The Dallas Wings rookie and UConn women’s basketball legend threw out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers game against the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. She’s no stranger to throwing out first pitches, as she’s took the mound in her home state of Minnesota ahead of a Twins game last season.

Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy stood by his young starting pitcher after he struggled against the Kansas City Royals.

Paige Bueckers traded “buckets” for a ball Wednesday when she threw the ceremonial first pitch at the Texas Rangers-Kansas City Royals game at Globe Life Field. “I thought I did alright, didn’t put too much effort into it- I was trying to be nonchalant,

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Maikel Garcia homered and drove in four runs, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 on Wednesday night. Garcia capped Kansas City’s four-run third inning with a three-run drive for his career-best eighth homer. He also tripled in Bobby Witt Jr. in the eighth.

Salvador Perez homered twice, Bobby Witt Jr. went deep in his hometown team’s ballpark for the first time and the Kansas City Royals stopped a six-game losing streak with a 6-1 victory over the Texas

Maikel Garcia homered and drove in four runs Wednesday night, helping the Kansas City Royals beat the Texas Rangers 6-3. Garcia capped Kansas City’s four-run third inning with a three-run drive for his career-best eighth homer.

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