The Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 on May 11, 2022 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Whit Merrifield went 4-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Joel Payamps pitched 3.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Corey Seager went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Matt Moore pitched 2.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 earned runs with 1 strikeouts.
Kansas City Royals box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Isbel | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Benintendi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Whit Merrifield | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Hearn | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael A. Taylor | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 33 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Payamps | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gabe Speier | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Barlow | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Clarke | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Bubic | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
Texas Rangers box score
Batting
| AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | SO: Times this batter struck out — lower is better. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Semien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Adolis Garcia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eli White | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Charlie Culberson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Pitching
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Moore | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dennis Santana | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Bush | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Garrett Richards | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 4.1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Before and after
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