KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals 6-4 in 10 innings Wednesday at Kauffman Stadium. Texas scored two runs in the fourth, one in the seventh, one in the eighth and two in the 10th. Kansas City scored single runs in the second, fifth, sixth and seventh. The Rangers had 11 hits; the Royals had 13. Attendance was 16,015 in 3 hours, 35 minutes.

Jakob Junis (1-1) earned the win with two scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out three. Jacob Latz got his 10th save, working the 10th with one hit and one strikeout. Alex Lange (0-3) took the loss. MacKenzie Gore started for Texas, striking out six over five innings while allowing two earned runs on eight hits. Jake Burger went 2 for 2 with a home run and two RBIs as a pinch-hitter and designated hitter. Jac Caglianone had four hits and an RBI for Kansas City.

The Rangers improved to 33-34; the Royals fell to 28-40. Texas won despite grounding into two double plays.