Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
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Texas 6,
Kansas City 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, April 21, 2017
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Tom Woodring, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 31320
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Tom Woodring, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 31320
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Kansas City | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| Texas | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 6 | 6 | 0 |
Kansas City
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Alex Gordon | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .188 |
| Lorenzo Cain | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .339 |
| Eric Hosmer | 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .197 |
| Salvador Perez | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .258 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .150 |
| Whit Merrifield | 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .364 |
| Alcides Escobar | SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .207 |
| Jorge Bonifacio | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Drew Butera | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .100 |
| Totals | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Lorenzo Cain (4), Drew Butera (1) | |||||||||
| 3B - Whit Merrifield (1) | |||||||||
| TB - Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer, Cheslor Cuthbert, Whit Merrifield 4, Drew Butera 2 | |||||||||
| RBI - Lorenzo Cain (4), Whit Merrifield (2) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (8), Whit Merrifield (1), Jorge Bonifacio (1) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Salvador Perez (4), Alcides Escobar (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Cheslor Cuthbert (1) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Nate Karns (L 0-1) | 4.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6.35 |
| Matt Strahm | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37.80 |
| Scott Alexander | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.69 |
| Chris Young | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.86 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Nate Karns 100-59, Matt Strahm 3-2, Scott Alexander 17-11, Chris Young 21-13 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nate Karns 5-1, Matt Strahm 1-0, Scott Alexander 1-0, Chris Young 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Nate Karns 22, Matt Strahm 1, Scott Alexander 4, Chris Young 7 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Strahm 2-0 | ||||||||
Texas
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Carlos Gomez | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .164 |
| Shin-Soo Choo | DH | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .208 |
| Nomar Mazara | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .271 |
| Mike Napoli | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .156 |
| Rougned Odor | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .194 |
| Robinson Chirinos | C | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Jurickson Profar | SS | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .138 |
| Joey Gallo | 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .214 |
| Delino DeShields | LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .118 |
| Totals | 30 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - Robinson Chirinos 2 (3), Joey Gallo 2 (5) | |||||||||
| TB - Carlos Gomez, Mike Napoli, Robinson Chirinos 8, Joey Gallo 8 | |||||||||
| RBI - Mike Napoli (7), Robinson Chirinos 2 (8), Joey Gallo 3 (13) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Mike Napoli (5), Robinson Chirinos 2 (3), Joey Gallo 2 (7) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Napoli (7), Rougned Odor (10), Delino DeShields (1) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 4 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Shin-Soo Choo (1, 2nd off Karns/Butera) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Cole Hamels (W 1-0) | 8.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2.77 |
| Jeremy Jeffress | 1.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 |
| HBP - Alex Gordon (by Hamels) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Cole Hamels 107-71, Jeremy Jeffress 13-7 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Hamels 11-4, Jeremy Jeffress 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Cole Hamels 29, Jeremy Jeffress 5 | ||||||||