Cags Connects | Jac Caglianone Powers Royals Sweep Over Rangers

Cags Connects | Jac Caglianone Powers Royals Sweep Over Rangers

back at it today some afternoon baseball at Globe Life Field the Rangers and the Royals with the finale of this three-game series the Rangers trying to avoid getting swept at home for the first time this year a bullpen game for Texas well once again it’s a bullpen day sean Armstrong will go to the mound for the Rangers last Friday against Chicago his only start of the season he went three innings no hits no earned runs no walks jonathan India leading it off 242 average three homers and 19 driven in payoff pitch there’s a high popup back of the mound everybody getting there quickly it will be the third baseman young makes a catch one away low and outside that’s ball four and Bobby Way Jr.’s got a one out one and now Mel Garcia and this one’s lifted out to right field garcia has it measured and that’s a second out of the inning so Armstrong needs one more out for this first inning and here’s Vinnie who is 0 for six but that doesn’t tell you the whole story he flyed out to deep right center field in the first inning on Tuesday night that wouldn’t have been a home run everywhere else and Vinnie drives it into the right field corner and gone what a great at bat this was here he waited he didn’t even swing until he was going to get the B that one and that one was just launched out of here royals two nothing early in the first again this is exactly what they want to do it’s Michael Walk on the mound for the Royals he’s had a a pretty good year 80 innings RA 338 21 walks 60 punch outs and Carter flicks it in the air shallow center field kyle Isbel sprints underneath it he makes the one-hand catch and Carter’s out one away fast ball elevated strikes out Wyatt Langford brings up Cory Seager base is empty two outs got a man there india blocks it and keeps it in front of him so it’s a 10 pitch nine strike one two three bottom of the first agleone did not play last night he was 0 for four in the game on Tuesday it’s not easy folks we knew this could be possible for him now we’d like for him to come up here and get to just be redot right away but it hasn’t happened tagleon hits it high in the air deep right center field adoleis Garcia is at the wall it’s gone watch it fly jack Kaggleó his first big league home run there’s the power that’s been promised jack Kaggleon has arrived with Thunder this this ball he turned on look where that was that was shoulder high neck high and he just tommy hawking oh I love this first big league homer and he’s getting iced oh that’s beautiful so the Royals have already scored three runs in support of Michael Waka who has gotten among the fewest runs of support in baseball this season check swing doesn’t matter called strike three slider knee high outer third garcia is down looking and he’s off to a great start today especially pitching with a nice lead six up six down with three strikeouts and at the end of two the Royals lead three nothing so two away and here’s Jonah Hine jonah the switch hitter this one in the air pretty well struck out there to right center and that is off the end of the glove of Kegleó and that is a bad play him dives into second and the Rangers have their first base runner a little nonchalant about that one tag Leon hasn’t been in the big leagues long enough to where we can get a feel for how well he runs out there but didn’t seem like the the hustle was there into left field and Waters is right there so the Rangers are not able to make anything of the two base error and at the end of three the Royals lead three nothing here’s Sal Perez he struck out his first time two-1 pitch is lined and caught by Seager reaching up and toward the third baseline above the cap great reaction out there and there are two gone seager showing off the range stab by number five over there short two gone here’s Kagleon little tap around in front of the plate and that’s grabbed by him kaggleó oh boy having a day he did not run down to first great play by Jonah to finish the play and it’s a one two three fourth inning michael Waka has five strikeouts in four innings and he missed with it missed a little bit low adoleis becomes the second Ranger base runner the first one reached on ever and Osuna will be better that’s ball four back-to- back walks by Waka off the end of the bat on a 2-1 slider and just now they call the infield fly rule and now Walka has a chance for a ground ball and a double play oh yeah he lines it to right and right at Kaggleó and Garcia did not have time to go back and tag and there are two outs and he hits it on the ground to the right side india scoops it up shuffles throws to first in time for the out inning over so Michael Waka issues a pair of walks to start the inning but does not allow a hit and he strands both walks on base michael Waka back to work here in the sixth inning he has not allowed a hit as of yet he’s had three base runners two walks and he’s had a batter reach via an error there’s a base hit up the middle langford has the Rangers in the hit column here in the sixth inning so it’ll be up to Marcus Simeon in this sixth inning the Rangers will not be no hit now the question is can they avoid a shut out marcus has been a terrific run producer this year currently working on a 10-ame hitting streak there’s a ground ball third base and that one’s a fair ball and then Kum’s back out into left field langford around third he’ll score without a throw marcus Simeon it’s an 11game hitting streak and he drives in the first Rangers run of the ball game it’s three to one yeah it doesn’t take much to get this Rangers offense rolling really good at bat and placement on the parts of Marcus Simeon and you know with the type of wheels that Langford has the second you see that funky bounce turn back into left field that Langford is going to score easily rangers rolling now simeons at second garcia their top RBI man coming to the plate swing and a popup shallow center out goes India the second baseman bobby will call him off and make the play and end the inning so Waka dodges a bullet right there he limits the damage to one run we go to the seventh jacob Latch already a careerhigh achieve today latz coming into this inning had thrown five innings so each time he records an out it’s a new career best for innings pitched in the ball game there’s a ground ball second base nice there by Simeon and he throws out Kaggleó two up two down and he’ll go to the bullpen five and two3 innings for Jacob Latz in relief today man oh man I hope this crowd gives him that proper respect as he walks off the field in a two-run game well the last time the Rangers brought in a new pitcher a lefty at that and Jack Kagleion led off an inning it was back in the second and Jack Kagleon hit his first major league home run he got a fast ball about neck high and flacked it over the right center field fence fast hit high in the air deep to right center field garcia turns around watches it fly home run Jack Kaggleon make it two for Cags today in Texas 4-1 Royals in the top of the ninth inning he got the silent treatment after he circled the bases in the second inning now that third base dug out as loud as it can be a two homer day for Jack Kagleon oh boy oils badly need some long ball power and they got it in this kid carlos Steves through the first now 7475 games this season is starting to put up one of the all-time closer seasons in Royals history and he’s an out away from his 21st save and Osuna lifts it in the air deep right center field braves onto the warning track in the gap at the fence makes the grab ball game over royals win and Royals sweep the Texas Rangers at Globe Life Field and the Royals break out the power swings here in Arlington a two-run homer from Vinnie Pasquantino and a pair of blasts from Jack Kagleon his first two major league home runs

Jac Caglianone blasted the first two homers of his career to back Michael Wacha’s quality start and give the Royals their first road sweep of the Rangers since 2003.
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