Wednesday 14 March 2012

Rangers beat Royals 6-5 on passed ball in 9th

Ian Kinsler scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers used five unearned runs to rally from four down to beat the Kansas City Royals 6-5 on Tuesday night.

Kinsler led off the ninth with a double against Yasuhiko Yabuta (1-1), the fourth of five Royals pitchers. He advanced on a groundout and scored from third when Ramon Ramirez's pitch got away from catcher John Buck.

Eddie Guardado (1-1) picked up the victory, while C.J. Wilson worked the ninth for his 12th save in 14 opportunities. Wilson gave up a two-out single to Alex Gordon and Jose Guillen reached on an error before Mark Teahen struck out looking.

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