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Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

2017-04-21 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 31320 · 83°F, cloudy · Wind 14 mph from RF · 2:45

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 6–2. Kansas City Royals opened the scoring in the 1st — Lorenzo Cain doubles (4) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Carlos Gomez. Alex Gordon scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 2nd — Joey Gallo homers (4) on a line drive to right field. Jurickson Profar scores. The game's biggest swing came in the 2nd: Joey Gallo homers (4) on a line drive to right field. Jurickson Profar scores — worth 20% in win probability.

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Line score

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

W: Cole Hamels L: Nathan Karns SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Gary Cederstrom · 1B: Tom Woodring · 2B: Eric Cooper · 3B: Adrian Johnson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Alex Gordon	3	1	0	0	0	1
Lorenzo Cain	3	0	1	1	1	0
Eric Hosmer	4	1	1	0	0	0
Salvador Perez	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cheslor Cuthbert	3	0	1	0	1	0
Whit Merrifield	4	0	2	1	0	0
Alcides Escobar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jorge Bonifacio	3	0	0	0	0	0
Drew Butera	3	0	1	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Carlos Gomez	4	0	1	0	0	1
Shin-Soo Choo	3	1	0	0	1	2
Nomar Mazara	3	0	0	0	1	2
Mike Napoli	4	0	1	1	0	1
Rougned Odor	4	0	0	0	0	1
Robinson Chirinos	3	2	2	2	1	0
Jurickson Profar	3	1	0	0	1	0
Joey Gallo	3	2	2	3	0	1
Delino DeShields	3	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nate Karns	4.2	5	3	6
Matt Strahm	0.1	0	0	0
Scott Alexander	1.0	0	1	2
Chris Young	2.0	1	0	1

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cole Hamels	8.0	3	2	3
Jeremy Jeffress	1.0	3	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Alex Gordon: HP
Lorenzo Cain: D8/L89XD+.1-H
Eric Hosmer: 3/G3.2-3
Salvador Perez: K
Cheslor Cuthbert: W
Whit Merrifield: 46(1)/FO/G4MD+

Bot 1

Carlos Gomez: 9/F89D
Shin-Soo Choo: K
Nomar Mazara: K23

Top 2

Alcides Escobar: 9/F9M
Jorge Bonifacio: 8/L8RXD+
Drew Butera: K

Bot 2

Mike Napoli: 53/G5
Rougned Odor: 8/F8RXD+
Robinson Chirinos: HR/F7D+
Jurickson Profar: W
Joey Gallo: HR/F9LD+.1-H
Delino DeShields: 53/G56S

Top 3

Alex Gordon: 31/G3
Lorenzo Cain: 7/F78D
Eric Hosmer: 63/G6

Bot 3

Carlos Gomez: 53/G56
Shin-Soo Choo: K
Nomar Mazara: K

Top 4

Salvador Perez: 5/F56-
Cheslor Cuthbert: 43/G4MD
Whit Merrifield: 9/F9D+

Bot 4

Mike Napoli: 63/G6S-
Rougned Odor: K
Robinson Chirinos: HR/F8LXD+
Jurickson Profar: 7/L78M

Top 5

Alcides Escobar: 53/G56S
Jorge Bonifacio: 1/L13S-
Drew Butera: D8/F78XD+
Alex Gordon: K

Bot 5

Joey Gallo: HR/F89D+
Delino DeShields: 53/G6S-
Carlos Gomez: K
Shin-Soo Choo: W
Nomar Mazara: SB2
Nomar Mazara: W
Mike Napoli: S8/G6.2-H;1-3
Rougned Odor: 43/G34

Top 6

Lorenzo Cain: W
Eric Hosmer: 5/F5F-
Salvador Perez: 14(1)3/GDP/G15

Bot 6

Robinson Chirinos: W
Jurickson Profar: 43/G34.1-2
Joey Gallo: K
Delino DeShields: K

Top 7

Cheslor Cuthbert: 3/G34S-
Whit Merrifield: T9/F9LD+
Alcides Escobar: 53/G56
Jorge Bonifacio: 8/F8RXD+

Bot 7

Carlos Gomez: S8/G6+
Shin-Soo Choo: 6/DP/MREV.1X1(63)
Nomar Mazara: E5/F56D-.B-2
Mike Napoli: K

Top 8

Drew Butera: 31/G4S-
Alex Gordon: 8/F8LXD+
Lorenzo Cain: 63/G6+

Bot 8

Rougned Odor: 4/F34D
Robinson Chirinos: 7/L78D+
Jurickson Profar: 63/G6+

Top 9

Eric Hosmer: S1/G34S-
Salvador Perez: 7/L78D+
Cheslor Cuthbert: S9/L89M+.1-2
Whit Merrifield: S8/G6+.2-H;1-2
Alcides Escobar: 64(1)3/GDP/G6S

Notes & reviews

replay,7,choos001,TEX,cedeg901,ARL02,,Y,M,KCA,A $when Carlos Gomez was called safe at 1B, Royals manager Ned Yost challenged the ruling; the call was overturned by replay

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