Jac Caglianone went 3 for 3 with two home runs and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals erased an early deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers 5-3ByMARC BOWMAN Associated PressJune 9, 2026, 10:48 PMKANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Jac Caglianone went 3 for 3 with two home runs and three RBIs as the Kansas City Royals erased an early deficit to defeat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Tuesday night.Caglianone, who missed Kansas City's previous game with right shoulder soreness, ended Nathan Eovaldi’s no-hit bid with a leadoff homer in the fifth inning that sailed into the right-field bullpen.In the sixth, Caglianone drove reliever Jalen Beeks' first-pitch changeup 431 feet to right-center for a two-run shot that gave the Royals a 5-2 lead.It was Caglianone’s second multihomer game in the majors; he also hit a pair against the Rangers on June 19, 2025, the first two home runs of his career.The Royals got five extra-base hits in a four-run sixth.Carter Jensen opened the inning with a double off the right-field fence and scored on Maikel Garcia’s one-out triple, tying the score at 2.Garcia scored on Vinnie Pasquantino’s ground-rule double to center for a 3-2 lead.Caglianone also singled and stole a base in the eighth.Eovaldi (5-7) walked a batter in each of his first three innings, but held Kansas City hitless through four. He threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits — all for extra bases — with three walks and three strikeouts.Stephen Kolek labored through the first three innings for Kansas City, delivering 55 pitches and allowing six baserunners, but stranded four. Jake Burger’s second-inning RBI single for the Rangers provided the game’s first run. A pair of throwing errors allowed Evan Carter to circle the bases in the fourth, expanding Texas’ lead to 2-0.Popular ReadsKolek exited after five innings. He allowed two runs — one earned — and eight hits.Joc Pederson tripled and scored on Corey Seager's groundout in the seventh, capping the scoring.Josh Jung and Brandon Nimmo each had two of Texas' nine hits.Steven Cruz (1-2) retired all four batters he faced, striking out two to earn the win. Alex Lange fanned two in in a hitless ninth for his fourth save this season, all in the last six Royals games.Kansas City has won five of six.Royals center fielder Kyle Isbel exited in the seventh with a left foot plantar fascia injury.Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (4-5, 4.23 ERA) faces Royals RHP Seth Lugo (2-4, 3.91) on Wednesday night.___AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/mlb