Starting Lineups:
Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals
1. Choo dh Merrifield dh
2. Andrus ss Gordon lf
3. Mazara rf Moustakas 3b
4. Beltre 3b Perez c
5. Profar 2b Dozier 1b
6. Gallo lf Escobar ss
7. Chirinos c R. Herrera rf
8. Guzman 1b Almonte cf
9. DeShields cf Mondesi 2b
Colon p Kennedy p
RANGERS 1ST: Choo homered to right; Andrus grounded out (third
to first); Mazara grounded out (shortstop to first); Beltre
struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Merrifield grounded out (third to first); Gordon
flied to center; Moustakas flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Profar flied to right; Gallo struck out; Chirinos
was hit by a pitch; Guzman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Perez grounded out (third to first); Dozier singled
to pitcher; Escobar flied to right; R. Herrera flied to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0.
RANGERS 3RD: DeShields was called out on strikes; Choo walked;
Andrus walked [Choo to second]; Mazara singled to center [Choo
scored, Andrus to third]; Beltre homered to left-center [Andrus
scored, Mazara scored]; Profar lined to first; Gallo struck out;
4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Almonte singled to right; Mondesi doubled to right
[Almonte scored]; Merrifield flied to right; Gordon singled to
shortstop [Mondesi to third]; Moustakas out on a sacrifice fly
to right [Mondesi scored]; Perez forced Gordon (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 2.
RANGERS 4TH: Chirinos lined to right; Guzman flied to left;
DeShields flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5,
Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: Dozier was called out on strikes; Escobar singled to
left [Escobar to third (error by Gallo)]; R. Herrera tripled to
right [Escobar scored]; Almonte popped to shortstop; Mondesi
flied to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 3.
RANGERS 5TH: Choo doubled to left; Andrus walked; Mazara popped
to second; Beltre struck out; Profar grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Merrifield singled to pitcher; Merrifield was picked
off first (pitcher to first); Gordon walked; Moustakas singled
to right [Gordon to second]; Perez singled to right [Gordon to
third, Moustakas to second]; Dozier grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Perez out at second]; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 3.
RANGERS 6TH: Gallo struck out; Chirinos was called out on
strikes; Guzman grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Escobar lined to center; R. Herrera grounded out
(pitcher to first); Almonte reached on an error by Colon (assist
by Guzman); Mondesi forced Almonte (first to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 3.
RANGERS 7TH: FLYNN REPLACED KENNEDY (PITCHING); DeShields
singled to shortstop; DeShields was out trying to advance to
second (catcher to shortstop); Rangers challenged call that
DeShields was out at 2nd; call was upheld - out advancing;
Choo walked; Andrus forced Choo (shortstop to second); Mazara
singled to shortstop [Andrus to second]; PERALTA REPLACED FLYNN
(PITCHING); Beltre struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: DIEKMAN REPLACED COLON (PITCHING); Merrifield flied
to center; Gordon grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
Moustakas lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 5,
Royals 3.
RANGERS 8TH: Profar walked; Gallo flied to center [Profar to
second]; Peralta threw a wild pitch [Profar to third]; Chirinos
struck out; Guzman was walked intentionally; On a bunt DeShields
singled to second [Profar scored, Guzman to second]; Choo walked
[Guzman to third, DeShields to second]; Andrus forced Choo
(second unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: BARNETTE REPLACED DIEKMAN (PITCHING); Perez flied to
center; Dozier flied to center; Escobar was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 3.
RANGERS 9TH: GRIMM REPLACED PERALTA (PITCHING); Mazara singled
to left; Beltre grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Mazara out at second]; Profar grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 3.
ROYALS 9TH: KELA REPLACED BARNETTE (PITCHING); R. Herrera was
called out on strikes; Almonte grounded out (shortstop to
first); Mondesi flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
6, Royals 3.
Final Totals R H E LOB
Rangers 6 8 2 8
Royals 3 9 0 6
