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Lineups and Summary
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Rangers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 4, 2021
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on April 4, 2021 at Kauffman Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 4, 2021 |
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Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 4, 2021 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jordan Lyles |
Home Starting Pitcher | Brady Singer |
Ballpark | Kauffman Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 8,869 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 53 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Vic Carapazza 1B: Jansen Visconti 2B: Jerry Meals 3B: Ed Hickox |
Texas Rangers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Isiah Kiner-Falefa | Shortstop |
David Dahl | Left Fielder |
Joey Gallo | Right Fielder |
Nate Lowe | DH |
Nick Solak | Second Baseman |
Ronald Guzman | First Baseman |
Brock Holt | Third Baseman |
Jonah Heim | Catcher |
Leody Taveras | Center Fielder |
Chris Woodward | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Whit Merrifield | Second Baseman |
Andrew Benintendi | Left Fielder |
Carlos Santana | First Baseman |
Salvador Perez | Catcher |
Jorge Soler | DH |
Michael Taylor | Center Fielder |
Kyle Isbel | Right Fielder |
Hanser Alberto | Third Baseman |
Nicky Lopez | Shortstop |
Mike Matheny | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Kauffman Stadium
April 4, 2021
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kiner-Falefa vs. Singer
Kiner-Falefa hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Dahl vs. Singer
Dahl hits a popup towards short. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: 1--
Gallo vs. Singer
Gallo hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. Kiner-Falefa moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-1, RoB: 12-
Lowe vs. Singer
Lowe hits a line drive towards short. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: 12-
Solak vs. Singer
Solak strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Lyles
Merrifield hits a fly ball into right field. Gallo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Lyles
Benintendi hits a fly ball into right field. Gallo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Lyles
Santana hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Lyles
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Holt fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Singer
Guzman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Lopez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Singer
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Holt for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Heim vs. Singer
Heim strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Lyles
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lyles
Taylor hits a line drive into left field. Dahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
vs. Lyles
bunts in front of the plate. Heim juggles the ball. That's an error on Heim. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: 1--
Alberto vs. Lyles
There goes . The throw from Heim and he is safe. steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Alberto vs. Lyles
Alberto strikes out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Singer
Taveras strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Kiner-Falefa vs. Singer
Kiner-Falefa is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dahl vs. Singer
Dahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Gallo vs. Singer
Gallo hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Dahl moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 3-1, RoB: 12-
Lowe vs. Singer
Lowe hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Solak vs. Singer
Solak strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Lyles
Lopez hits a popup, foul, towards third. Holt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Lyles
Merrifield hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dahl. Merrifield reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Benintendi vs. Lyles
Benintendi strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: -2-
Santana vs. Lyles
Santana strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Singer
Guzman strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Singer
Holt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Heim vs. Singer
Heim takes first base on ball four. Holt moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: 12-
Taveras vs. Singer
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -23
Taveras vs. Singer
Taveras takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 123
Kiner-Falefa vs. Singer
Kiner-Falefa hits a ball on the ground into left field. Benintendi picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Benintendi. Holt scores. Heim scores. Taveras moves to third. Kiner-Falefa moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: -23
Dahl vs.
Unknown Player now pitching.
Dahl hits a fly ball into right field. settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Taveras tags and scores. Kiner-Falefa tags and moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: --3
Gallo vs.
Gallo strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Perez vs. Lyles
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 2-0, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Lyles
Soler hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kiner-Falefa scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Lyles
Taylor hits a fly ball into center field. Taveras settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-1, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Junis
Jake Junis now pitching.
Lowe hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Solak vs. Junis
Solak strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guzman vs. Junis
Guzman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alberto fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: 1--
Holt vs. Junis
Holt hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
vs. Lyles
strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: ---
Alberto vs. Lyles
Alberto hits a fly ball into left field. Dahl settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Lyles
Lopez hits a ball on the ground into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Merrifield vs. Lyles
Merrifield strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Heim vs. Zimmer
Kyle Zimmer now pitching.
