The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on May 31, 2026 at Globe Life Field.
Final · Globe Life Field
Top performers
- Michael Massey went 2-for-3 with 1 home run and 2 RBI for the Royals.
- Michael Wacha pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 6 earned runs with 5 strikeouts.
- Josh Jung went 2-for-4 with 2 RBI for the Rangers.
- Jack Leiter pitched 5.2 innings for the Rangers, allowing 0 earned runs with 10 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Massey | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Loftin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Thomas | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Starling Marte | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Team | 34 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Wacha | 5.0 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| Mason Black | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 7.0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
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 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicky Lopez | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Alejandro Osuna | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Joc Pederson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Jake Burger | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team | 29 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
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 | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
| Gavin Collyer | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Jacob Latz | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Gray | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
Before and after
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous May 30, 2026: KC 6, TEX 7 · Next Jun 1, 2026: KC 9, CIN 2
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