The Texas Rangers today announced the following transactions prior to Thursday afternoon’s road trip finale against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium: - Right-handed pitcher Jacob Webb activated from the 15-day Injured List.

Vinnie Pasquantino homered in the first inning and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh, leading the Kansas City Royals to a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers.

It's rare that a player who drives in all of his team's runs accepts the blame for a loss, but that's what the Kansas City Royals' Vinnie Pasquantino did on Wed

BOTTOM LINE: The Kansas City Royals host the Texas Rangers, leading the series 2-1. Kansas City is 35-30 in home games and 65-62 overall. The Royals have the eighth-ranked team batting average in the AL at .246.

The Texas Rangers today announced the following transactions prior to Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium: - Left-handed pitcher Jacob Latz recalled from Triple-A Round Rock.

The Texas Rangers are going to skip Jacob deGrom’s scheduled start because of shoulder fatigue, but the club said it merely is managing his workload and he is not expected to spend time on the injured list.

The Royals are suddenly just 2.5 games back of the reeling Red Sox and Mariners in the battle for the wild card.

The Texas Rangers finished a six-game week against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-4 record, three late-game meltdowns, two position players injured and one big bad blowout loss.