Semien, Gray lead Rangers to 8-3 win over struggling Royals June 28 sharefacebooktwitterredditlink KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Marcus Semien homered and drove in four runs, Jon Gray pitched seven effective innings Jalen Brunson Jersey and the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 8-3 on Tuesday night.Corey Seager hit a two-run double as the Rangers handed last-place Kansas City its fourth consecutive defeat. They've outscored the Royals 18-7 in the first two games of the series.I thought we did a good job all the way through, Texas manager Chris Woodward said. Obviously, (Semien and Seager) got the big hits, but the guys who got on base had really stubborn at-bats. If you can do that every night, were tough to pitch to."Semien had three hits and scored three times. His three-run homer off starter Jonathan Heasley made it 4-0 in the third.Heasley attacked me with a lot of changeups with runners in scoring position, Semien said. He located a couple of them and I fouled them off. Then he threw it a little higher and I stayed on it. Steve Nash Jersey Gray (4-3) matched his longest outing of the season. He allowed one run and five hits with two walks and eight strikeouts. The right-hander managed only one 1-2-3 inning, but kept working out of trouble and let only two runners reach second base.I felt like I had a good mix going, Gray said. We didnt show everything right away. We were mainly fastball/slider early on. The second and third time through we started using more curveballs and changeups. We were in the zone enough. I walked too many Willie Cauley-Stein Jersey , but Im happy with the outcome.Heasley (1-4) gave up seven runs and nine hits in 3 2/3 innings.(Heasley) has good stuff. When were swinging at curveballs and changeups below the zone, we make his life easier. But today we didnt do that, Woodward said.Touted prospect Vinnie Pasquantino went 0 for 4 in his major league debut for the Royals. He hit a hard grounder in his first at-bat but it resulted in a 4-6-3 double play. Adolis Garcias two-out double in the first scored Semien.Josh Smith and Seager singled to start the third before Semien drove a 2-2 pitch into the bullpen in left field.I think were a good offense, Semien said. Youre going to have slow starts, youre going to have good starts. In our minds, were a good offense. The last two nights weve shown the good things we can do.Bobby Witt Jr. put the Royals on the board in the bottom half Dallas Mavericks Hoodie with an RBI single. The Rangers added three more runs in the fourth. They had the bases loaded with one out when Seager lined one into left-center, scoring two. Semien added a sacrifice fly to make it 7-1, chasing Heasley.Kyle Isbel launched his second career home run and first this season for Kansas City in the eighth. Andrew Benintendi had a sacrifice fly.TRAINER'S ROOMSmith left with a bruised right calf after fouling a ball off his leg. Woodward said it was precautionary and the third baseman should be available Wednesday.UP NEXT The finale of the three-game series is Wednesday afternoon. RHP Dane Dunning (1-5, 4.17 ERA) pitches for Texas against RHP Zack Greinke (1-4, 4.68).___More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports in this topic American League Major League Baseball Texas Rangers Kansas City Royals Dane Dunning Marcus Semien Andrew Benintendi Kyle Isbel Adolis Garca Corey Seager Jon Gray Kansas City Royals Texas Rangers share World Cup fans find booze at Jason Kidd Jersey hotels, Qatar's 1 liquor store Qatar's strict rules regarding alcohol have drawn attention as it hosts the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Sterling leaves England World Cup camp after home break-in England forward Raheem Sterling has left his teams World Cup camp in Qatar and returned to the U.K. after a break-in at his home 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ronaldo looks to shine like Mbapp and Me si at World Cup Cristiano Ronaldo has been overshadowed by the brilliance of Lionel Me si and Kylian Mbapp so far at the World Cup 1 HOUR AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Ottawa hosts Antonius Cleveland Jersey Los Angeles after Giroux's 2-goal game The Ottawa Senators host the Los Angeles Kings after Claude Giroux's two-goal game against the San Jose Sharks in the Senators' 5-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS Penguins host the Blue Jackets following Kapanen's hat trick The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Columbus Blue Jackets after Kasperi Kapanen's hat trick against the St. Louis Blues in the Penguins' 6-2 win 2 HOURS AGO ASSOCIATED PRESS