Rangers Vs. Royals Final Score: Texas Wins 5-4 In 10 Innings

Texas Rangers first baseman Michael Young hit the game-winning single to score Ian Kinsler in the top of the 10th inning to give the Rangers a 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals. The Royals got the best of the Rangers early on as they scored three runs off of starter Scott Feldman in the first three innings, with one of those runs coming off of a solo shot by Jeff Francoeur.

The Rangers made their comeback in the top of the fourth when they got back-to-back home runs from Josh Hamilton (a two-run shot) and Adrian Beltre (a solo shot). The two teams exchanged runs in the seventh inning, which were the last until Young broke the tie to give the Rangers the win.

in the bottom of the 10th inning, the Rangers sent out Joe Nathan to close out the game, which he did by pitching a perfect inning for his 30th save of the year.

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Rangers Vs. Royals: Lineups For Thursday's Series Finale

Game four of the Texas Rangers' series against the Kansas City Royals will start at 7:10 p.m. on Thursday with Scott Feldman on the mound. Their lineup is very similar to the one they put out on Wednesday, with neither team making many changes.

Here are the lineups for the Royals and Rangers as they head towards game four of their series:

Texas Rangers:

DH Ian Kinsler
SS Michael Young
CF Josh Hamilton
3B Adrian Beltre
RF Nelson Cruz
LF David Murphy
C Geovany Soto
1B Mitch Moreland
CF Craig Gentry

SP Scott Feldman

Kansas City Royals:

CF Lorenzo Cain
SS Alcides Escobar
LF Alex Gordon
DH Billy Butler
C Salvador Perez
3B Mike Moustakas
RF Jeff Francoeur
1B Eric Hosmer
2B Tony Abreu

SP Luke Hochevar

The game will start at 7:10 p.m. CT.

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Rangers Vs. Royals: Game Time, TV Schedule And More

Scott Feldman takes the mound looking to avoid losing his sixth straight start as the Texas Rangers close a four-game series with the Kansas City Royals Thursday night.

Feldman (6-11, 5.06 ERA) returns to the site of his last victory, a 4-2 win over the Royals Aug. 4 in which he pitched 7.2 innings and allowed two runs. Kansas City counters with Luke Hochevar (7-13, 5.34 ERA).

The first-place Rangers (81-55) are looking to take three out of four games in Kansas City and win the season series with the Royals (61-75). The season series is tied at four games apiece.

The game at Kaufman Stadium starts at 7:10 p.m. CT and can be seen locally on Fox Sports Southwest. MLB Network will carry the game regionally and ESPN Radio nationally.

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Rangers Vs. Royals Final Score: Texas Wins At Kansas City, 7-5

The Rangers defeated the Royals on Wednesday night, 7-5, bouncing back from a 6-3 loss the night before. Texas jumped on the scoreboard right away with three runs in the first inning thanks to a three-run blast by Adrian Beltre.

Kansas City came back with an RBI double by Billy Butler, which scored Alcides Escobar. Salvador Perez cut the Rangers' lead to 3-2 with an RBI double of his own in the sixth inning, scoring Butler.

Michael Young hit a solo home run for Texas, which started up a three-run seventh inning. Nelson Cruz brought in Beltre on an RBI single to right center field.

Escobar brought in Jarrod Dyson in the ninth inning to threaten the Rangers' lead, but there wasn't enough to complete the rally.

Ryan Dempster gave up two earned runs and struck out eight in his six innings of work.

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Rangers Vs. Royals: Wednesday Lineups

The Texas Rangers once again head to Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City on Wednesday night, as they take on the Royals in the third game of a four-game series.

Ryan Dempster, Texas' prized acquisition at the trade deadline, gets the start for the Rangers on the mound.

Both Ned Yost and Ron Washington have announced the starting lineups for Wednesday night's contest, and they are as follows:

Texas Rangers

DH Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
CF Josh Hamilton
3B Adrian Beltre
RF Nelson Cruz
2B Michael Young
LF David Murphy
C Geovany Soto
1B Michael Olt

SP Ryan Dempster

Kansas City Royals

CF David Lough
SS Alcides Escobar
LF Alex Gordon
DH Billy Butler
C Salvador Perez
3B Mike Moustakas
RF Jeff Francoeur
1B Eric Hosmer
2B Johnny Giavotella

SP Everett Teaford

Once again, Ron Washington elects to start Michael Young at second base, instead of Jurickson Profar -- despite Young's diminished defensive skills, and, well, diminished offensive skills.

Michael Olt, meanwhile, draws the start at first base with a lefty on the mound for KC.

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MLB Standings: Rangers Remain AL's Finest Despite Loss To Royals

The Texas Rangers (80-55) still own the best record in the American League and the third-best record in all of baseball despite Tuesday's night loss to the mediocre Kansas City Royals.

The Rangers currently have a four-game lead on the second place Oakland Athletics (76-59) in the AL West with the A's dropping their two most recent games to the Los Angeles Angels (73-63). Furthermore, Texas also has a four-game lead on the AL's second-best teams, the Baltimore Orioles and the New York Yankees, who both own the same record as the A's.

The Rangers have two more in Kansas City before heading to the Tampa Bay Friday to take on the Rays (75-61), who currently sit 1.5 games back in the wild card race. The A's have one more game with the Angels then head up to Seattle to take on the Mariners in a weekend series.

