{"id":2439323,"date":"2026-05-31T18:38:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2439323"},"modified":"2026-05-31T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:38:04","slug":"game-thread-lix-royals-at-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/game-thread-lix-royals-at-rangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Thread LIX: Royals at Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Royals are in complete disarray. They have lost 15 of their last 18 games and are trying to avoid being swept for the third time in the last four series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">I don\u2019t really have many positive things to say, Michael Wacha starts today, he\u2019s been one of the few bright spots this season. With Maikel Garcia leaving the game yesterday with a pulled hamstring, it\u2019s a different starting lineup for the Royals today.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Here are the starters behind Wacha.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Rangers aren\u2019t much better than the Royals and their three best hitters are injured right now, but they are still looking to sweep the Royals. They lost 3 of 4 at home to a bad Astros team before the Royals came to town.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Right hander Jack Leiter starts for them today. He made two starts against the Royals last season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Here are the starters for the Rangers behind Leiter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">After this game concludes, the Royals are off to Cincinnati to play the Reds three times. First pitch is set for 1:35 p.m. CT, the game can be watched on Royals.TV<\/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.royalsreview.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royals are in complete disarray. They have lost 15 of their last 18 games and are trying to avoid being swept for the third time in the last four series. I don\u2019t really have many positive things to say, Michael Wacha starts today, he\u2019s been one of the few bright spots this season. 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