Texas Rangers at Kansas City Royals

· Major League Baseball

Texas Rangers

63-65, 26-39 Away

Final
6 - 3

Kansas City Royals

65-62, 35-30 Home

Kyle Higashioka has a 3-run double in the 9th to help the Rangers beat the Royals 6-3

Kyle Higashioka's double lifts Rangers past Royals

Wyatt Langford drew a two-out walk from Sam Long (1-3) and Corey Seager was safe when Pasquantino misplayed his slow roller at first. Marcus Semien reached on an infield hit before Higashioka doubled down the left-field line.

Hoby Milner (2-3) got the final four outs for the win.

Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. led off the first with singles off fill-in first-time starter Caleb Boushley, and Pasquantino followed with his 25th home run to put the Royals up 3-1. Witt had three hits for the Royals, including his 39th double — tops in the majors.

Boushley filled in for Jacob deGrom, who had his start skipped after he experienced arm fatigue following his last outing. Boushley pitched two scoreless innings following his 38-pitch first.

Langford hit his 18th home run to lead off the game against rookie Noah Cameron. Langford singled and scored on a two-out base hit by Semien to cut it to 3-2 in the third.

Cameron allowed two runs on three hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings as Kansas City saw a five-game win streak end.

Jonah Heim had a leadoff double off Daniel Lynch IV in the seventh before scoring on Seager's two-out single off Lucas Erceg to tie it 3-3.

Key moment Higashioka's double gave Texas its first lead since the first inning.

Key stat The Royals have hit the fewest home runs in the American League but they've outhomered the Rangers 14-3 in winning five of six matchups this season.

Up next LHP Patrick Corbin (6-9, 4.45) was set to start Thursday as the Rangers go for a split of the four-game series opposite Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-8, 4.43).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Pasquantino grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Witt Jr. grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Yastrzemski grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Duran grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Smith singled to left, Higashioka to third.
	9th Inning	Higashioka doubled to left, Langford scored, Semien scored and Seager scored.

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
17	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	9
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	34
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
13	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	1
2	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	13
1	Caught Stealing	1
169	Pitches	161
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
17	Total Bases	12
42	Plate Appearances	39
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
6.7	Runs Created	4.0
.324	Batting Average	.235
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.459	Slugging Percentage	.353
.243	Secondary Average	.235
.405	On Base Percentage	.333
.864	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.686
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
7.0	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.0
43.0	Batter Rating	25.0
37.0	At Bats Per Home Run	34.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.02	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.13
.135	Isolated Power	.118
0.83	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.119	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.128
-.081	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
93.3	MLB Rating	77.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0