Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 6, Kansas City 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, April 21, 2017
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Gary Cederstrom, 1B - Tom Woodring, 2B - Eric Cooper, 3B - Adrian Johnson
Attendance: 31320
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Kansas City
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Alex Gordon LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .188
Lorenzo Cain CF 3 0 1 1 1 0 0 .339
Eric Hosmer 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .197
Salvador Perez DH 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .258
Cheslor Cuthbert 3B 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 .150
Whit Merrifield 2B 4 0 2 1 0 0 2 .364
Alcides Escobar SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .207
Jorge Bonifacio RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Drew Butera C 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .100
Totals 31 2 6 2 2 3 12  
Batting
2B - Lorenzo Cain (4), Drew Butera (1)
3B - Whit Merrifield (1)
TB - Lorenzo Cain 2, Eric Hosmer, Cheslor Cuthbert, Whit Merrifield 4, Drew Butera 2
RBI - Lorenzo Cain (4), Whit Merrifield (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Alex Gordon (8), Whit Merrifield (1), Jorge Bonifacio (1)
GIDP - Salvador Perez (4), Alcides Escobar (1)
Team LOB - 5
Fielding
E - Cheslor Cuthbert (1)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Nate Karns (L 0-1) 4.2 5 6 6 3 6 4 6.35
Matt Strahm 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 37.80
Scott Alexander 1.0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1.69
Chris Young 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3.86
Pitches-Strikes - Nate Karns 100-59, Matt Strahm 3-2, Scott Alexander 17-11, Chris Young 21-13
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Nate Karns 5-1, Matt Strahm 1-0, Scott Alexander 1-0, Chris Young 1-0
Batters Faced - Nate Karns 22, Matt Strahm 1, Scott Alexander 4, Chris Young 7
Inherited Runners-Scored - Matt Strahm 2-0
Texas
Hitters Pos AB R H RBI BB K LOB Avg
Carlos Gomez CF 4 0 1 0 0 1 0 .164
Shin-Soo Choo DH 3 1 0 0 1 2 1 .208
Nomar Mazara RF 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 .271
Mike Napoli 1B 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 .156
Rougned Odor 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 .194
Robinson Chirinos C 3 2 2 2 1 0 0 .375
Jurickson Profar SS 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 .138
Joey Gallo 3B 3 2 2 3 0 1 1 .214
Delino DeShields LF 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 .118
Totals 30 6 6 6 4 9 7  
Batting
HR - Robinson Chirinos 2 (3), Joey Gallo 2 (5)
TB - Carlos Gomez, Mike Napoli, Robinson Chirinos 8, Joey Gallo 8
RBI - Mike Napoli (7), Robinson Chirinos 2 (8), Joey Gallo 3 (13)
2-Out RBI - Mike Napoli (5), Robinson Chirinos 2 (3), Joey Gallo 2 (7)
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Mike Napoli (7), Rougned Odor (10), Delino DeShields (1)
Team LOB - 4
Baserunning
SB - Shin-Soo Choo (1, 2nd off Karns/Butera)
Pitchers IP H R ER BB K HR ERA
Cole Hamels (W 1-0) 8.0 3 1 1 2 3 0 2.77
Jeremy Jeffress 1.0 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.52
HBP - Alex Gordon (by Hamels)
Pitches-Strikes - Cole Hamels 107-71, Jeremy Jeffress 13-7
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Cole Hamels 11-4, Jeremy Jeffress 1-0
Batters Faced - Cole Hamels 29, Jeremy Jeffress 5