KC 8, TEX 2 | May 24, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Friday, May 25, 2018•Globe Life Park in Arlington•89°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

Danny Duffy

LOSS

Austin Bibens-Dirkx

The Royals cruised past the Rangers 8-2 in a dominant performance.

★Salvador Perez4 RBI

⚾Danny Duffy7.2 IP, 1 ER, 5 K

Key Moment

Top 8: Whit Merrifield doubles (13) on a ground ball to left fielder Joey Gallo. Alcides Escobar scores. Ramon Torres scores.

Weather: 89°F, Partly CloudyWind: 8 mph, R To LFirst pitch: 12:05 AM UTCT: 2:53Att: 23,230Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington

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93.0%B

11 missed calls

+10.3% KC

+0.13 runs TEX

Win Probability

TEX WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	8	11	0
TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Game 530149 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jon JayLF	4	1	1	0	0	0	.292/.348/.339	94.3	.259	.249
Whit MerrifieldCF	4	1	2	2	1	1	.286/.358/.418	91.7	.164	.173
Mike MoustakasDH	4	0	1	0	0	2	.282/.332/.503	105.9	.530	.619
Salvador PerezC	4	0	2	4	0	0	.254/.297/.508	106.2	.399	.367
Jorge SolerRF	5	0	0	0	0	3	.280/.379/.453	82.9	.025	.033
Hunter Dozier1B	5	0	0	0	0	2	.172/.250/.207	102.6	.189	.325
Alcides EscobarSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	.241/.293/.322	99.8	.281	.263
Ryan Goins2B	4	2	2	0	0	0	.262/.294/.323	92.6	.501	.484
Ramón Torres3B	3	3	2	0	1	0	.667/.750/.667	100.8	.473	.438
Bench
Danny DuffyP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HillP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	37	8	11	6	2	8	-	-	-	-

2B:Merrifield; Moustakas

TB:13

RBI:Perez 4; Merrifield 2

Team LOB:7

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Delino DeShieldsCF	3	1	1	0	1	1	.228/.312/.317	96	.303

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	Velo	ERA
Danny DuffyW	7.2	4	1	1	2	5	113-76	90.3	6.14
Tim Hill	1.1	1	1	0	1	3	33-18	90.1	3.00
Totals	9.0	5	2	1	3	8	146-94	-	-

WP:Duffy

Inherited runners-scored:Hill 1-0

Pitches-strikes:Duffy 113-76; Hill 33-18

Groundouts-flyouts:Duffy 6-9; Hill 0-1

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Austin Bibens-DirkxL	6.1	8	6	4	1	6	0	109-68	86.8	5.68

Scoring Plays

Top 2 • KC

2-0

Ramon Torres singles on a ground ball to center fielder Delino DeShields. Ryan Goins scores. Ramon Torres scores. Fielding error by center fielder Delino DeShields.

EV: 96.3 mph118 ftLA: 5°

Top 5 • KC

4-0

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp line drive to left fielder Joey Gallo. Ryan Goins scores. Ramon Torres scores. Whit Merrifield to 3rd.

EV: 104.8 mph221 ftLA: 8°

Top 7 • KC

6-0

Salvador Perez singles on a sharp ground ball to center fielder Delino DeShields. Jon Jay scores. Whit Merrifield scores. Mike Moustakas to 2nd.

EV: 106.2 mph10 ftLA: -13°

Top 8 • KC

8-0

Whit Merrifield doubles (13) on a ground ball to left fielder Joey Gallo. Alcides Escobar scores. Ramon Torres scores.

EV: 85.2 mph10 ftLA: -14°

Bot 8 • TEX

8-1

Rougned Odor singles on a line drive to left fielder Jon Jay. Joey Gallo scores.

EV: 93.5 mph147 ftLA: 6°

Bot 9 • TEX

8-2

Isiah Kiner-Falefa hits a ground-rule double (7) on a fly ball down the right-field line. Delino DeShields scores.

EV: 85.8 mph306 ftLA: 33°

Bench
Nomar MazaraRF	3	0	0	0	0	1	.269/.335/.497	110	.285	.317
Austin Bibens-DirkxP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Matt BushP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

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Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

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