Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

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Kansas City Royals

42-35, 17-21 Away

Final
2 - 6

Texas Rangers

35-40, 18-19 Home

Semien's 3-run double caps 5-run sixth inning as Rangers beat Royals 6-2

Nathan Eovaldi (4-3) allowed two runs and four hits and with one walk while striking out six in six innings as the Rangers won their second straight following a five-game losing streak.

Semien lined a 2-0 fastball into the left-field corner after going 0 for 17 at the plate.

“It’s always good to have a big inning like that, especially in a tight ballgame,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said.

Langford doubled in Adolis García in the fourth inning and singled him home in the sixth, each time tying the score. Jonah Heim followed Langford with an RBI fielder’s choice against John Schreiber (3-2) for a 3-2 lead.

Schreiber gave up three runs on three hits, retiring one batter.

“Schreiber’s been so good for us. Just didn’t execute tonight,” Royals manager Matt Quatraro said.

José Leclerc, David Robertson and Kirby Yates shut out the Royals over the final three innings on two hits and one walk.

Texas has struggled at the plate this season after leading the American League in batting and runs last season en route it first World Series title. The Rangers have scored at least five runs in three consecutive games for the first time this season.

Langford, a 22-year-old rookie, is hitting .302 in June with 13 RBI.

Royals starter Brady Singer, seeking his first win since May 19, left with a 2-1 lead after giving up three hits and two walks in five innings with four strikeouts, leaving the bases loaded in the fourth.

Kansas City has lost nine of its last 12 games while totaling 36 runs.

Kyle Isbel, the Royals’ No. 9 hitter, hit a two-out solo home run, to open the scoring in the third inning.

Isbel, who matched his season high with his fifth homer, left the game after four innings with low back tightness. His substitute, Garrett Hampson, singled home MJ Melendez in the fifth for the 2-1 lead.

The Royals’ Salvador Perez struck out four times, including with two men on in the eighth.

Texas’ Nathaniel Lowe had a double and two singles.

SCHERZER DEBUT ON SUNDAY?

Bochy said RHP Max Scherzer will be evaluated on Saturday with the possibility of the 39-year-old, three-time Cy Young winner making his season debut on Sunday. With multiple news outlets reporting earlier this week that Scherzer would pitch Saturday, Bochy announced Jon Gray as his Saturday starter and emphasized there was no setback with Scherzer, who had back surgery last December and had his rehab schedule interrupted seven weeks ago by a thumb issue.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Royals: OF Hunter Renfroe (fractured left big toe) was activated and played 10 days after it appeared he’d require surgery and miss 6-8 weeks.

Royals RHP Michael Wacha (4-7, 4.24 ERA), who played collegiately at Texas A&M, will make his first start since May 31, when he suffered a fractured left foot when hit with a batted ball. Rangers RHP Jon Gray (2-3, 3.31) was tagged for nine runs on 11 hits in three innings last Monday in a loss to the New York Mets.

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Matchup Prediction

Rangers: 55.9%

Royals: 44.1%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Renfroe struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Loftin doubled to left.
	9th Inning	Melendez grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Fermin struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Yates relieved Robertson
	8th Inning	Taveras struck out swinging.

Statistics

KC		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
9	Ground Balls	14
12	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	9
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
1	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
10	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
2	Doubles	3
12	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	1
143	Pitches	148
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	12
35	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	3
2.4	Runs Created	4.8
.182	Batting Average	.300
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.400
.212	Secondary Average	.233
.229	On Base Percentage	.417
.562	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.817
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.4
2.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.7
21.0	Batter Rating	39.0
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.09	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.11
.152	Isolated Power	.100
0.17	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.83
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.139
.030	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.067
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.4
70.8	MLB Rating	86.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0