Mike Yastrzemski, Vinnie Pasquantino and Maikel Garcia homered to provide all of Kansas City’s offense, Michael Wacha pitched 5 2/3 effective innings and the surging Royals beat the visiting Texas Rangers 4-3 on Monday night.In a matchup of teams trying to reach an American League wild-card position, Kansas City had just enough offense to win its fourth straight and improve to 6-1 on a 10-game homestand.The Royals, 17-9 since July 20, got two hits apiece from Yastrzemski and Garcia. Wacha (8-9) permitted nine hits but limited Texas to two runs. He struck out three and walked none. Wacha has yielded two or fewer runs in seven consecutive starts.Carlos Estevez pitched a perfect ninth inning for his career-high 32nd save.Corey Seager had three hits and Evan Carter added two with an RBI for Texas, which is behind Kansas City in the wild-card chase and has lost nine of 11.Rangers starter Jack Leiter (7-7) gave up three runs, six hits and three walks while lasting just 3 2/3 innings for the Rangers, who are 0-4 against the Royals in 2025. Leiter fanned five.For the third time in 15 games as a Royal, Yastrzemski led off with a homer, this time taking a Leiter pitch over the right-center-field wall.Texas tied it in the second when Wacha allowed singles to Marcus Semien, Joc Pederson and Jonah Heim during a stretch of four batters. The Rangers nearly went ahead, but Royals right fielder John Rave threw out Pederson at the plate on Josh Smith’s fly ball, ending the frame.
