{"id":1968005,"date":"2025-08-19T04:22:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1968005"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:22:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:22:49","slug":"royals-get-homers-from-yastrzemski-pasquantino-and-garcia-in-4-3-win-over-rangers-wralsportsfan-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-get-homers-from-yastrzemski-pasquantino-and-garcia-in-4-3-win-over-rangers-wralsportsfan-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals get homers from Yastrzemski, Pasquantino and Garcia in 4-3 win over Rangers :: WRALSportsFan.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By     The Associated Press<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dateline\">KANSAS CITY, Mo.<\/span> \u2014 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>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>Carlos Est\u00e9vez set a career high with his American League-leading 32nd save.<\/p>\n<p>Yastrzemski&#8217;s 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>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>Garcia&#8217;s 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>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>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<p>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<p>Texas went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position and finished with 11 hits \u2014 10 singles.<\/p>\n<p>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>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/p>\n<p>                            <!-- ad_controller: sendtonews disabled --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"related-assets g-full story-left\" id=\"more-on-this\">\n<h2 class=\"h-6\" style=\"margin:0px;\">More On This<\/h2>\n<\/aside><\/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.wral.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 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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