{"id":1967988,"date":"2025-08-19T04:04:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1967988"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:04:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:04:11","slug":"royals-get-homers-from-yastrzemski-pasquantino-and-garcia-in-4-3-win-over-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-get-homers-from-yastrzemski-pasquantino-and-garcia-in-4-3-win-over-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals get homers from Yastrzemski, Pasquantino, and Garcia in 4-3 win over Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Mike Yastrzemski, Vinnie Pasquantino, and Maikel Garcia homered to power the Kansas City Royals past the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Michael Wacha (8-9) allowed two runs and nine hits in 5 2\/3 innings for the win. He struck out three, walked none, and permitted two earned runs or fewer for the seventh straight start.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Carlos Est\u00e9vez set a career high with his American League-leading 32nd save.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Yastrzemski\u2019s shot to right-center was the 10th leadoff homer of his career and third with the Royals, matching a franchise record for any month. Kansas City acquired Yastrzemski from San Francisco at the July 31 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Pasquantino hit a two-run drive over the right-field wall to give the Royals a 3-1 lead in the third. Bobby Witt Jr. was aboard on a leadoff walk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Garcia\u2019s homer in the fifth went over the left-field wall, just inside the foul pole. Kansas City has homered in eight consecutive games, tying a season high.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Rangers scored on RBI singles by Jonah Heim in the second and Evan Carter in the sixth. Rowdy Tellez had an RBI groundout in the eighth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jack Leiter (7-7) gave up three runs and six hits in 3 2\/3 innings. He struck out five and walked three.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header | article-header w-100\">Key moment<\/h4>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Royals catcher Luke Maile tagged out Joc Pederson at home plate as part of a double play off a throw from right fielder John Rave. The Rangers challenged the call and lost, keeping the score tied 1-all in the second inning.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header | article-header w-100\">Key stat<\/h4>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Texas went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position and finished with 11 hits \u2014 10 singles.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"header | article-header w-100\">Up next<\/h4>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The teams play the second game of their series Tuesday night. Texas will start Merrill Kelly (9-7, 3.36 ERA) against Seth Lugo (8-6, 3.77).<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><i>To report a correction or typo, please email <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ky3.com\/2025\/08\/19\/royals-get-homers-yastrzemski-pasquantino-garcia-4-3-win-over-rangers\/mailto:digitalnews@ky3.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\"><i>digitalnews@ky3.com<\/i><\/a><i>. Please include the article info in the subject line of the email.<\/i>,<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\"><i>Copyright 2025 KY3. All rights reserved.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.ky3.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Mike Yastrzemski, Vinnie Pasquantino, and Maikel Garcia homered to power the Kansas City Royals past the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Monday night. Michael Wacha (8-9) allowed two runs and nine hits in 5 2\/3 innings for the win. 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