Another day, another homer for Vinnie Pasquantino. In a four-game series in which the Rangers kept challenging him, the red-hot Royals first baseman was set on meeting the challenge. Pasquantino did it again on Thursday afternoon,

Pasquantino, who has been red-hot at the plate, delivered a three-run home run in the top of the first inning against Texas Rangers opener Caleb Boushley. But the Kansas City bats went cold from there, and disaster struck in the top of the ninth inning.