Kansas City has a chance to win three series in a row for the first time this season. All they need to do is win tonight or tomorrow to keep the ball rolling. Texas is not a great team, which is something that can be said about basically all the teams in baseball this year, so take care of your home field.
Kyle Isbel is headed to the IL and Kameron Misner will be joining the team so Lane Thomas will be manning center field most days for a while. Today he will be leading off as well.
It is going to
be Seth Lugo versus MacKenzie Gore today. Lugo got beat up a bit in Minnesota, but he handled this Rangers lineup well back at the end of May. Gore is an interesting player with high prospect pedigree who at times looked like he might become the ace that everyone thought he could be. Last season he was a Cy Young contender through the first couple months of the season before falling off to have another fine, if unspectacular, season. That level of okay has continued into 2026. However, he is left-handed and lefties have been the bane of the Royals’ offensive existence.
