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Never invent or estimate stats. - If something isn't in the file, say so plainly. - When you make a claim, name the section (and game/date) it came from. ============================================================================== # RECENT FORM + BOX SCORES — Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers Slate date: 2026-03-23 Generated: 2026-08-09 06:31:11 AM ET — all data is as of this moment Source: MLB Stats API (statsapi.mlb.com) | Packaged by PNN Game Packs Depth: last 3 completed game(s) per team and last 3 start(s) per probable starter Size: ~3.6K tokens (est., chars/4) ============================================================================== ## GAME DETAILS - First pitch: 8:05 PM ET - Venue: Globe Life Field (night game) - Series: Spring Training, game 1 of 2 - Status: Final — Kansas City Royals 2, Texas Rangers 3 (at generation time) - Away: Kansas City Royals [KC] — record 9-20 (.310) Probable starter: Michael Wacha — 5-8, 3.44 ERA, 144.0 IP, 112 K / 41 BB, 1.15 WHIP (23 GS) - Home: Texas Rangers [TEX] — record 17-12 (.586) Probable starter: MacKenzie Gore — 6-9, 4.55 ERA, 128.2 IP, 140 K / 47 BB, 1.24 WHIP (24 GS) ## RECENT FORM — Kansas City Royals [KC] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 1-2 in last 3 | scored 13 (4.3/gm), allowed 13 (4.3/gm), combined 26 (8.7/gm) ### 2026-08-08 — W 6-3 vs Chicago Cubs Innings: CHC 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 | KC 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 x R/H/E: CHC 3/7/0 — KC 6/10/1 Decisions: W: Seth Lugo | L: Clay Holmes | SV: Nate Pearson Conditions: Weather: 87 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 6 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:10 PM. | T: 2:30. | Att: 32,326. CHC batting: 3 R, 7 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 11 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (DH): 0-3, 2 BB, 2 K | avg .287 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .269 Michael Busch (1B): 1-4 | avg .244 Alex Bregman (3B): 0-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .246 Ian Happ (LF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .212 Nico Hoerner (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .257 Carson Kelly (C): 1-3, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 K | avg .265 Michael Conforto (PH): 1-1, 1 2B | avg .231 Dansby Swanson (SS): 0-4 | avg .213 Tyrone Taylor (CF): 1-2, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .242 Pedro Ramírez (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .297 CHC pitching: Clay Holmes: 4.0 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 70 pitches | season ERA 2.86 Colin Rea: 4.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 0 K, 63 pitches | season ERA 4.59 KC batting: 6 R, 10 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 1 K, 1 SB, 17 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .227 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 4-4, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 4 RBI | avg .264 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-4 | avg .239 Michael Massey (2B): 1-4, 1 R | avg .259 John Rave (RF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 SB | avg .262 Nick Loftin (3B): 1-2, 1 2B, 1 BB | avg .247 Josh Rojas (DH): 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .235 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-4 | avg .236 KC pitching: Seth Lugo: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 90 pitches | season ERA 4.41 John Schreiber: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 27 pitches | season ERA 3.59 Steven Cruz: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 4.19 Nate Pearson: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 19 pitches | season ERA 2.81 ### 2026-08-07 — L 4-6 vs Chicago Cubs Innings: CHC 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 | KC 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 R/H/E: CHC 6/9/0 — KC 4/7/1 Decisions: W: Kevin Gausman | L: Daniel Lynch IV | SV: Jacob Webb Conditions: Weather: 85 degrees, Clear. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 7:10 PM. | T: 2:36. | Att: 26,083. CHC batting: 6 R, 9 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 5 K, 1 SB, 15 LOB Pete Crow-Armstrong (CF): 1-3, 2 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 SB | avg .289 Seiya Suzuki (RF): 2-5, 2 RBI | avg .272 Alex Bregman (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .248 Michael Busch (1B): 2-3, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .244 Nico Hoerner (2B): 0-5 | avg .257 Ian Happ (LF): 0-4, 4 K | avg .209 Carson Kelly (C): 1-4, 1 R | avg .265 Pedro Ramírez (DH): 2-4, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI | avg .300 Dansby Swanson (SS): 0-3, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .216 CHC pitching: Kevin Gausman: 7.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 96 pitches | season ERA 4.29 Caleb Thielbar: 0.