gave up six runs on
seven hits, four walks and two homers in six innings of that game, but that
outing also marked the last offensive surge for Los Angeles, which took
Santana off the hook in a 10-8 win.

Santana, 28, is 3-5 with a 4.30 earned run average in 13 starts this season
and 5-4 with a 4.77 ERA in his career when facing the Royals.

Los Angeles plays the third and final series of a nine-game homestand and is
fresh off getting swept in three games by Tampa Bay. Bobby Abreu did his best
to get the Angels in the win column in Wednesday’s finale, ripping a three-run
double in the eighth inning that led to extra innings, but the Rays scored the
winning run in the 10th inning on a squeeze bunt in a 4-3 game.

Abreu nearly homered in the bottom of the extra frame, but fell short of
extending the game.

“The whole night was a little frustrating. All you can do is keep your team in
the game,” said starter Jered Weaver, who worked 7 2/3 innings and surrendered
three runs on six hits. “It’s a tough loss. It was a tough series.”

Given their current state, the Angels may not be too happy to see Royals
starter Jeff Francis again. The veteran southpaw defeated Los Angeles on May
31, allowing three runs over seven innings to improve to 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA
in four career starts against the Angels. That also includes a no-decision on
April 1 despite seven innings of one-run ball.

Francis did have a two-decision win streak end on Sunday with a loss to the
Twins, getting charged with four runs on six hits and two walks over seven
innings of a 6-0 setback. It marked the fourth time in five starts that the
30-year-old pitched at least seven innings.

In 13 starts this year, Francis is 2-6 with a 4.52 ERA and is still winless on
the road in 2011, going 0-3 with a 6.75 ERA in five outings.

The Royals start up a nine-game road trip tonight after going just 4-7 on an
extended homestand. Kansas City wrapped the residency with a four-game set
against Toronto, earning a split of the series with yesterday’s 3-2 victory.

Jeff Francoeur hit a two-run single as part of a three-run third inning, with
Eric Hosmer adding an RBI hit in the frame. The pitching took over from there
as starter Luke Hochevar hurled seven innings of two-run ball, Aaron Crow
pitched a scoreless eighth and Joakim Soria got out of bases-loaded jam in the
ninth inning to record his first save since May 20.

Soria, who picked up his eighth save of the season, had blown his past three
save chances.

“We have a knack of keeping it real interesting,” Royals manager Ned Yost
said. “We did that just about all day today. Jack [Soria] did it. Crow did it.
Luke did it on occasion. But they got the job done and that’s what is
important.

“It was good to get that monkey off Jack’s back to get that first save after
all that mess he’s been through and let him get on a good roll.”

After picking up their second victory in eight games, the Royals made a bold
roster move after the game by recalling third base prospect Mike Moustakas
from Triple-A Omaha. His call-up puts two of Kansas City’s top young players
in its major league diamond along with Hosmer.

“He’s going to come into the lineup just like I did and do his role and not
try to do too much,” Hosmer told the Royals’ website of Moustakas. “He’s going
to fit in perfectly with this team.”

Moustakas, the second overall pick of the 2007 draft, hit .287 in 55 games at
Triple A this season with 10 homers and 44 RBI.

To make room for Moustakas, the Royals optioned Mike Aviles to Omaha, while
Wilson Betemit is now expected to shift from third base to a backup role.

The Royals and Angels are meeting in Anaheim for the first time this season,
with Kansas City haven taken five of seven at home versus the club already
this year.

The Angels, though, have still won 18 of the past 27 meetings.

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LOS ANGELES — A charter flight carrying members of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim home from an away game made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport Wednesday after reporting a mechanical problem, officials said.

Airport spokeswoman Katherine Alvarado said the Delta Air Lines Inc. plane with some 60 people aboard landed shortly after 9 p.m.

TV footage showed passengers calmly exiting the plane onto the tarmac as fire trucks waited nearby.

“Nothing like an emergency landing at LAX to scare the crap out of us…good to be home,” Angels TV announcer Victor Rojas posted in an online tweet as the plane landed.

Team spokesman Tim Mead told KCAL-TV that the team usually lands at an Orange County’s John Wayne airport, but was redirected due to what the pilot had referred to as possible hydraulic problems.

Mead said the club was returning from Kansas City, where they lost to the Royals earlier Wednesday 2-0.