Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

KC 1 — TEX 9

Final — 2026-05-29

Game MVP: MacKenzie Gore — 6.1 IP, 3 K, 0 ER

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	2
TEX	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	x	9	10	0

WP MacKenzie Gore (4-4)

LP Stephen Kolek (3-1)

Scoring Plays

Bot 1: Duran singled to center, Pederson scored and Burger scored. (2-0)

Bot 1: Duran scored on error, Osuna safe at first on throwing error by second baseman Loftin, Carter safe at third on error. (3-0)

Bot 1: Carter scored on throwing error by catcher Perez, Osuna stole third. (4-0)

Bot 5: Nimmo homered to right (435 feet), Jung scored. (6-0)

Bot 6: Lopez homered to right center (397 feet), Jansen scored. (8-0)

Bot 8: Pederson homered to right (339 feet). (9-0)

Top 9: Pasquantino singled to center, Garcia scored, Perez to third. (9-1)

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
Stephen Kolek	5.0	6	6	4	1	5	1	91-60	3.48	L, 3-1
Steven Cruz	1.0	1	2	2	1	1	1	21-13	9.00
E. Morgan	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	24-15	5.65
E. Cerantola	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1	16-12	9.00

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	PC-ST	ERA	Decision
MacKenzie Gore	6.1	4	0	0	1	3	99-63	3.96	W, 4-4
Tyler Alexander	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	3-2	2.19
Jalen Beeks	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	14-8	3.57
G. Collyer	1.0	1	1	1	2	2	26-15	2.81

Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas (39,704)

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Bruce Dreckman, First Base Umpire: Carlos Torres, Second Base Umpire: Nate Tomlinson, Third Base Umpire: Mark Wegner

Broadcast: RYTV | KDAF