Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals

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Texas Rangers

62-64, 25-38 Away

Final
3 - 4

Kansas City Royals

64-61, 34-29 Home

Royals get homers from Yastrzemski, Pasquantino and Garcia in 4-3 win over Rangers

Michael Wacha (8-9) allowed two runs and nine hits in 5 2/3 innings for the win. He struck out three, walked none and permitted two earned runs or fewer for the seventh straight start.

Carlos Estévez set a career high with his American League-leading 32nd save.

Yastrzemski's shot to right-center was the 10th leadoff homer of his career and third with the Royals, matching a franchise record for any month. Kansas City acquired Yastrzemski from San Francisco at the July 31 trade deadline.

Pasquantino hit a two-run drive over the right-field wall to give the Royals a 3-1 lead in the third. Bobby Witt Jr. was aboard on a leadoff walk.

Garcia's homer in the fifth went over the left-field wall, just inside the foul pole. Kansas City has homered in eight consecutive games, tying a season high.

The Rangers scored on RBI singles by Jonah Heim in the second and Evan Carter in the sixth. Rowdy Tellez had an RBI groundout in the eighth.

Jack Leiter (7-7) gave up three runs and six hits in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.

Key moment Royals catcher Luke Maile tagged out Joc Pederson at home plate as part of a double play off a throw from right fielder John Rave. The Rangers challenged the call and lost, keeping the score tied 1-all in the second inning.

Key stat Texas went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position and finished with 11 hits — 10 singles.

Up next The teams play the second game of their series Tuesday night. Texas will start Merrill Kelly (9-7, 3.36 ERA) against Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.77).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Freeman lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Pederson fouled out to third.
	9th Inning	Semien flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Estévez relieved Erceg
	8th Inning	Isbel struck out looking.
	8th Inning	Maile grounded out to first.

Statistics

$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX		KC
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	8
5	Strikeouts	10
3	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
0	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
35	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
19	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	147
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	17
35	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
3.0	Runs Created	5.9
.314	Batting Average	.258
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.343	Slugging Percentage	.548
.029	Secondary Average	.452
.314	On Base Percentage	.361
.657	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.909
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
3.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.6
25.0	Batter Rating	33.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	10.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.08
.029	Isolated Power	.290
0.00	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.000	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.139
-.286	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.194
6.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.7
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
80.8	MLB Rating	85.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0