The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 on May 5, 2024 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jonah Heim went 1-for-3 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jon Gray pitched 7.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 2 earned runs with 7 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-2 with 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Daniel Lynch IV pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 0 earned runs with 6 strikeouts.
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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adolis Garcia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Nathaniel Lowe | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Leody Taveras | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Jonah Heim | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Jankowski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Gray | 7.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Kirby Yates | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| David Robertson | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Kyle Isbel | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MJ Melendez | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Freddy Fermin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Hunter Renfroe | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson Velazquez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 36 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Lynch IV | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Angel Zerpa | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| James McArthur | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 10.0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2024 season · Previous May 4, 2024: TEX 15, KC 4 · Next May 6, 2024: TEX 4, ATH 2
- Royals · 2024 season · Previous May 4, 2024: TEX 15, KC 4 · Next May 6, 2024: MIL 2, KC 3