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Rangers ride Rua’s power, Darvish’s pitching past Royals

Ryan Rua connected for a two-run homer Sunday, and Yu Darvish didn’t allow a run in 1 2/3 innings at the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-4 at Surprise Stadium.

Andy Ibanez, one of the Rangers’ top prospects, launched a solo homer, and Delino DeShields and Jurickson Profar delivered RBI singles.

How Rangers hitters fared: The Rangers scored in a variety of ways. Ryan Rua started the scoring with a two-run blast, but their third run came when Jurickson Profar raced home on a bunt hit by Delino DeShields. ... Profar drove in a run in the fourth after Robinson Chirinos reached on a two-base error.