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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

2016-07-23 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 32132 · 94°F, cloudy · Wind 10 mph R to L · 3:14

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 7–4. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Eric Hosmer grounds out, shortstop Elvis Andrus to first baseman Mitch Moreland. Cheslor Cuthbert scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 4th — Nomar Mazara homers (12) on a fly ball to center field. Jurickson Profar scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 9th: Salvador Perez grounds into a double play, shortstop Elvis Andrus to second baseman Rougned Odor to first baseman Mitch Moreland. Whit Merrifield out at 2nd. Salvador Perez out at 1st — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Cole Hamels L: Yordano Ventura SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Chad Fairchild · 1B: Eric Cooper · 2B: Jim Wolf · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jurickson Profar	4	1	0	0	1	2
Nomar Mazara	4	2	3	3	1	1
Ian Desmond	5	1	1	1	0	1
Adrian Beltre	5	1	2	3	0	0
Rougned Odor	4	0	1	0	0	3
Elvis Andrus	3	0	1	0	1	0
Mitch Moreland	3	0	0	0	1	1
Robinson Chirinos	3	1	0	0	1	0
Delino DeShields	2	1	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alcides Escobar	5	1	1	1	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	3	1	2	0	2	1
Eric Hosmer	5	0	1	2	0	0
Kendrys Morales	4	0	1	1	1	1
Salvador Perez	5	0	0	0	0	1
Alex Gordon	3	0	0	0	1	2
Paulo Orlando	4	1	3	0	0	0
Brett Eibner	3	0	0	0	1	0
Christian Colon	4	1	1	0	0	2

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	5.1	5	3	4
Tony Barnette	1.2	0	0	2
Matt Bush	1.0	0	0	2
Shawn Tolleson	0.1	3	0	0
Sam Dyson	0.2	1	2	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Yordano Ventura	5.0	3	4	5
Joakim Soria	2.0	4	2	2
Brian Flynn	1.0	0	0	0
Chien-Ming Wang	1.0	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jurickson Profar: K
Nomar Mazara: K
Ian Desmond: K

Bot 1

Alcides Escobar: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: D9/G3.B-3(E9)
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6M.3-H(UR)
Kendrys Morales: 9/F9LD+

Top 2

Adrian Beltre: 63/G6
Rougned Odor: K
Elvis Andrus: 3/F3DF-

Bot 2

Salvador Perez: K
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LXD+
Paulo Orlando: 4/L4D

Top 3

Mitch Moreland: 43/G34
Robinson Chirinos: 9/F9D+
Delino DeShields: 43/G4M-

Bot 3

Brett Eibner: E6/TH/G56
Christian Colon: 6(1)3/GDP/G6
Alcides Escobar: E5/TH/G5S-.B-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: W
Eric Hosmer: 8/F78XD+

Top 4

Jurickson Profar: W
Nomar Mazara: HR/F8LXD+.1-H
Ian Desmond: 63/G6
Adrian Beltre: D7/F7D+
Rougned Odor: K23+WP.2-3
Elvis Andrus: W
Mitch Moreland: W.1-2
Robinson Chirinos: 64(1)/FO/G6+

Bot 4

Kendrys Morales: 9/F9LD
Salvador Perez: 3/F34-
Alex Gordon: W
Paulo Orlando: S6/G56.1-2
Brett Eibner: W.2-3;1-2
Christian Colon: K

Top 5

Delino DeShields: W
Jurickson Profar: 4/F34-
Nomar Mazara: D8/L89D+.1-H
Ian Desmond: 9/F9LD.2-3
Adrian Beltre: 13/G13

Bot 5

Alcides Escobar: 7/F8LD
Cheslor Cuthbert: S9/L34D+
Eric Hosmer: 4/L4+
Kendrys Morales: D7/L78D+.1-3
Salvador Perez: 6/F7S

Top 6

Rougned Odor: K
Elvis Andrus: S6/G6.B-2(E6/TH1)
Mitch Moreland: OA.2X3(15)
Mitch Moreland: K

Bot 6

Alex Gordon: K
Paulo Orlando: S8/L8RM
Brett Eibner: 3/G3S-.1-2
Christian Colon: K

Top 7

Robinson Chirinos: W
Delino DeShields: 13/SH.1-2
Jurickson Profar: 3/G3+.2-3
Nomar Mazara: W
Ian Desmond: S9/G34+.3-H;1-2
Adrian Beltre: HR/F7LD+.2-H;1-H
Rougned Odor: S8/L8LS+
Elvis Andrus: 8/F8RM

Bot 7

Alcides Escobar: 7/F78M
Cheslor Cuthbert: K
Eric Hosmer: 43/G34

Top 8

Mitch Moreland: 53/G6S-
Robinson Chirinos: 6/F7S
Delino DeShields: 63/G6

Bot 8

Kendrys Morales: K
Salvador Perez: 53/G56-
Alex Gordon: K

Top 9

Jurickson Profar: K
Nomar Mazara: S9/L89D+
Ian Desmond: 9/F9D
Adrian Beltre: 9/F9D+

Bot 9

Paulo Orlando: S8/G6M-
Brett Eibner: 9/L9M
Christian Colon: S8/G6M.1-2
Alcides Escobar: S8/G6M+.2-H;1-2
Cheslor Cuthbert: W.2-3;1-2
Eric Hosmer: S5/MREV/G56S-.3-H;2-3;1-2
Kendrys Morales: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Salvador Perez: 64(1)3/GDP/G6

Notes & reviews

Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura left the game due to an injured chest
replay,9,hosme001,KCA,coope901,KAN06,,Y,M,KCA,C $when Eric Hosmer was called out at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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