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 5.30 Trent Thornton: 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 2.72 Jacob Webb: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 2.44 KC batting: 4 R, 7 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 7 K, 0 SB, 9 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .229 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 1-4, 1 R, 1 RBI | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 2-4, 1 2B | avg .256 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-4, 1 RBI | avg .216 Isaac Collins (LF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .239 Nick Loftin (3B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .245 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4 | avg .259 Starling Marte (RF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .250 John Rave (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .256 Tyler Tolbert (CF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .325 Kyle Isbel (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .241 KC pitching: Daniel Lynch IV: 1.2 IP, 3 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 35 pitches | season ERA 2.45 Jose Cuas: 1.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 2.25 Mason Black: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 3.57 Lucas Erceg: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.21 ### 2026-08-06 — L 3-4 vs Minnesota Twins Innings: MIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 | KC 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 R/H/E: MIN 4/7/0 — KC 3/7/0 Decisions: W: Kody Funderburk | L: Aaron Bummer | SV: Yoendrys Gómez Conditions: Weather: 82 degrees, Cloudy. | Wind: 5 mph, R To L. | First pitch: 6:40 PM. | T: 2:52. | Att: 16,036. MIN batting: 4 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 7 BB, 4 K, 0 SB, 21 LOB Trevor Larnach (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .281 Austin Martin (LF): 1-2 | avg .236 Luke Keaschall (CF): 1-4, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .263 Kody Clemens (2B): 0-3 | avg .234 Ryan Jeffers (C): 0-1, 1 R, 1 BB | avg .281 Josh Bell (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .246 Alex Jackson (DH): 0-1, 1 R, 1 K | avg .303 Royce Lewis (2B): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 HBP | avg .233 Brooks Lee (3B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .240 Alan Roden (RF): 1-3, 1 2B, 1 BB | avg .222 Victor Caratini (1B): 0-2, 2 BB, 1 K | avg .226 Tristan Gray (SS): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .225 MIN pitching: Bailey Ober: 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 74 pitches | season ERA 4.45 Kody Funderburk: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 3.09 Andrew Morris: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 pitches | season ERA 3.19 Yoendrys Gómez: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 3.35 KC batting: 3 R, 7 H, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 SB, 6 LOB Carter Jensen (C): 1-4, 1 R, 1 K | avg .228 Bobby Witt Jr. (SS): 3-4, 2 R, 1 2B, 1 SB | avg .286 Jac Caglianone (1B): 1-4, 2 RBI | avg .254 Salvador Perez (DH): 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 BB | avg .215 Michael Massey (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .263 Isaac Collins (LF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .238 John Rave (RF): 0-2 | avg .263 Nick Loftin (RF): 0-1, 1 K | avg .249 Josh Rojas (3B): 1-3 | avg .234 Kyle Isbel (CF): 0-3 | avg .243 KC pitching: Michael Wacha: 5.2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 1 K, 94 pitches | season ERA 3.44 Jose Cuas: 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 2.70 Alex Lange: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 6.11 Aaron Bummer: 0.1 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 20 pitches | season ERA 10.26 Nate Pearson: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 2.92 Easton McGee: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 1.69 ## RECENT FORM — Texas Rangers [TEX] (last 3 completed games, most recent first) Summary: 3-0 in last 3 | scored 13 (4.3/gm), allowed 2 (0.7/gm), combined 15 (5.0/gm) ### 2026-08-08 — W 5-1 vs Baltimore Orioles Innings: BAL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TEX 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 x R/H/E: BAL 1/6/2 — TEX 5/6/0 Decisions: W: Jacob deGrom | L: Kyle Bradish Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 6:15 PM. | T: 2:41. | Att: 38,626. BAL batting: 1 R, 6 H, 3 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 9 LOB Gunnar Henderson (SS): 0-4, 1 K | avg .215 Pete Alonso (1B): 1-4, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .247 Jackson Holliday (2B): 2-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .242 Tyler O'Neill (DH): 1-2, 2 BB | avg .220 Dylan Beavers (LF): 0-4 | avg .241 Leody Taveras (RF): 0-4, 1 K | avg .221 Christian Encarnacion-Strand (3B): 1-4, 2 K | avg .245 Colton Cowser (CF): 1-3, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .207 Carlos Narváez (C): 0-3, 2 K | avg .181 BAL pitching: Kyle Bradish: 6.