Heim hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of . Heim reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
Taveras vs. Zimmer
Taveras strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kiner-Falefa vs. Zimmer
Kiner-Falefa hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Dahl vs. Zimmer
There's a wild pitch. Heim moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: --3
Dahl vs. Zimmer
Dahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Lyles
Benintendi bunts towards third. Holt fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 3-2, RoB: 1--
Santana vs. Lyles
Santana strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 1-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Lyles
Perez hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Lyles
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Benjamin
Wes Benjamin now pitching.
Taylor strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gallo vs. Zimmer
Gallo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: ---
Lowe vs. Zimmer
Lowe strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Solak vs. Zimmer
Solak hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Perez settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
vs. Benjamin
strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Alberto vs. Benjamin
Alberto hits a fly ball into right field. Gallo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Lopez vs. Benjamin
Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Taveras settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-1, RoB: ---
Guzman vs. Zimmer
Guzman hits a ball on the ground towards first. Santana scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Guzman for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-0, RoB: ---
Holt vs. Zimmer
Holt takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-1, RoB: 1--
Heim vs. Zimmer
Heim hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Merrifield vs. Benjamin
Merrifield hits a ball on the ground towards third. Holt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Benintendi vs. Benjamin
Benintendi strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Santana vs. Benjamin
Santana hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kiner-Falefa fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Benjamin
Perez hits a popup towards short. Kiner-Falefa settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taveras vs. Davis
Wade Davis now pitching.
Taveras bunts towards third. Alberto fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: ---
Kiner-Falefa vs. Davis
Kiner-Falefa hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-1, RoB: ---
Dahl vs. Davis
Dahl hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: ---
Gallo vs. Davis
Gallo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Merrifield scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 2-2, RoB: ---
Soler vs. Kennedy
Ian Kennedy now pitching.
Soler strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Taylor vs. Kennedy
Taylor hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-2, RoB: 1--
vs. Kennedy
That is defensive interference on unknown player with unknown particulars. Taylor moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 3-2, RoB: -2-
vs. Kennedy
strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-1, RoB: -2-
Alberto vs. Kennedy
Alberto hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Taveras. Alberto reaches second base with a double. Taylor scores. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 1-2, RoB: -2-
McBroom vs. Kennedy
Ryan McBroom pinch hits for Nicky Lopez.
McBroom strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/4/2021 -- Texas at Kansas City (D) Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Kiner-Falefa I, ss 4 1 3 3 Merrifield W, 2b 4 0 1 0 Dahl D, lf 4 1 0 1 Benintendi A, lf 4 1 1 0 Gallo J, rf 5 1 2 0 Santana C, 1b 4 0 2 0 Lowe N, dh 4 1 2 3 Perez S, c 4 1 1 2 Solak N, 2b 4 0 0 0 Soler J, dh 4 0 0 0 Guzman R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Taylor M, cf 4 1 1 0 Holt B, 3b 2 1 0 0 Isbel K, rf 4 0 0 0 Heim J, c 3 1 1 0 Alberto H, 3b 4 0 1 1 Taveras L, cf 3 1 0 0 Lopez N, ss 3 0 1 0 McBroom R, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 7 8 7 36 3 8 3 Texas 003 300 001 -- 7 Kansas City 000 002 001 -- 3 Texas IP H R ER BB SO Lyles J (W) 5.2 5 2 2 0 8 Benjamin W 2.1 1 0 0 0 3 Kennedy I 1.0 2 1 1 0 3 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Singer B (L) 3.1 5 6 5 3 5 Brentz J 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 Junis J 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 Zimmer K 3.0 1 0 0 1 2 Davis W 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 E -- Heim J, Benintendi A DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Texas 5, Kansas City 6 2B -- Merrifield W, Heim J, Alberto H HR -- Lowe N, Perez S, Kiner-Falefa I SB -- Isbel K, Heim J, Holt B SF -- Dahl D HBP -- by Singer B (Kiner-Falefa I) WP -- Zimmer K T -- 2:53 A -- 8869
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