The Texas Rangers exploded for ten runs while the Kansas City Royals scored four runs.
The final long road trip of the first half for Texas opened in nearly as positive a way as this team likely can achieve as, other than some shakiness from starter Martin Perez in the early frames, the Rangers enjoyed an emphatic six-run victory.
Despite allowing four runs, Perez wasn’t exactly smacked around, and indeed the Royals were benefiting from some frustrating weak contact hits or balls that irritatingly found holes but after KC scored in the 1st inning, their three runs in the 2nd erased a 4-1 Rangers lead.