The Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Aug 18, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Evan Carter went 2-for-4 with 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jack Leiter pitched 3.2 innings for the Rangers, allowing 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.2 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 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 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Joc Pederson | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Smith | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wyatt Langford | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Cody Freeman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Leiter | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Phil Maton | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Garcia | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 5.2 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Maile | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jonathan India | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Randal Grichuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.2 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Estevez | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2025 season · Previous Aug 17, 2025: TEX 10, TOR 4 · Next Aug 19, 2025: TEX 2, KC 5
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 17, 2025: CHW 2, KC 6 · Next Aug 19, 2025: TEX 2, KC 5