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Rangers Vs. Royals Final Score: Kansas City Takes Game 2 Over Texas, 6-3

The Rangers were tied up by the Kansas City Royals in their four-game series on Tuesday night, after Texas starter Matt Harrison struggled to record outs in a frustrating 6-3 loss.

Harrison fell to 15-9 overall with the defeat, and was forced to the bench after a Salvador Perez RBI double sealed his fate in the fifth inning. Although Texas' hitters No. 1-4 in the lineup combined to finish 5-for-14 in the game, including a solo home run by shortstop Elvis Andrus, Kansas City right-hander Jeremy Guthrie proved to be too much in the middle innings when it counted most.

Knowing that his team cannot afford to drop games like this in the midst of a tight divisional race, manager Ron Washington will look to Ryan Dempster in the third game of the series. The 35-year-old Dempster has recorded victories in each of his last three appearances with the Rangers and will hope to keep things going on Wednesday evening.

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Rangers Vs. Royals Lineups: Washington Sticks With Veterans

The lineups for the Texas Rangers' game against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night are out.

To no one's surprise, Ron Washington will go with his veterans as the pennant race heats up. Rookies Jurickson Profar and Mike Olt may be the future, but their only role in the present will be to get their feet wet over the next month.

Texas:

1. Ian Kinsler (R) 2B

2. Elvis Andrus (R) SS

3. Josh Hamilton (L) CF

4. Adrian Beltre (R) 3B

5. Nelson Cruz (R) RF

6. Michael Young (R) DH

7. David Murphy (L) LF

8. Geovany Soto (R) C

9. Mitch Moreland (L) 1B

Kansas City:

1. Lorenzo Cain (R) CF

2. Alcides Escobar (R) SS

3. Alex Gordon (L) LF

4. Billy Butler (R) 1B

5. Salvador Perez (R) C

6. Jeff Francoeur (R) RF

7. Mike Moustakas (L) 3B

8. Tony Abreu (S) DH

9. Johnny Giavotella (R) 2B

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Rangers Vs. Royals Preview: Matt Harrison Looks To Give Texas Another Win

The AL-best Texas Rangers (80-54) will look to build on their 8-4 Labor Day win against the Kansas City Royals when they square off for Game 2 on Tuesday evening.

Yu Darvish was dominant in the series opener, perfect through 5 2/3 innings before giving up three runs in the bottom of the sixth.

Matt Harrison (15-8) will take the mound for Texas, looking to rebound from a disappointing performance in his last outing. On Wednesday against Tampa Bay, Harrison gave up seven runs and 12 hits in 5 1/3 innings, taking a loss. Harrison had given up just four hits in his two starts prior to that one, including pitching eight scoreless innings in an 8-0 win over the Twins.

Jeremy Guthrie (6-12) will pitch for the Royals. He gave up one run and 10 hits in his last outing against the Tigers.

First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. CT at Kauffman Stadium. It can be seen on Fox Sports Southwest.

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Rangers Vs. Royals Final Score: Yu Darvish's Hot Start Leads Texas

The Texas Rangers needed eight runs and a fantastic first five innings from Yu Darvish to keep the Kansas City Royals at bay, winning 8-4 Monday at Kauffman Stadium.

Darvish went seven total innings and didn't allow a base runner until Texas had two outs through the bottom of the sixth, when Darvish walked the Royals' Johnny Giavotella. After beating up on Kansas City starting pitcher Bruce Chen for six hits, four of which were home runs by that point, the Rangers had a 6-0.

Darvish gave up three earned runs and three hits on the day. He improved to 14-9 on the year.

With David Murphy and Nelson Cruz on base in the top of the second inning, Geovany Soto knocked one over the fence to put Texas on top 3-0. Josh Hamilton hit a solo shot in the third before Adrian Beltre and Cruz hit back-to-back home runs in the sixth inning to give Darvish a nice cushion.

But with a perfect game going for Darvish, the Royals jumped on the Rangers' starter with two outs in the sixth. Kansas City scored two runs on a Tony Abreu triple with two on base. Abreu scored on an Alex Gordon double in the same inning. Abreu also knocked Brayan Pena across home plate in the eighth inning, bringing the score to 6-4.

The Rangers added two insurance runs in the top of the ninth thanks to a Michael Young homer.

Moving to 80-64, the Rangers kept some distance between themselves and the Oakland Athletics for the AL West lead. Kansas City fell to 60-74.

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Yu Darvish Perfect Game Broken Up In 5th

Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish was perfect against Kansas City through 5-and-2/3 innings of play on Monday before the Royals finally got going, jumping on Darvish to score three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning.

With his Rangers leading 6-0, Darvish walked Johnny Giavotella and gave up a single to Royals outfielder David Lough, who, with Giavotella on third, then stole second. Tony Abreu knocked in the two base-runners with a triple before Alex Gordon doubled to left field, scoring Abreu and giving Kansas City its third run.

The Rangers first got themselves on the board with catcher Geovany Soto's three-run homer in the top of the second inning. Josh Hamilton hit a solo bomb in the third inning to give Texas a 4-0 lead.

Adrian Beltre and Nelson Cruz hit back-to-back home runs in the top of the sixth to give Darvish the 6-0 cushion.

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Rangers Vs. Royals Series Preview: Game Time, TV Schedule And More

The Texas Rangers continue their road trip with a four-game series against the Kansas City Royals.