Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Kansas City 8,
Texas 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Thursday, May 24, 2018
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Quinn Wolcott, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 23230
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 89°
Umpires: Home - Quinn Wolcott, 1B - Jeff Kellogg, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Chad Whitson
Attendance: 23230
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 |
| Texas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Jon Jay | LF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .292 |
| Whit Merrifield | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Mike Moustakas | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .282 |
| Salvador Perez | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .254 |
| Jorge Soler | RF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | .280 |
| Hunter Dozier | 1B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .172 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 |
| Ryan Goins | 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .262 |
| Ramon Torres | 3B | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .667 |
| Totals | 37 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Whit Merrifield (13), Mike Moustakas (11) | |||||||||
| TB - Jon Jay, Whit Merrifield 3, Mike Moustakas 2, Salvador Perez 2, Alcides Escobar, Ryan Goins 2, Ramon Torres 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (19), Salvador Perez 4 (26) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Whit Merrifield 2 (8), Salvador Perez 2 (6) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Moustakas (8), Jorge Soler 2 (10), Hunter Dozier (1) | |||||||||
| S - Jon Jay (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 7 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| PB - Salvador Perez (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Danny Duffy (W 2-6) | 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6.14 |
| Tim Hill | 1.1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3.00 |
| WP - Danny Duffy | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Danny Duffy 113-76, Tim Hill 33-18 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Danny Duffy 6-3, Tim Hill 0-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Danny Duffy 26, Tim Hill 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Tim Hill 1-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Delino DeShields | CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .256 |
| Isiah Kiner-Falefa | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .262 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .269 |
| Ronald Guzman | 1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .216 |
| Ryan Rua | 1B-RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .155 |
| Joey Gallo | LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .199 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .186 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .177 |
| Hanser Alberto | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .000 |
| Totals | 29 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (7), Joey Gallo (7) | |||||||||
| TB - Delino DeShields, Shin-Soo Choo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 2, Joey Gallo 2, Rougned Odor | |||||||||
| RBI - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (16), Rougned Odor (11) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Rougned Odor (1) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Nomar Mazara (23), Ryan Rua (4) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (4) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 3 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| CS - Isiah Kiner-Falefa (2, 2nd by Duffy/Perez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Delino DeShields (2) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx (L 0-1) | 6.1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 5.68 |
| Matt Bush | 2.2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.17 |
| HBP - Salvador Perez (by Bibens-Dirkx), Mike Moustakas (by Bush) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Austin Bibens-Dirkx 109-68, Matt Bush 43-28 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Austin Bibens-Dirkx 8-3, Matt Bush 4-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Austin Bibens-Dirkx 29, Matt Bush 13 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Bush 2-2 | ||||||||