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Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

2026-03-05 · Spring Training · Night game · Att: 6374 · 70°F, Clear · Wind 19 mph, Out To RF · 3:10

Texas Rangers defeated Kansas City Royals 15–9. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 1st — Wyatt Langford singles on a ground ball to right fielder Drew Waters. Sam Haggerty scores. Kansas City Royals took the lead in the 1st — Josh Rojas doubles (3) on a line drive to left fielder Sam Haggerty. Kyle Isbel scores. Brandon Drury scores. Texas Rangers took the lead in the 4th — Kyle Higashioka singles on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Cam Cauley scores. Nick Pratto out at 3rd on the throw, center fielder Kyle Isbel to second baseman Jonathan India. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Jake Burger homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Wyatt Langford scores. Corey Seager scores — worth 15% in win probability.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	4	2	1	4	2	0	0	0	2	15	18
KCA	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	10

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sam Haggerty LF	2	2	1	0	1	0
Gilberto Celestino CF	0	1	0	1	4	0
Wyatt Langford CF	2	2	2	3	1	0
Orlando Martinez RF	4	1	0	0	0	2
Cameron Cauley SS	2	2	1	0	1	0
Corey Seager SS	2	1	1	0	0	0
Tucker Mitchell PH	1	1	1	0	0	0
Frainyer Chavez 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	3	1	2	4	0	1
Nick Pratto 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Higashioka C	4	1	2	3	0	1
Willie MacIver C	0	1	0	0	2	0
Andrew Velazquez 2B	3	1	1	0	0	2
Josh Smith 2B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jonah Bride 3B	4	0	2	1	0	1
Richie Martin 3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Marcus Lee Sang LF	1	0	0	1	0	0
Aaron Zavala RF	4	1	2	1	0	1
Keith Jones II DH	0	0	0	0	2	0
Jose Herrera DH	4	0	2	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jonathan India 2B	2	1	1	0	1	0
John Rave CF	2	0	1	1	0	0
Carter Jensen C	3	1	1	1	0	1
Canyon Brown C	2	0	1	0	0	1
Colton Becker 2B	2	0	0	0	0	2
Lane Thomas LF	3	1	1	0	0	2
Spencer Nivens LF	2	0	0	0	0	2
Kyle Isbel CF	2	1	0	0	0	1
Brandon Drury DH	3	1	1	1	1	1
Blake Mitchell PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Josh Rojas 1B	3	1	1	2	0	1
Sam Kulasingam 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
Drew Waters RF	2	2	1	2	1	0
Tyler Gentry RF	1	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Johnson 3B	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Newman 3B	3	0	1	0	0	0
Jack Pineda SS	1	0	1	0	0	0
Daniel Vazquez SS	2	0	0	0	1	2

Texas Rangers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Peyton Gray	1.2	0	0	0	0	3
Michel Otanez	1.0	0	0	0	0	1
Cole Stasio	0.1	0	0	0	0	0
MacKenzie Gore	1.2	6	7	7	3	2
Aidan Anderson	1.0	1	1	1	1	2
Leandro Lopez	2.1	3	1	1	0	6
Ryan Brasier	1.0	0	0	0	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching