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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

2015-06-05 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 38159 · 81°F, cloudy · Wind 1 mph L to R · 2:40

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 4–0. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Shin-Soo Choo grounds out, second baseman Omar Infante to first baseman Eric Hosmer. Delino DeShields scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 6th: Mitch Moreland homers (6) on a fly ball to left center field — worth 12% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	4	7
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3

W: Chi Chi Gonzalez L: Edinson Volquez SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Paul Schrieber · 1B: Fieldin Culbreth · 2B: Jim Reynolds · 3B: Manny Gonzalez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Delino DeShields	4	1	1	0	0	1
Shin-Soo Choo	5	0	0	1	0	1
Prince Fielder	4	0	0	0	0	2
Mitch Moreland	3	1	2	1	1	0
Joey Gallo	4	0	0	0	0	4
Elvis Andrus	3	1	2	0	1	0
Leonys Martin	3	1	1	0	1	0
Robinson Chirinos	4	0	1	2	0	1
Hanser Alberto	4	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0
Mike Moustakas	4	1	0	0
Lorenzo Cain	3	0	1	0
Eric Hosmer	3	1	0	2
Kendrys Morales	2	0	1	0
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0
Alex Rios	3	1	0	0
Salvador Perez	3	0	0	0
Omar Infante	3	0	0	0

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Chi Chi Gonzalez	9.0	3	2	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Edinson Volquez	5.1	6	3	6
Ryan Madson	0.2	0	0	1
Franklin Morales	1.0	0	0	1
Luke Hochevar	1.0	1	0	2
Joe Blanton	1.0	0	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Delino DeShields: T9/L89M
Shin-Soo Choo: 43/G4.3-H
Prince Fielder: 8/F8RXD+
Mitch Moreland: S7/G6
Joey Gallo: K

Bot 1

Alcides Escobar: 9/F9LD
Mike Moustakas: S7/MREV/G5+.BX2(74)
Lorenzo Cain: W
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 2

Elvis Andrus: 53/G5L
Leonys Martin: W
Robinson Chirinos: SB2
Robinson Chirinos: 63/G6+
Hanser Alberto: K

Bot 2

Kendrys Morales: 63/G4
Alex Gordon: 4/L4+
Alex Rios: 63/G6

Top 3

Delino DeShields: 6/L6+
Shin-Soo Choo: 8/F8LXD+
Prince Fielder: K

Bot 3

Salvador Perez: 8/F8RD
Omar Infante: 9/F34D-
Alcides Escobar: 8/F8LXD+

Top 4

Mitch Moreland: W
Joey Gallo: K
Elvis Andrus: W.1-2
Leonys Martin: 46(1)/FO/G34.2-3
Robinson Chirinos: 8/F8LM

Bot 4

Mike Moustakas: 43/G34
Lorenzo Cain: 4/L4D-
Eric Hosmer: K

Top 5

Hanser Alberto: E5/G5
Delino DeShields: 53/SH/BG15.1-2
Shin-Soo Choo: 63/G6M.2-3
Prince Fielder: K

Bot 5

Kendrys Morales: 43/G34D
Alex Gordon: 63/G4S-
Alex Rios: S7/L78S
Salvador Perez: 46(1)/FO/G6MD

Top 6

Mitch Moreland: HR/F78D+
Joey Gallo: K
Elvis Andrus: S7/G56
Leonys Martin: SB2
Leonys Martin: S14/L13+.2-3
Robinson Chirinos: SB2
Robinson Chirinos: S9/G4.3-H;2-H
Hanser Alberto: 63/G6S-.1-2
Delino DeShields: K

Bot 6

Omar Infante: 13/G25-
Alcides Escobar: 3/F34S-
Mike Moustakas: 7/F7D

Top 7

Shin-Soo Choo: K
Prince Fielder: 8/F8LXD+
Mitch Moreland: 13/G13+

Bot 7

Lorenzo Cain: 13/G15-
Eric Hosmer: S1/MREV
Kendrys Morales: W.1-2
Alex Gordon: 46(1)3/GDP/G4

Top 8

Joey Gallo: K
Elvis Andrus: S8/F8RS-
Leonys Martin: SB2
Leonys Martin: 31/G34.2-3
Robinson Chirinos: K

Bot 8

Alex Rios: 4/F34D-
Salvador Perez: 6/F4MD
Omar Infante: 8/F8RD

Top 9

Hanser Alberto: 9/F9D+
Delino DeShields: 63/G6MS-
Shin-Soo Choo: 31/G3

Bot 9

Alcides Escobar: 9/L9M
Mike Moustakas: 3/G3+
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6

Notes & reviews

replay,1,mousm001,KCA,culbf901,KAN06,,Y,M,TEX,A $when Mike Moustakas was called safe at 2B, Rangers manager Jeff Banister challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay
replay,7,hosme001,KCA,culbf901,KAN06,,N,M,TEX,C $when Eric Hosmer was called safe at 1B, Rangers manager Jeff Banister challenged the ruling; the call was upheld by replay

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