Royals vs. Rangers Game Highlights (6/21/24) | MLB Highlights

Eovaldi. We talked about him in the starts on the mound tonight for the rangers, 60 innings for him. 64 punch outs. The strikeouts per nine are about the highest they've ever been in his career at 19.6. The 213 batting average against he's rounding into form nicely one pitch and one out here's Bobby Witt Junior leading the majors in hitting now at 322 on his way to his first all star game, no doubt. And he swings and pops one up short right field. A Garcia walking in underneath it and he puts it away. Well, there are two outs. Now, Pasquin Eovaldi delivers, he struck him out swinging on a high fastball. 123, no hassle inning for Nathan Eovaldi and facing Brady Singer who solid in a no decision against Texas earlier this year. And the first pitch is lined to the gap in left center field and Isbell got a good first step and runs it down. Both teams, both leadoff hitters are out on the first pitch. Smith having been hit by one of those sliders and he's on with two outs for a garcia. Here's the 3 to 2. Smith takes off garcia swings, misses the slider strike three and that ends the inning. Zinger put the pitch down and away. It was never a strike. Garcia chased it. Let's see how Salvador Perez does his first time up. He leads off inning number two and a late swing and a miss on an elevated fastball. I tell you what a difference in the last two pitches of about 1819 miles an hour. And so Perez is out on strikes, 55 down so far for Eovaldi, here's the 22 swing and a Miss fastball at the top of the zone. He takes care of Melendez six up and six down for Eovaldi and that will bring up Wyatt Langford. Wyatt comes in here batting 243 there's a fake swing and a Miss and Langford down on strikes and Brady gets him with the slider, his second strikeout. And now here's Travis Jankowski , here's the pitch and he reaches for grounds it right to the third baseman Garcia, he'll glove it fire across pass for the out and Brady works around the two out walk and strands that base runner and we go to win number three. All the remains perfect through two and two thirds innings. Now it's going to be kyle is kyle has heated up the last couple of weeks and the two pitch to Kyle swing and a fly ball hit pretty well to right field way back there and that ball is gone. It's a home run for Kyle Isbell to right field and the Royals first baserunner is Kyle Isbell trotting around the bases after his fifth homer of the year gives the Royals a one nothing lead. It's a 20 fastball into the bleachers in right field and the Royals lead it one and garcia Scoots on down to second and it's one and one here to whip by the way, 373 with men in scoring position and the 1 to 1 pitch and that one hit up the middle to his right simi and he has it on the outfield strong throw to first gets the speed. He went for the final out in the inning. Yet another terrific play by Marcus Simeon going to his right. He was on the other side of the infield but he got to that ball. Rangers have 91 to 2 up here in the third trailing now, 1 to 0. High bouncer and singer gets it over to Vinny for out number 12 , up two down that will bring up Coreys and the pitch and a swing and a fly ball down the left field line MJ over toward the left field line. He'll make the catch in the inning and Brady puts up his first perfect inning on the night and protects that 1 to 0 lead as we go to the fourth pass. Pinos out one away brings up Salvador Perez and here's the pitch swing and a miss as he waves and misses on a curveball made Perez look bad. Picks up his fifth strikeout comes his payoff to Fermin and a little comebacker and a bouncing ball back to Eovaldi. He gloves it above the cap fires over to 1st 123, no hassle inning to the bottom of the fourth. We go one nothing. Kansas City Smith hit by a pitch on the foot his first time up one and two. There's drive into center base hit liner over the head of Bobby with Junior who was stationed up the middle and there's yet another hard hit ball for Josh Smith pitch to Garcia. Roll down the third base line. Michael garcia gets the long hop slings over to second in time for the out. Josh smith is forced out at second base. One Royals. Here's Nate Lowe with the dole at first two balls, two strikes. The pitch is swung on and a chopper toward the middle. It finds it way through a base hit. Adolis turned second. He's digging for third and the Rangers have runners at 1st and 3rd with one out trailing 1 to 0 for Wyatt Langford. 0 to 1 swung on and hit hard right to the left of wit and it's through for a base hit in the score as Ado around to third base goes Lowe sliding into second is Lankford. He has tied the game 11 that ought to give you an idea of the speed of Wyatt Langford. So the bases are loaded here for Janko from Lanko in a 11 tie. The payoff pitch slider swung on and in strike three, a huge k for Singer, the pitch tavares rolls it right back to the mound. Singer grabs it underhand toss to Salvi covering home Lowe forced out. That ends the inning. Brady Singer allows one run but strands the bases loaded. We start the top of the fifth inning at Globe Life Field Royals and Rangers tied at one and Jay Melendez leads off the pitch. Melendez punches it through the left side of base into the left center field. Melendez speeds around first. He's trying for a double. Here's the throw on a bounce not in time and J Melendez hustles to second to lead off the top of the fifth inning kyle Isbell is out of the game. Garrett Hampson is in runners on 1st and 3rd 1 out. Top of the fifth game tied at one. Hampson rolls it to third. Gets past Smith Seeger can knock it down. It's by him as well. Melendez is in to score from third. Renfro goes first to third and Garrett Hampson comes through and gives the Royals the lead. It's 2 to 1 KC in the top of the fifth inning. A base hit for Garrett Hampson off the bench. Schreiber here in the sixth to face the third of the Texas order starting with Adolis Garcia 31 and there's a chopper up the middle, that's a tough play and it gets through base hit. So Garcia is on with his first hit of the night. You see the modified shift right there in the hole just to the left of second base rangers have their leadoff man on here in the sixth and Nathaniel Lowe steps up the next off ring is hit hard up the alley and left center hooking away from Hampson and it gets down for the hit and bounces back to center field. The outfielders are claiming it should be an automatic double standing at second with said double is Nathaniel Lowe Garcia scores Garrett Hanson immediately put his hands up. He thinks that ball bounced up over the yellow line and off the patting behind it. That would render it an automatic double, which would mean that garcia would be forced to stop at third and matt has come out of the dugout to talk to the umpires about it. It will be at second base goalies has to go back to third base. They have runners at 2nd and 3rd with nobody out. And Wyatt Langford coming up the 2 to 2 and that ball is hit past and out in the left. The base knock for Langford garcia is home Lowe will pull into third yet another RB I knocked for the rookie Langford this game at two. It's dangerous to bring the infield in against him. He picks up his second RB I tonight his 26th of the season and the batter is Jonah Heim infield back at normal depth. Here's the ball hit up the middle diving to it. Lofton he has it goes to second for one jump throw to first is way off line past Pitino runs toward right to keep it from going into foul ground on the play score and the Rangers lead it 3 to 2 bases loaded. Still only one out. Marcus Simeon at the plate zero for three. The 2 to 0. That ball was hit hard to the left field corner. It is a fair ball all the way into the corner. He scores. Grossman is in Leoti being waved around. Here's the throw, the throw gets by Perez scores, Simeon slides and he's tagged out Marcus Simeon with a bases clearing double and the Rangers lead it 6 to 2 for Marcus. He pushes his RB I total up to 43 to be followed by Hampson. There are two outs, the 1 to 2 pitch. He struck him out swinging in the ball game is over. Got him on a high fastball. The Rangers take the opening game of the series 6 to 2 big night from that man. Marcus Simeon. Great job by Nathan Eovaldi. The bullpen came in, they held it down