ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Ezequiel Duran hit an opposite field RBI single to cap a three-run ninth inning as the Texas Rangers walked off the Kansas City Royals 7-6 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Joc Pederson hit a home run to start a string of five consecutive hits off closer Lucas Erceg (3-3). Josh Jung then singled to shortstop, Brandon Nimmo singled off Erceg\u2019s glove, Jake Burger hit an opposite field liner to right to tie the score, before Duran\u2019s hit to right.<\/p>\n
Texas\u2019 rally made a first-time major league winner of Peyton Gray (1-0), a 30-year-old rookie who made his big league debut in late April.<\/p>\n
The Rangers have won two consecutive games, matching their longest winning streak since early April. It was their first walk-off win in 12 home games when trailing going into the ninth.<\/p>\n
The Royals have lost five straight and 15 of their last 18, falling a season-low 14 games below .500. They lost for the fifth time in 22 games when leading through eight innings.<\/p>\n
Jung and Burger had three hits each, including Jung\u2019s first-inning home run.<\/p>\n
Carter Jensen had a two-run home run and an RBI single for the Royals, who batted around in the seventh to turn a 3-0 deficit into a 4-3 lead. Jensen also made a spectacular diving catch in foul territory in the eighth on Michael Helman\u2019s bunt attempt to hold a two-run lead.<\/p>\n
Both starters worked six innings. Texas\u2019 Kumar Rocker allowed no runs, giving up three singles and three walks. Kansas City\u2019s Seth Lugo gave up one earned run on six hits.<\/p>\n
KC’s Maikel Garcia strained his right hamstring racing for third base in the seventh and left the game.<\/p>\n
Sunday\u2019s series finale will match Royals RHP Michael Wacha (4-2, 2.69 ERA), who pitched two seasons at Texas A&M, against Rangers RHP Jack Leiter (2-4, 4.75).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) \u2014 Ezequiel Duran hit an opposite field RBI single to cap a three-run ninth inning…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[150,152,151,32775,39233,53310,39086,63983,39085,57463,113544,84822,39235,84819,23681,202,98740,196,42094,87087,82673,942,113249,113252],"class_list":["post-315967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arlington","tag-arlington","tag-arlington-headlines","tag-arlington-news","tag-brandon-nimmo","tag-ezequiel-duran","tag-jack-leiter","tag-jake-burger","tag-joc-pederson","tag-josh-jung","tag-kumar-rocker","tag-lucas-erceg","tag-maikel-garcia","tag-michael-helman","tag-michael-wacha","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-peyton-gray","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40787-ap-kansas-sports-only","tag-product-40795-ap-missouri-sports-only","tag-product-40815-ap-texas-sports-only","tag-rangers-royals-score","tag-seth-lugo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315967\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}