ANAHEIM — If anyone missed the first 156 games of the Angels’ season, they only needed to watch Tuesday night’s to get a good idea of what has gone wrong.

The Angels’ 8-4 loss to the Kansas City Royals provided a tidy summation of the problems, at the plate and on the mound.

The Angels, who came into the game tied for the worst batting average in the majors, had only five hits.

They also have the most strikeouts in the majors, and they whiffed another 13 times.

The one thing they do well is hit homers. Sure enough, three of their runs came on two swings of the bat. Bryce Teodosio hit the first homer of his career, a two-run shot, and Taylor Ward hit a solo homer (No. 35) in the ninth.

On the mound, their starting pitching has been among the worst in the majors, and in this game left-h

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