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Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers

Globe Life Field, Arlington at Globe Life Field Final

Final score

The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 3–2 on Monday, March 23, 2026 at home.

Team Runs 2026 record
Kansas City Royals 2 69-93
at Texas Rangers 3 80-82

Line score

Team
Kansas City Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 6 0
Texas Rangers 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 6 1
  • W: MacKenzie Gore (2-0)
  • L: Michael Wacha (1-2)
  • S: Gavin Collyer

Home runs

  • Kansas City Royals: Salvador Perez (3)
  • Texas Rangers: Brandon Nimmo (3)

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the game.

Scoring plays

Inning Team Play Score
Bottom 3rd Texas Rangers Brandon Nimmo homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Danny Jansen scores. 0–2
Top 7th Kansas City Royals Salvador Perez homers (3) on a fly ball to center field. 1–2
Bottom 7th Texas Rangers Jake Burger singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Kyle Isbel. Tyler Wade scores. 1–3
Top 9th Kansas City Royals Brandon Drury singles on a line drive to center fielder Michael Helman. Tyler Tolbert scores. 2–3

Box score

Kansas City Royals

Batter
Maikel Garcia 3B 2 0 0 0 1 0 .316
Kyle Isbel CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Bobby Witt Jr. SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .304
Tyler Tolbert SS 1 1 1 0 0 0 .226
Lane Thomas CF 3 0 0 0 0 1 .256
Josh Rojas 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 .244
Salvador Perez C 3 1 2 1 0 1 .300
Jac Caglianone RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 .286
Vinnie Pasquantino 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .167
Brandon Drury 1B 1 0 1 1 0 0 .179
Starling Marte RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .300
Luca Tresh C 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258
Jonathan India 2B 3 0 0 0 0 0 .207
Kevin Newman 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Isaac Collins LF 2 0 1 0 0 1 .120
Nick Loftin LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .293
Carter Jensen DH 2 0 0 0 0 1 .220
Kameron Misner DH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222
Totals 32 2 6 2 1 8
Pitcher
Michael Wacha (L, 1-2) 5.0 4 2 2 3 5 1 88 6.89
Carlos Estévez 1.0 0 0 0 1 3 0 22 7.20
Alex Lange 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 21 5.00
Daniel Lynch IV 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.79

Texas Rangers

Batter
Brandon Nimmo RF 4 1 2 2 0 0 .290
Tyler Wade SS 0 1 0 0 0 0 .429
Wyatt Langford CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .425
Michael Helman CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .233
Corey Seager SS 4 0 1 0 0 2 .250
Alejandro Osuna RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 .313
Jake Burger 1B 3 0 2 1 1 0 .313
Justin Foscue 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Josh Smith 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .356
Cam Cauley 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300
Josh Jung 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 .375
Ezequiel Duran 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .295
Joc Pederson DH 3 0 0 0 0 2 .158
Andrew McCutchen DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .421
Evan Carter LF 2 0 0 0 1 1 .176
Sam Haggerty LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308
Danny Jansen C 1 1 0 0 2 1 .194
Willie MacIver C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .150
Totals 30 3 6 3 4 8
Pitcher
MacKenzie Gore (W, 2-0) 4.0 3 0 0 0 3 0 51 5.52
Carter Baumler (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Tyler Alexander (H, 2) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 2.45
Robert Garcia (H, 3) 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 16 4.50
Josh Sborz (H, 4) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 5.00
Gavin Collyer (S, 1) 1.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 23 4.15

Game info

Weather
77 degrees, Partly Cloudy
Wind
4 mph, In From RF
First pitch
7:08 PM
Time of game
2:19
Attendance
14,016
Umpires
Home Plate: Lance Barrett, First Base: Adrian Johnson, Second Base: Nestor Ceja, Third Base: Steven Jaschinski

2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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