The Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Jun 9, 2026 at Kauffman Stadium.
Final · Kauffman Stadium
Top performers
- Jake Burger went 1-for-3 with 1 RBI for the Rangers.
- Nathan Eovaldi pitched 5.2 innings for the Rangers, allowing 4 earned runs with 3 strikeouts.
- Jac Caglianone went 3-for-3 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI for the Royals.
- Stephen Kolek pitched 5.0 innings for the Royals, allowing 1 earned run 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joc Pederson | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon Nimmo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Ezequiel Duran | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Jung | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Evan Carter | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Seager | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyle Higashioka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jake Burger | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wyatt Langford | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Team | 35 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Eovaldi | 5.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Robby Ahlstrom | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalen Beeks | 0.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cole Winn | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 8.0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maikel Garcia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Vinnie Pasquantino | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Massey | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carter Jensen | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Salvador Perez | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Witt Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Isaac Collins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jac Caglianone | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Kyle Isbel | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 31 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
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 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Steven Cruz | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Alex Lange | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Lynch IV | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Schreiber | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team | 9.0 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 0 |
Before and after
- Rangers · 2026 season · Previous Jun 7, 2026: CLE 0, TEX 10 · Next Jun 10, 2026: TEX 6, KC 4
- Royals · 2026 season · Previous Jun 7, 2026: KC 6, MIN 5 · Next Jun 10, 2026: TEX 6, KC 4