The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on May 30, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Carter Jensen went 2-for-5 with 1 home run and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Seth Lugo pitched 6.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run with 6 strikeouts.
- Josh Jung went 3-for-5 with 1 home run and 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Kumar Rocker pitched 6.0 innings for the Rangers, allowing 0 earned runs with 2 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 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Carter Jensen | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Salvador Perez | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Tolbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 38 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 |
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 | 6.0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 0.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Erceg | 0.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 8.0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandon Nimmo | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joc Pederson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Burger | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Jansen | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Haggerty | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Foscue | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 34 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kumar Rocker | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Peyton Gray | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chris Martin | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jakob Junis | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tyler Alexander | 0.1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Before and after
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