Danny Duffy took a shutout into the eighth inning, Salvador Perez threw out a baserunner on a ball that hit Shin-Soo Choo in the nose, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 8-2.
Duffy’s pitch in the dirt bounced off Perez in the first inning and then hit Choo in the face, sending the left-handed hitter staggering out of the box. Perez scrambled to get the ball from in front of home plate, then threw out Delino DeShields trying to take second on the play.
