{"id":722222,"date":"2026-06-10T09:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/722222\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:36:28","slug":"jac-caglianone-homers-twice-for-the-royals-in-a-5-3-win-over-the-rangers-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/722222\/","title":{"rendered":"Jac Caglianone homers twice for the Royals in a 5-3 win over the Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Jac Caglianone went 3 for 3 with two home runs and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals erased an early deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers<\/a> 5-3 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Caglianone, who missed Kansas City\u2019s previous game with right shoulder soreness<\/a>, ended Nathan Eovaldi\u2019s no-hit bid with a leadoff homer in the fifth inning that sailed into the right-field bullpen.<\/p>\n

In the sixth, Caglianone drove reliever Jalen Beeks\u2019 first-pitch changeup 431 feet to right-center for a two-run shot that gave the Royals a 5-2 lead.<\/p>\n

It was Caglianone\u2019s second multi-homer game in the majors; he also hit a pair against the Rangers on June 19, 2025, the first two home runs of his career.<\/p>\n

The Royals got five extra-base hits in a four-run sixth.<\/p>\n

Carter Jensen opened the inning with a double off the right-field fence and scored on Maikel Garcia\u2019s one-out triple, tying the score at 2.<\/p>\n

Garcia scored on Vinnie Pasquantino\u2019s ground-rule double to center for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n

Caglianone also singled and stole a base in the eighth.<\/p>\n

Eovaldi (5-7) walked a batter in each of his first three innings, but held Kansas City hitless through four. He threw 5 2\/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits \u2014 all for extra bases \u2014 with three walks and three strikeouts.<\/p>\n

\"KansasKansas City Royals’ Jac Caglianone crosses the plate after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)(Charlie Riedel | AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)<\/p>\n

Stephen Kolek labored through the first three innings for Kansas City, delivering 55 pitches and allowing six baserunners, but stranded four.<\/p>\n

Jake Burger\u2019s second-inning RBI single for the Rangers provided the game\u2019s first run. A pair of throwing errors allowed Evan Carter to circle the bases in the fourth, expanding Texas\u2019 lead to 2-0.<\/p>\n

Kolek exited after five innings. He allowed two runs \u2014 one earned \u2014 and eight hits.<\/p>\n

Joc Pederson tripled and scored on Corey Seager\u2019s groundout in the seventh, capping the scoring.<\/p>\n

Josh Jung and Brandon Nimmo each had two of Texas\u2019 nine hits.<\/p>\n

Steven Cruz (1-2) retired all four batters he faced, striking out two to earn the win. Alex Lange fanned two in in a hitless ninth for his fourth save this season, all in the last six Royals games.<\/p>\n

\"KansasKansas City Royals’ Alex Lange celebrates after a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)(Charlie Riedel | AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel)<\/p>\n

Kansas City has won five of six and is 6-2 in June.<\/p>\n

Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel exited in the seventh with a left foot plantar fascia injury.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (4-5, 4.23 ERA) faces Royals RHP Seth Lugo (2-4, 3.91) on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) \u2014 Jac Caglianone went 3 for 3 with two home runs and three RBIs…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2387],"tags":[12048,5,231,936,2123,55,2596,2595,4,252,5176,69],"class_list":["post-722222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kansas-city-royals","tag-alex-lange","tag-baseball","tag-jac-caglianone","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-royals","tag-kansascity","tag-kansascityroyals","tag-mlb","tag-royals","tag-stephen-kolek","tag-texas-rangers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116725139873414362","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=722222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/722222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=722222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=722222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=722222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}