Major League Baseball
Texas Rangers
1
Kansas City Royals
2
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | 2OT | 3OT | P8 | P9 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| KC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Neftali Feliz walked Alcides Escobar on four pitches with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning Friday night, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers in the opener of an important three-game series between teams in
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Escobar walked, L Cain scored, M Moustakas to third, D Lough to second.
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: in play
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 2: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 9: foul
Pitch 8: foul
Pitch 7: foul
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 6: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: foul
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 2 (foul)
J Maxwell doubled to center, S Perez scored.
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Pierzynski doubled to deep center, A Beltre scored.
Pitch 3: strike 2 (bunted foul)
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Middle of the 9th
M Moreland flied out to center.
Pitch 1: in play
M Moreland batting
A Pierzynski struck out swinging.
Pitch 6: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 5: foul
Pitch 4: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 3: ball 2
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (swinging)
A Pierzynski batting
A Beltre struck out swinging.
Pitch 4: strike 3 (swinging)
Pitch 3: strike 2 (foul)
Pitch 2: strike 1 (looking)
Pitch 1: ball 1
A Beltre batting
G Holland relieved L Hochevar.
J Dyson in center field.
L Cain in right field.
Top of the 9th inning
End of the 8th
A Gordon grounded out to second.
Pitch 3: in play
Pitch 2: ball 1
Pitch 1: strike 1 (foul)
A Gordon batting
J Dyson ran for D Lough.
J Ortiz relieved N Feliz.
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KC wins series 2-1
Alex GordonLF4
Emilio Bonifacio2B27
Eric Hosmer1B51
Billy ButlerDH36
Salvador PerezC13
Lorenzo CainRF6
Mike Moustakas3B18
Justin MaxwellRF10
Alcides EscobarSS3
David LoughPH3
Jarrod DysonCF1
Ian Kinsler2B3
Elvis AndrusSS18
Alex RiosRF15
Adrian Beltre3B29
A.J. PierzynskiDH15
Mitch Moreland1B18
Geovany SotoC18
David MurphyLF18
Leonys MartinCF17
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