Major League Baseball
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Texas 8,
Kansas City 4
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, May 25, 2018
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Quinn Wolcott
Attendance: 35105
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 84°
Umpires: Home - Jeff Kellogg, 1B - Marvin Hudson, 2B - Chad Whitson, 3B - Quinn Wolcott
Attendance: 35105
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| Texas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | 8 | 10 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .291 |
| Whit Merrifield | RF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .289 |
| Mike Moustakas | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .281 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .244 |
| Jorge Soler | DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .285 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .212 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .237 |
| Abraham Almonte | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .209 |
| Ramon Torres | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .429 |
| Totals | 37 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (14), Hunter Dozier (2), Ramon Torres (1) | |||||||||
| HR - Mike Moustakas (11), Jorge Soler (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Jon Jay, Whit Merrifield 3, Mike Moustakas 4, Jorge Soler 5, Hunter Dozier 3, Abraham Almonte, Ramon Torres 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Moustakas 2 (33), Jorge Soler (21), Ramon Torres (1) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Jorge Soler (5) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas 2 (10), Salvador Perez 2 (13), Alcides Escobar (15), Abraham Almonte (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Ramon Torres (1), Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Eric Skoglund (L 1-5) | 4.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6.70 |
| Brian Flynn | 2.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4.21 |
| Blaine Boyer | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11.44 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Eric Skoglund 96-55, Brian Flynn 44-25, Blaine Boyer 29-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Eric Skoglund 4-2, Brian Flynn 3-1, Blaine Boyer 1-2 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Eric Skoglund 23, Brian Flynn 10, Blaine Boyer 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Brian Flynn 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .234 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .259 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .259 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .268 |
| Jurickson Profar | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .238 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .195 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .183 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .193 |
| Ronald Guzman | 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .226 |
| Totals | 35 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 18 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Jurickson Profar (15), Rougned Odor (5) | |||||||||
| 3B - Delino DeShields (1), Ronald Guzman (2) | |||||||||
| HR - Shin-Soo Choo (7), Nomar Mazara (12), Ronald Guzman (6) | |||||||||
| TB - Delino DeShields 4, Shin-Soo Choo 4, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Nomar Mazara 4, Jurickson Profar 2, Rougned Odor 3, Ronald Guzman 7 | |||||||||
| RBI - Delino DeShields (7), Shin-Soo Choo (22), Nomar Mazara 3 (34), Ronald Guzman 3 (20) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Ronald Guzman 2 (10) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (18), Nomar Mazara (24), Jurickson Profar (24), Robinson Chirinos (20), Ronald Guzman (15) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 8 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Nomar Mazara (1, 2nd off Skoglund/Perez) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Mike Minor (W 4-3) | 6.0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5.63 |
| Alex Claudio (H 6) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.32 |
| Chris Martin (H 8) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.24 |
| Jake Diekman | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4.08 |
| Keone Kela (SV 11) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.42 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Mike Minor 99-66, Alex Claudio 14-10, Chris Martin 14-10, Jake Diekman 18-12, Keone Kela 9-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Mike Minor 7-3, Alex Claudio 1-0, Chris Martin 1-0, Jake Diekman 0-0, Keone Kela 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Mike Minor 26, Alex Claudio 4, Chris Martin 4, Jake Diekman 4, Keone Kela 2 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Alex Claudio 1-1, Keone Kela 2-0 | ||||||||