Texas Rangers @ Kansas City Royals

Spring Training

0-1, 0-1 Away

Final

1-0, 1-0 Home


TEX
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
2	0	1	1	4	0	0	1	-	9	12	1

G. Sparkman1-0

2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 3 K, 0 BB

A. Jurado0-1

2.0 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 2 K, 0 BB

Rangers Hitting

hitters
D. DeShieldsCF
D. SantanaCF
W. CalhounDH
J. GalloLF
B. RevereLF
M. Davidson3B
R. DorowPR-3B
R. Guzman1B
P. Wisdom1B
J. MathisC
J. TrevinoC
J. BandyC
A. Ibanez2B
Y. Hernández2B
E. WhiteSS
N. FontanaSS
C. TocciRF
P. BeckRF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
4	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.667	1.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	1	1	0	0	0	.333	.333	.667
1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	1	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333
1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000
32	1	4	1	2	7

Batting
2BDavidson (1, Newberry); Guzmán (1, Sparkman)
RBIIbáñez (1)
2Out RBIIbáñez
Team LOB7
Team RISP1-9 (Mathis 0-1, Guzmán 0-2, Ibáñez 1-3, Trevino 0-1, White 0-2)

Fielding
DP1 (Davidson-Ibáñez-Guzmán)
EGuzmán (1, throw)

Royals Hitting

hitters
W. Merrifield2B
N. Lopez2B
A. MondesiSS
C. OwingsSS
A. GordonLF
B. PhillipsLF
J. SolerDH
eS. DuenezPH-DH
R. O'Hearn1B
aF. SchwindelPH-1B
H. Dozier3B
bC. CuthbertPH-3B
B. GoodwinRF
cJ. BonifacioPH-RF
C. GallagherC
dS. RiveroPH-C
B. HamiltonCF
T. GoreCF
team

AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG
2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
3	0	2	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667
2	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500
2	1	0	0	1	1	.000	.333	.000
2	1	2	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.500
1	1	0	1	1	1	.000	.333	.000
2	1	1	1	1	1	.500	.667	.500
2	0	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500
2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500
1	1	0	1	0	0	.000	.667	.000
2	1	1	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.500
1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.500	.000
1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	0	1	2	0	0	.500	.500	1.000
2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000
2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000
2	1	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500
33	9	12	8	3	10

a-hit by pitch for O'Hearn in the 5th

b-fouled out to first for Dozier in the 5th

c-doubled to left for Goodwin in the 5th

d-grounded to second for Gallagher in the 5th

e-grounded to shortstop for Soler in the 7th

Batting
2BGordon (1, Jurado); Bonifacio (1, Tonkin); Mondesi (1, Sampson)
3BDozier (1, Farrell)
RBIGordon 2 (2), Bonifacio 2 (2), Goodwin (1), Soler (1), Phillips (1), Schwindel (1)
2Out RBIBonifacio (2)
SFGoodwin; Phillips
GIDPDozier
Team LOB8
Team RISP4-12 (Gordon 1-1, Owings 0-1, Cuthbert 0-1, Bonifacio 1-2, Soler 1-1, Dozier 0-1, Schwindel 0-1, O'Hearn 0-1, N. Lopez 1-1, Rivero 0-2)

Fielding
ECuthbert (1, ground ball)

Rangers Pitching

pitchers
A. Jurado(L, 0-1)
A. Sampson
L. Farrell
J. Hernandez
M. Tonkin
Y. Espinal
K. Bird
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
2.0	4	2	2	0	2	9.00
1.0	2	1	1	0	2	9.00
1.0	1	1	1	0	2	9.00
0.1	0	3	3	3	0	81.00
1.2	2	1	1	0	2	5.40
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
1.0	3	1	1	0	1	9.00
8.0	12	9	9	3	10

Pitching
WPSampson
BKBird
HBPCuthbert (by Espinal); Schwindel 2 (by Tonkin, Espinal)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsTonkin 1-2; Sampson 1-0; Bird 0-2; Jurado 1-2; Farrell 0-1; J. Hernandez 0-1; Espinal 1-1

Royals Pitching

pitchers
G. Sparkman(W, 1-0)
B. Lively(H, 1)
T. Hill(H, 1)
J. Newberry
J. Kalish
J. Staumont
team

IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA
2.0	2	1	1	0	3	4.50
1.1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00
1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0.00
2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0.00
1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
9.0	4	1	1	2	7

Pitching
HBPDavidson (by Lively)
Ground Balls-Fly BallsLively 2-2; Sparkman 0-3; Staumont 0-2; Newberry 1-2; Hill 2-3; J Kalish 1-3

Scoring Summary

		TEX	KC
1st	Gordon doubled to deep right, Mondesi scored.	0	1
1st	Soler singled to right, Gordon scored.	0	2
2nd	Ibáñez singled to left, Guzmán scored, Ibáñez to second.	1	2
3rd	Gordon singled to left, Mondesi scored.	1	3
4th	Goodwin hit sacrifice fly to center, Dozier scored.	1	4
5th	Schwindel hit by pitch, Owings scored, Soler to second, Phillips to third.	1	5
5th	Cuthbert fouled out to first, Phillips scored, Schwindel to second, Soler to third.	1	6
5th	Bonifacio doubled to left, Schwindel scored and Soler scored.	1	8
8th	Phillips hit sacrifice fly to left, Gore scored.	1	9

Surprise Stadium

8:05 PM, 23 February 2019

Surprise, Arizona

Attendance: 4,067

Game Time:3:03

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Ed Hickox
First Base Umpire - Mike Muchlinski
Second Base Umpire - Tripp Gibson
Third Base Umpire - Reid Gibbs

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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