BATTING - HR: Chirinos 2 (3,2nd inning off Karns 0 on 2 out,4th inning off Karns 0 on
2 out); Gallo 2 (5,2nd inning off Karns 1 on 2 out,5th inning off Karns
0 on 0 out).
Team LOB: 4.
BASERUNNING - SB: Choo (1,2nd base off Karns/Butera).
PITCHING
Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPKarns L(0-1) 4.2 5 6 6 3 6 4 22
Strahm 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Alexander 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4
Young 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7
Totals 8 6 6 6 4 9 4 34
Inherited Runners - Scored: Strahm 2-0.
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Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFPHamels W(1-0) 8 3 1 1 2 3 0 29
Jeffress 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 5
Totals 9 6 2 2 2 3 0 34
Starting Lineups:
Kansas City Royals Texas Rangers
1. Gordon lf Gomez cf
2. Cain cf Choo dh
3. Hosmer 1b Mazara rf
4. Perez dh Napoli 1b
5. Cuthbert 3b Odor 2b
6. Merrifield 2b Chirinos c
7. Escobar ss Profar ss
8. Bonifacio rf Gallo 3b
9. Butera c DeShields lf
Karns p Hamels p
ROYALS 1ST: Gordon was hit by a pitch; Cain doubled to center
[Gordon scored]; Hosmer grounded out (first unassisted) [Cain to
third]; Perez struck out; Cuthbert walked; Merrifield forced
Cuthbert (second to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1,
Rangers 0.
RANGERS 1ST: Gomez flied to right; Choo struck out; Mazara
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1,
Rangers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Escobar flied to right; Bonifacio lined to center;
Butera struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Napoli grounded out (third to first); Odor flied to
center; Chirinos homered to left; Profar walked; Gallo homered
to right [Profar scored]; DeShields grounded out (third to
first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 3.
ROYALS 3RD: Gordon grounded out (first to pitcher); Cain flied
to left; Hosmer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 3RD: Gomez grounded out (third to first); Choo struck
out; Mazara struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers
3.
ROYALS 4TH: Perez popped to third; Cuthbert grounded out (second
to first); Merrifield flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 3.
RANGERS 4TH: Napoli grounded out (shortstop to first); Odor
struck out; Chirinos homered to center; Profar lined to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Escobar grounded out (third to first); Bonifacio
lined to pitcher; Butera doubled to center; Gordon struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 4.
RANGERS 5TH: Gallo homered to right-center; DeShields grounded
out (third to first); Gomez struck out; Choo walked; Choo stole
second; Mazara walked; Napoli singled to center [Choo scored,
Mazara to third]; STRAHM REPLACED KARNS (PITCHING); Odor
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1,
Rangers 6.
ROYALS 6TH: Cain walked; Hosmer popped to third; Perez grounded
into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Cain out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 6.
RANGERS 6TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED STRAHM (PITCHING); Chirinos
walked; Profar grounded out (second to first) [Chirinos to
second]; Gallo struck out; DeShields struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 6.
ROYALS 7TH: Cuthbert grounded out (first unassisted); Merrifield
tripled to right; Escobar grounded out (third to first);
Bonifacio flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Rangers 6.
RANGERS 7TH: YOUNG REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Gomez singled
to center; Choo hit into a double play to shortstop [Gomez out
at first (shortstop to first)]; when Carlos Gomez was called
safe at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the
call was overturned by replay; Mazara reached on an error by
Cuthbert [Mazara to second]; Napoli struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 6.
ROYALS 8TH: Butera grounded out (first to pitcher); Gordon flied
to center; Cain grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 6.
RANGERS 8TH: Odor popped to second; Chirinos lined to left;
Profar grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 6.
ROYALS 9TH: JEFFRESS REPLACED HAMELS (PITCHING); Hosmer singled
to pitcher; Perez lined to left; Cuthbert singled to right
[Hosmer to second]; Merrifield singled to center [Hosmer scored,
Cuthbert to second]; Escobar grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Merrifield out at second]; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 6.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Royals 2 6 1 5
Rangers 6 6 0 4
