{"id":2336046,"date":"2026-03-19T02:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2336046"},"modified":"2026-03-19T02:09:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:09:19","slug":"spring-training-game-thread-kansas-city-royals-at-texas-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/spring-training-game-thread-kansas-city-royals-at-texas-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Training Game Thread: Kansas City Royals at Texas Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">Tonight the Texas Rangers are the home team in Surprise against the Kansas City Royals as the complex-mates square off under the lights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">RHP Kumar Rocker continues his quest to earn a spot in the rotation for Texas while veteran righty Michael Wacha will pitch for KC.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"heading\">Today\u2019s Lineups<\/h3>\n<div class=\"content-table-wrapper\">\n<table class=\"content-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>\n<p>ROYALS<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th>\n<p>RANGERS<\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Isaac Collins \u2013 DH<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Brandon Nimmo \u2013 RF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Abraham Toro \u2013 1B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Wyatt Langford \u2013 CF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Carter Jensen \u2013 C<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Corey Seager \u2013 SS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Drew Waters \u2013 RF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Jake Burger \u2013 1B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Kyle Isbel \u2013 CF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Josh Jung \u2013 3B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Tyler Tolbert \u2013 2B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Kyle Higashioka \u2013 C<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Connor Kaiser \u2013 3B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Sam Haggerty \u2013 LF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Peyton Wilson \u2013 LF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Andrew McCutchen \u2013 DH<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Daniel Vazquez \u2013 SS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Josh Smith \u2013 2B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td\/>\n<td\/><\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Michael Wacha \u2013 RHP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p class=\"\">Kumar Rocker \u2013 RHP<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"\">You can catch a telecast via CW33, listen to the game via 105.3 The Fan, or <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/gameday\/royals-vs-rangers\/2026\/03\/18\/831833\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:follow along on Gameday;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;follow along on Gameday&quot;}\" class=\"link \">follow along on Gameday<\/a>. First pitch from Surprise Stadium is scheduled for 8:05 pm CT.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Go Rangers!<\/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 sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tonight the Texas Rangers are the home team in Surprise against the Kansas City Royals as the complex-mates square off under the lights. RHP Kumar Rocker continues his quest to earn a spot in the rotation for Texas while veteran righty Michael Wacha will pitch for KC. 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