KANSAS CITY – After Jac Caglianone’s 11-pitch walk in the second inning and the home run in the fifth inning, Rangers manager Skip Schumaker likely didn’t want Nathan Eovaldi facing the Royals' young slugger a third time, not with Kansas City having just taken the lead, starting to see Eovaldi well and a lefty up and ready in the Rangers ‘pen. How did Caglianone respond to that move? By crushing the lefty, too. Caglianone powered the Royals to a 5-3 series-opening win over the Rangers on Tuesday night at Kauffman Stadium, their third consecutive victory and sixth in the last eight games, ever since they left Texas nine days ago after getting swept by this same Rangers team. It was Caglianone’s second career multi-homer game, and first since he hit his first two home runs of his career on June 19, 2025 – also against the Rangers. Caglianone was back in the lineup Tuesday after he hurt his right shoulder crashing into the right-field wall at Target Field on Friday. By Tuesday, Caglianone was feeling much improved – clearly. He walked, hit two homers, hit an infield single *and* stole a base. His favorite part, though? “A win, honestly,” Caglianone said. “Seeing \[Alex\
