Rangers at Royals May 5, 2024

Game Time: 2:10 ET

Stadium: Ewing M. Kauffman Stadium

Attendance: 20,613

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TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	8	0
KC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0

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TEX	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	3	8	0
KC	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0

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4th inning - SB: MJ Melendez (2nd base off J. Gray/ J. Heim)

8th inning - SB: Dairon Blanco (2nd base off K. Yates/ J. Heim)

8th inning - SB: Dairon Blanco (3rd base off K. Yates/ J. Heim)

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Game Details

Game Time: 2:32

Umpires: HP-John Bacon, 1B-Chad Whitson, 2B-Bill Miller, 3B-Malachi Moore

Weather: 63 degrees. Cloudy

Wind: 7 MPH In From Right

News From May 5, 2024

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Kirby Yates

Secures extra-inning win

PTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Yates (3-0) earned the win after he pitched two scoreless innings, allowing a walk while striking out two batters in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning win over the Royals.

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Wyatt Langford

Headed for multi-week absence

OFTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said after Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning win over the Royals that Langford (hamstring) is expected to miss 3-to-4 weeks and will be placed on the 10-day injured list, Jackson Stone of MLB.com reports.

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Jon Gray

Quality start versus Royals

PTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Gray pitched seven innings, surrendering two runs on seven hits while striking out seven batters in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning win over the Royals. He did not factor into the decision.

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Max Scherzer

Waiting on thumb

PTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Scherzer (back) is still in a holding pattern while waiting for the soreness in his right thumb to subside, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.

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Travis Jankowski

Fills in for injured starter

OFTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Jankowski entered Saturday's game for an injured Wyatt Langford (hamstring) and went 1-for-2 with a stolen base, two RBI and two runs scored in a 15-4 win over Kansas City.

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Marc Church

Shifts to Triple-A's 60-day IL

PTexas Rangers AAA

May 5, 2024

Triple-A Round Rock transferred Church (shoulder) from its 7-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.

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Antoine Kelly

Returns from IL on Friday

PTexas Rangers AAA

May 5, 2024

Kelly (shoulder) was reinstated from the 7-day injured list Friday and struck out one over a scoreless inning of relief in Triple-A Round Rock's 13-1 win over Albuquerque.

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Wyatt Langford

Held out of Sunday's lineup

OFTexas Rangers

May 5, 2024

Langford (hamstring) is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Kansas City.

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MJ Melendez

Swipes bag Sunday

OFKansas City Royals

May 5, 2024

Melendez went 2-for-4 with a double and a stolen base in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Rangers.

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Dairon Blanco

Swipes two bags in loss

OFKansas City Royals

May 5, 2024

Blanco secured two stolen bases in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Rangers.

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James McArthur

Blown save, loss versus Texas

PKansas City Royals

May 5, 2024

McArthur (1-1) blew a save and picked up the loss after he pitched two innings, surrendering two runs (one earned) on four hits while striking out three batters in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning defeat to the Rangers.

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Daniel Lynch

Blanks Rangers over five frames

PKansas City Royals AAA

May 5, 2024

Lynch tossed five scoreless innings, walking two batters and allowing two hits while striking out six in Sunday's 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Rangers. He did not factor into the decision.

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Nelson Velazquez

On bench Sunday

OFKansas City Royals

May 5, 2024

Velazquez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game versus the Rangers.

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Michael Massey

Three hits in Saturday's loss

2BKansas City Royals

May 5, 2024

Massey went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs scored in Saturday's 15-4 loss to the Rangers.