{"id":1971642,"date":"2025-08-21T03:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1971642"},"modified":"2025-08-21T03:25:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T03:25:49","slug":"royals-squander-early-lead-give-one-away-to-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-squander-early-lead-give-one-away-to-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals squander early lead, give one away to Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Kyle Higashioka had a three-run double in the ninth inning after a two-out error by Vinnie Pasquantino, and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>Wyatt Langford drew a two-out walk from Sam Long (1-3) and Corey Seager was safe when Pasquantino misplayed his slow roller at first. Marcus Semien reached on an infield hit before Higashioka doubled down the left-field line.<\/p>\n<p>Hoby Milner (2-3) got the final four outs for the win.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Yastrzemski and Bobby Witt Jr. led off the first with singles off fill-in first-time starter Caleb Boushley, and Pasquantino followed with his 25th home run to put the Royals up 3-1. Witt had three hits for the Royals, including his 39th double \u2014 tops in the majors.<\/p>\n<p>Boushley filled in for Jacob deGrom, who had his start skipped after he experienced arm fatigue following his last outing. Boushley pitched two scoreless innings following his 38-pitch first.<\/p>\n<p>Langford hit his 18th home run to lead off the game against rookie Noah Cameron. Langford singled and scored on a two-out base hit by Semien to cut it to 3-2 in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Cameron allowed two runs on three hits and three walks in 4 2\/3 innings as Kansas City saw a five-game win streak end.<\/p>\n<p>Jonah Heim had a leadoff double off Daniel Lynch IV in the seventh before scoring on Seager&#8217;s two-out single off Lucas Erceg to tie it 3-3.<\/p>\n<h4>Key moment<\/h4>\n<p>Higashioka&#8217;s double gave Texas its first lead since the first inning.<\/p>\n<h4>Key stat<\/h4>\n<p>The Royals have hit the fewest home runs in the American League but they&#8217;ve outhomered the Rangers 14-3 in winning five of six matchups this season.<\/p>\n<h4>Up next<\/h4>\n<p>LHP Patrick Corbin (6-9, 4.45) was set to start Thursday as the Rangers go for a split of the four-game series opposite Royals RHP Michael Lorenzen (5-8, 4.43).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n    window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n        appId : '1557642287829215',\n    xfbml : true,\n    version : 'v2.9'\n    });\n    };\n    (function(d, s, id){\n    var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n    if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n    js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n    js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n    js.async = true;\n    fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n    }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\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.kshb.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 Kyle Higashioka had a three-run double in the ninth inning after a two-out error by Vinnie Pasquantino, and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Wednesday night. 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