Texas 6, Kansas City 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, June 21, 2024
Where: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Daniel Bellino, 1B -
Phil Cuzzi, 2B -
Tony Randazzo, 3B -
Jeremy Riggs
Attendance:
37678
By Field Level Media
Marcus Semien drove in three runs with a bases-loaded double to highlight a five-run sixth inning and help lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday night in Arlington, Texas.
Nathaniel Lowe had three hits, including a double, and a run scored, Wyatt Langford went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs and Jonah Heim walked three times and also had an RBI and run as Texas took the opener of a three-game series for its second consecutive win.
Nathan Eovaldi (4-3) picked up the win after allowing two runs on four hits over six innings. He walked one and struck out six.
Kyle Isbel homered and MJ Melendez doubled and scored a run for Kansas City, which lost for the fourth time in its past five games. John Schreiber (3-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on three hits in one-third of an inning.
Eovaldi retired the first eight batters he faced until Isbel hit his fifth home run of the season, a 387-foot line drive into the seats in right, to give the Royals a 1-0 lead in the third.
The Rangers tied it in the fourth against Kansas City starter Brady Singer on Langford's RBI double into the gap in left-center. Texas then loaded the bases with one out, but Singer got out of the jam by striking out Travis Jankowski and getting Leody Taveras to ground into a pitcher-to-home fielder's choice.
The Royals took a 2-1 lead in the fifth when Melendez led off with a double, advanced to third on a flyout by Nick Loftin and scored on a pinch-hit single by Garrett Hampson.
Texas then vaulted into the lead in the sixth. Adolis Garcia led off with a single and advanced to third on a ground-rule double by Lowe. Langford followed with an RBI single to tie the score, and Heim then drove in Lowe with a fielder's choice to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead.
After Robbie Grossman walked and Taveras loaded the bases with an infield single, Semien drilled a three-run double into the left field corner to make it 6-2.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Kansas City
|
6 |
1 |
11 |
.182 |
10 |
12 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Texas
|
9 |
0 |
12 |
.300 |
12 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
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