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 98 pitches | season ERA 3.69 Rico Garcia: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 2.90 Grant Wolfram: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 5.24 TEX batting: 5 R, 6 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 2 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 6 LOB Joc Pederson (DH): 0-3, 1 K | avg .249 Justin Foscue (PH): 0-0, 1 BB | avg .256 Alejandro Osuna (DH): 0-0, 1 R | avg .255 Wyatt Langford (LF): 0-2, 1 R, 1 BB, 1 HBP | avg .260 Corey Seager (SS): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI | avg .199 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 1-4, 2 K | avg .274 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 1-3, 1 R, 1 K | avg .275 Evan Carter (CF): 0-3, 1 R, 1 RBI, 2 K | avg .195 Jake Burger (1B): 1-3, 1 K | avg .237 Austin Wynns (C): 2-3, 1 K | avg .125 Nicky Lopez (2B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .274 TEX pitching: Jacob deGrom: 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 88 pitches | season ERA 3.87 Peyton Gray: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 29 pitches | season ERA 3.38 Chase Silseth: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 18 pitches | season ERA 2.89 Cal Quantrill: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 10 pitches | season ERA 3.56 ### 2026-08-07 — W 2-1 vs Baltimore Orioles Innings: BAL 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TEX 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x R/H/E: BAL 1/7/0 — TEX 2/3/0 Decisions: W: Tyler Alexander | L: Shane Baz | SV: Jacob Latz Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 7:15 PM. | T: 2:29. | Att: 27,804. BAL batting: 1 R, 7 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 6 K, 0 SB, 11 LOB Gunnar Henderson (SS): 0-3, 1 BB | avg .217 Pete Alonso (1B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .247 Jackson Holliday (2B): 0-4, 1 K | avg .234 Tyler O'Neill (DH): 0-2, 2 BB | avg .217 Dylan Beavers (LF): 1-3, 1 K | avg .246 Jeremiah Jackson (LF): 0-1 | avg .239 Leody Taveras (RF): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 K | avg .224 Coby Mayo (3B): 1-4, 1 RBI, 1 K | avg .205 Colton Cowser (CF): 1-2 | avg .205 Christian Franklin (CF): 1-2, 1 2B | avg .125 Carlos Narváez (C): 1-3 | avg .184 Christian Encarnacion-Strand (PH): 0-1, 1 K | avg .245 BAL pitching: Shane Baz: 8.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 93 pitches | season ERA 3.76 TEX batting: 2 R, 3 H, 0 2B, 0 3B, 1 HR, 1 BB, 9 K, 0 SB, 4 LOB Joc Pederson (DH): 1-4, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 K | avg .252 Wyatt Langford (LF): 0-3, 1 K | avg .262 Corey Seager (SS): 0-3, 1 K | avg .198 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 1-3 | avg .274 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 0-2, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .274 Evan Carter (CF): 0-2, 1 K | avg .197 Jake Burger (1B): 0-3, 1 K | avg .236 Elias Díaz (C): 1-3, 1 R, 2 K | avg .242 Nicky Lopez (2B): 0-2 | avg .278 TEX pitching: Nathan Eovaldi: 5.1 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 2 K, 86 pitches | season ERA 4.21 Tyler Alexander: 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 9 pitches | season ERA 3.20 Robby Ahlstrom: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 12 pitches | season ERA 4.01 Jacob Latz: 2.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 32 pitches | season ERA 1.87 ### 2026-08-05 — W 6-0 vs San Francisco Giants Innings: SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | TEX 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 1 x R/H/E: SF 0/8/0 — TEX 6/9/0 Decisions: W: Tyler Alexander | L: Carson Whisenhunt Conditions: Weather: 74 degrees, Roof Closed. | Wind: 0 mph, None. | First pitch: 1:38 PM. | T: 2:34. | Att: 26,098. SF batting: 0 R, 8 H, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 3 BB, 10 K, 0 SB, 17 LOB Bryce Eldridge (1B): 1-5, 1 K | avg .255 Jung Hoo Lee (RF): 1-5 | avg .303 Willy Adames (SS): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .221 Rafael Devers (DH): 2-4 | avg .248 Osleivis Basabe (3B): 1-4, 1 K | avg .286 Buddy Kennedy (3B): 0-3, 2 K | avg .043 Nate Furman (2B): 0-0, 1 BB | avg .000 Grant McCray (CF): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .107 Eddys Leonard (LF): 1-3, 1 2B | avg .200 Drew Gilbert (PH): 0-1 | avg .241 Drew Cavanaugh (C): 2-4, 1 2B, 2 K | avg .250 SF pitching: Carson Whisenhunt: 3.1 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 70 pitches | season ERA 7.25 Carson Seymour: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 37 pitches | season ERA 10.29 Jason Foley: 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 14 pitches | season ERA 4.26 Tristan Beck: 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 23 pitches | season ERA 7.07 TEX batting: 6 R, 9 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 BB, 8 K, 0 SB, 15 LOB Wyatt Langford (LF): 1-3, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .265 Ezequiel Duran (3B): 0-3, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .276 Brandon Nimmo (RF): 2-3, 2 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB | avg .274 Jake Burger (1B): 1-3, 2 R, 1 BB, 1 K | avg .238 Justin Foscue (DH): 1-2, 1 R, 1 3B, 2 RBI | avg .256 Joc Pederson (DH): 1-2, 1 K | avg .252 Elias Díaz (C): 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI | avg .240 Nicky Lopez (SS): 2-4, 1 RBI | avg .282 Cam Cauley (2B): 0-4, 2 K | avg .192 Evan Carter (CF): 0-3, 1 BB, 2 K | avg .199 TEX pitching: Cody Bradford: 4.1 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 70 pitches | season ERA 0.00 Tyler Alexander: 1.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, 26 pitches | season ERA 3.24 Robby Ahlstrom: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 15 pitches | season ERA 4.18 Chase Silseth: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, 16 pitches | season ERA 2.98 Cole Winn: 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 11 pitches | season ERA 6.10 ============================================================================== End of packet. 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