KC 3, TEX 4 | May 26, 2018 | The Best Box Score

Saturday, May 26, 2018•Globe Life Park in Arlington•97°F, Partly Cloudy

Royals

TEX

Rangers

Final

WIN

Alex Claudio

LOSS

Kevin McCarthy

The Rangers edged the Royals 4-3 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

Key Moment

Bot 10: Shin-Soo Choo homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field.

Weather: 97°F, Partly CloudyWind: 7 mph, In From CFFirst pitch: 8:05 PM UTCT: 2:59Att: 29,644Venue: Globe Life Park in Arlington

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Marvin Hudson

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92.3%B

12 missed calls

No WPA favor

+0.57 runs TEX

Win Probability

TEX WinKC Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
KC	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	0
TEX	0	0	1	1	0

Game 530175 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Kansas City Royals

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Jon JayLF	5	1	1	1	0	0	.289/.345/.333	93.8	.200	.191
Whit MerrifieldCF	4	0	1	2	1	0	.288/.360/.424	99.3	.231	.269
Mike Moustakas3B	3	0	0	0	1	0	.277/.332/.505	89.3	.056	.056
Salvador PerezC	4	0	0	0	0	1	.236/.277/.472	102.4	.180	.217
Jorge SolerRF	4	0	0	0	0	2	.278/.374/.462	102.1	.294	.373
Alex GordonDH	4	0	1	0	0	2	.269/.326/.392	102	.637	.632
Hunter Dozier1B	3	1	2	0	1	0	.250/.325/.333	106.7	.523	.634
Ryan Goins2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.246/.278/.304	89.5	.068	.072
Alcides EscobarSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	.238/.291/.315	101.4	.356	.336
Bench
Ian KennedyP							.500/.500/.500	-	-	-
Brad KellerP							.000/.000/.000	-	-
Totals	35	3	6	3	3	5	-	-	-	-

2B:Merrifield; Dozier

TB:8

RBI:Jay; Merrifield 2

GIDP:Moustakas

Team LOB:5

Texas Rangers

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Delino DeShieldsCF	5	1	1	0	0	0	.233/.311/.331	94.6	.213

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Ian Kennedy	5.0	5	2	2	3	4	0	90-55	88.4	5.15
Brad KellerBS	2.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	33-17	93.3	2.01
Tim Hill	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	14-11	90.5	2.81
Kevin McCarthyL	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1	20-12	90.7	3.05
Totals	9.0	8	4	4	4	6	1	157-95	-	-

WP:Kennedy

IBB:Kennedy

Pitches-strikes:Kennedy 90-55; Keller 33-17; Hill 14-11; McCarthy 20-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Kennedy 3-7; Keller 5-1; Hill 0-1; McCarthy 2-1

Texas Rangers

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Bartolo Colon	7.0	5	3	3	2	4	0	102-65	85.5	3.55

Scoring Plays

Top 3 • KC

3-0

Whit Merrifield doubles (15) on a line drive to left fielder Joey Gallo. Alcides Escobar scores. Jon Jay scores.

EV: 94.6 mph264 ftLA: 20°

1-0

Jon Jay singles on a line drive to right fielder Nomar Mazara. Hunter Dozier scores. Alcides Escobar to 2nd.

EV: 93.8 mph157 ftLA: 11°

Bot 3 • TEX

3-1

Isiah Kiner-Falefa singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jon Jay. Delino DeShields scores.

EV: 73.6 mph141 ftLA: 12°

Bot 4 • TEX

3-2

Joey Gallo doubles (8) on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Jurickson Profar scores.

EV: 104.4 mph394 ftLA: 31°

Bot 6 • TEX

3-3

Ronald Guzman doubles (5) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Whit Merrifield. Joey Gallo scores.

EV: 107.6 mph381 ftLA: 17°

Bot 10 • TEX

3-4

Shin-Soo Choo homers (8) on a fly ball to left center field.

EV: 105.8 mph💣 411 ftLA: 34°

Bench
Carlos PérezC	3	0	0	0	0	1	.133/.152/.222	102.8	.010	.013
Bartolo ColonP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
José LeclercP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Chris MartinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Alex ClaudioP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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Batting

Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

Pitching

Kansas City Royals

Texas Rangers

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