The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 9-1 on May 29, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Vinnie Pasquantino went 2-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 4 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Brandon Nimmo went 1-for-4 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Rangers.
- MacKenzie Gore pitched 6.1 innings for the Rangers, allowing 0 earned runs with 3 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jac Caglianone | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Loftin | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Kolek | 5.0 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 6.0 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Jung | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Joc Pederson | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Burger | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Evan Carter | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 35 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MacKenzie Gore | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gavin Collyer | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 27, 2026: NYY 7, KC 0 · Next May 30, 2026: KC 6, TEX 7
- Rangers · 2026 season · Previous May 28, 2026: HOU 5, TEX 1 · Next May 30, 2026: KC 6, TEX 7