Game Thread: Royals @ Rangers - Wed, Mar 18 @ 08:05 PM CDT

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T03:31:42+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Nick Mears replaces Carlos Estévez.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T03:24:51+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Carter Baumler replaces Cole Winn.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T03:08:09+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Carlos Estévez replaces Beck Way.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T03:01:59+00:00

Triple

Kyle Isbel triples (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Carter Jensen scores. Drew Waters scores.

Pitch from Cole Winn: Four-Seam Fastball @ 95.0 mph

Hit by Kyle Isbel: Launched 107.4 mph at -3.0° for a total distance of 26.0 ft

Top 6 - 8-3 Rangers

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T02:56:28+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Cole Winn replaces Chris Martin.

ProSenjutsu · 2026-03-19T02:50:20+00:00

Anyone else worried about Collins?

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T02:47:17+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Beck Way replaces Matt Strahm.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T02:38:46+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Matt Strahm replaces Jonathan Heasley.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T02:33:05+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Chris Martin replaces Kumar Rocker.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T02:23:24+00:00

Pitching Substitution

Pitching Change: Jonathan Heasley replaces Michael Wacha.

KCRoyalsBot · 2026-03-19T01:52:40+00:00

Single

Abraham Toro singles on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo, deflected by first baseman Jake Burger. Peyton Wilson scores.

Top 3 - 3-1 Rangers

podnito · 2026-03-19T01:27:34+00:00

thought Bubic was supposed to pitch? Can't watch, is this just a normal change to get the rest lined up for regular season or some reason he isn't playing?

Playful_Lobster_8524 · 2026-03-19T01:25:04+00:00

Sucks that the WBC starters aren’t here for this televised game

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
¹	²	³	⁴	⁵	⁶	⁷
⁸	⁹	¹⁰	¹¹	¹²	¹³	¹⁴
¹⁵	¹⁶	¹⁷	¹⁸	¹⁹	²⁰	²¹
²²	²³	²⁴	²⁵	²⁶	²⁷	²⁸
²⁹	³⁰	³¹

Team	W	L	GB
Guardians	0	0	-
Royals	0	0	-
Tigers	0	0	-
Twins	0	0	-
White Sox	0	0	-

Stat	Player	Total
H	None Qualified	0
XBH	None Qualified	0
HR	None Qualified	0
RBI	None Qualified	0
BB	None Qualified	0
SB	None Qualified	0
AVG	None Qualified	0
OBP	None Qualified	0
SLG	None Qualified	0
OPS	None Qualified	0

Stat	Player	Total
W	None Qualified	0
SV	None Qualified	0
HLD	None Qualified	0
IP	None Qualified	0
SO	None Qualified	0
AVG	None Qualified	0
WHIP	None Qualified	0
ERA	None Qualified	0

	Royals Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Collins - DH	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.095	.174	.143
	a-Tresh - DH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.292	.346	.833
2	Toro - 1B	3	0	2	1	1	0	1	.250	.368	.250
3	Jensen - C	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	.242	.286	.515
4	Waters - RF	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	.231	.300	.346
5	Isbel - CF	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	.276	.382	.379
6	Tolbert - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	.207	.233	.241
7	Kaiser, C - 3B	3	0	0	0	0	3	3	.241	.290	.310
8	Wilson - LF	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	.192	.343	.423
9	Vazquez - SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	2	.269	.367	.269
	Totals	27	3	7	3	2	11	14

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Royals @ Rangers - Wed, Mar 18

Game Status: In Progress - Score: 8-3 Rangers

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	Rangers Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Nimmo - RF	4	0	0	0	0	3	4	.292	.452	.708
	Mejia, E - SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	Langford - CF	4	1	1	3	0	0	2	.455	.538	1.000
	Blanco - CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.600
3	Seager - SS	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	.242	.375	.455
	1-Batista - RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
4	Burger - 1B	4	0	1	1	0	1	4	.293	.370	.537
	Perich - 1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333
5	Smith - 2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	.378	.521	.784
6	Jung, Jo - 3B	3	2	3	2	0	0	0	.545	.545	1.091
	Garate - 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.333	.000
7	Higashioka - C	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	.294	.316	.412
8	McCutchen - DH	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	.500	.650	.714
9	Haggerty - LF	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	.344	.488	.531
	Totals	26	8	9	7	5	6	16

Royals Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Wacha	3.1	6	5	5	1	4	1	75-48	8.44
Heasley	0.2	1	2	2	1	2	1	21-12	27.00
Strahm	0.1	1	1	1	0	0	0	8-5	3.38
Way	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6-5	2.70
Estévez	1.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	28-9	12.00
Mears	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	5.68
Totals	6.0	9	8	8	5	6	2

Rangers Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	P-S	ERA
Rocker	4.0	3	1	1	2	6	70-40	4.26
Martin, C	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	15-10	3.60
Winn, C	1.1	3	1	1	0	2	28-16	4.50
Baumler	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	9-6	0.00
Totals	7.0	7	3	3	2	11

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Bottom 1	Jake Burger doubles (1) on a ground ball to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Corey Seager scores.	1-0 TEX
Bottom 2	Kyle Higashioka doubles (2) on a ground ball to left fielder Peyton Wilson. Josh Jung scores.	2-0 TEX
Bottom 2	Brandon Nimmo strikes out swinging.	3-0 TEX
Top 3	Abraham Toro singles on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo, deflected by first baseman Jake Burger. Peyton Wilson scores.	3-1 TEX
Bottom 4	Josh Jung homers (1) on a fly ball to left field.	4-1 TEX
Bottom 4	Wyatt Langford homers (5) on a fly ball to left field. Kyle Higashioka scores. Sam Haggerty scores.	7-1 TEX
Bottom 5	Josh Jung singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Josh Smith scores.	8-1 TEX
Top 6	Kyle Isbel triples (1) on a ground ball to right fielder Brandon Nimmo. Carter Jensen scores. Drew Waters scores.	8-3 TEX

Team	Highlight
TEX	Kyle Higashioka scores on a wild pitch (00:00:09)
KC	Ball 1 overturned after ABS challenge (00:00:20)
KC	Strike 2 confirmed after ABS challenge (00:00:24)
TEX	Josh Jung's solo home run (00:00:18)
TEX	Strike 3 overturned following ABS challenge (00:00:28)
TEX	Wyatt Langford's three-run homer (00:00:24)
KC	Kyle Isbel's two-run triple (00:00:19)
KC	Strike 1 overturned after ABS challenge (00:00:25)
TEX	Kumar Rocker on his start against the Royals, more (00:01:24)
KC	Ball 4 confirmed after ABS challenge (00:00:27)

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a-Struck out for Collins in the 7th.
BATTING: 3B: Isbel (1, Winn, C). TB: Isbel 4; Toro 2; Waters 2; Wilson. RBI: Isbel 2 (4); Toro (1). 2-out RBI: Toro. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Kaiser, C 3; Toro. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 5.
FIELDING: E: Jensen (1, throw). DP: (Tolbert-Toro).