The Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Aug 19, 2025 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Joc Pederson went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Merrill Kelly pitched 6.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 2 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Bobby Witt Jr. went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.1 innings for the Royals, allowing 2 earned runs with 5 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joc Pederson | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Semien | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Corey Seager | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Smith | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Carter | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyatt Langford | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Rowdy Tellez | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonah Heim | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Jung | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cody Freeman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Merrill Kelly | 6.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Cole Winn | 1.1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Danny Coulombe | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Hoby Milner | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Maile | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mike Yastrzemski | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| John Rave | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Randal Grichuk | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Adam Frazier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan India | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 29 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth Lugo | 6.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| Angel Zerpa | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2025 season · Previous Aug 18, 2025: TEX 3, KC 4 · Next Aug 20, 2025: TEX 6, KC 3
- Royals · 2025 season · Previous Aug 18, 2025: TEX 3, KC 4 · Next Aug 20, 2025: TEX 6, KC 3