ARLINGTON, Texas -- Mitch Moreland can hit home runs in bunches for the Texas Rangers. Those long balls are coming at a good time.Moreland homered with two outs in the ninth inning Saturday night to give the AL West-leading Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals. That came two nights after he homered twice in a 3-2 win in the series opener against the stumbling defending World Series champions.We know that Mitch is obviously capable of these types of runs, and boy it has been needed, and he has responded, manager Jeff Banister said. With the power, with the at-bats, the pull power and then also the opposite-field power.It was Morelands second career game-ending homer -- the other came more than five years ago. He has 17 homers this season, four in the last five games and six since the All-Star break for a lineup without slugger Prince Fielder after his season-ending neck surgery.Brooks Pounders (1-1) had gotten the first two outs in the ninth before Moreland hit a 420-foot blast on 1-0 pitch, setting off a wild celebration at home plate after the Rangers won their third straight for their AL-high 61st win. They have a five-game division lead over the Houston Astros.I was trying to go down and away and got way too much of the plate, Pounders said.Im just trying to go up there and get a good pitch. It was a guy Id never seen before, Moreland said. He was pretty quick with the first one, caught me off guard. I wanted to make sure I was ready and got a good pitch, kind of middle of the plate, and I was able to drive it.Kansas City has lost seven of its last eight games and 32 of 51 overall since the start of June.Matt Bush (4-2) pitched two scoreless innings with one strikeout. The hard-throwing right-hander had allowed a pair of two-run homers to Oakland in losing his last outing Wednesday night.Both starters, Royals right-hander Ian Kennedy and Rangers lefty Martin Perez, allowed one run over seven innings. Both finished 0-3 in six July starts.Perez struck out five and got 14 of his 21 outs on groundballs, including three more double plays. The left-hander has induced a majors-high 28 double plays this season. Perez allowed consecutive singles to start the game, and leadoff hitter Alcides Escobar eventually scored on Eric Hosmers groundout for a 1-0 lead.Kennedy struck out six without a walk.Elvis Andrus led off the Texas third with a triple and scored when Bobby Wilson blooped a single over the drawn-in infield.FOUL HITMoreland was credited with a single on a foul pop in the fifth that ricocheted off the glove of third baseman Cheslor Cuthbert, who made an awkward tumble in foul territory when the ball hit his glove. He had been positioned near shortstop with the Royals shifted for the left-handed batter.The ball landed in fair territory, and was initially ruled foul before Rangers manager Jeff Banister questioned the call and umpires changed it after conferring about the non-reviewable play. Royals manager Ned Yost argued after Moreland was awarded first base, but the Rangers didnt score in the inning.RANGERS INDUCTEESeven-time All-Star infielder Michael Young was inducted into the Texas Rangers Baseball Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony. Young played for Texas from 2000-12 and is the franchise leader in games played (1,823), hits (2,230), runs (1,085), doubles (415) and triples (55). He was the 2005 AL batting champion and part of the Rangers only two World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011.TRAINERS ROOMRoyals: Closer Wade Davis headed back to Kansas City on Saturday night for an MRI on his right arm. Davis, who last pitched Wednesday, was on the 15-day disabled list earlier this month with a strain in his forearm.Rangers: OF Shin-Soo Choo is eligible to come off the disabled list Thursday after being out since July 20 with lower back inflammation. Choo said hes feeling normal and able to do everything.UP NEXTRoyals: Dillon Gee (3-4) has started only once in his career against Texas, going six innings in a win for the New York Mets in 2011. Gee is from Cleburne, Texas, about 45 miles from Rangers Ballpark.Rangers: Right-hander Lucas Harrell makes his Rangers debut, four days after being acquired from Atlanta along with reliever Dario Alvarez for a minor league infielder. Harrell was 2-2 with a 3.38 ERA in five starts for the Braves, including six scoreless innings in a win Tuesday at Minnesota. 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Thats why I wanted to be a part of this.Underwood, Texas Techs Chris Beard and TCUs Jamie Dixon join a conference that is coming off one of its best years, with Oklahoma having reached the Final Four and Kansas, Iowa State and West Virginia spending time in the top 10.Beard steps into a pressure situation, too. Tubby Smith led Tech to the NCAA Tournament last season, then he took the job at Memphis. Beard said he thought Texas Techs run last season was one of the best stories in college basketball.Ive got so much respect for coach Smith and the job that he did here, Beard said. The foundation is solid. Our job is to try to take it to the next level.Dixon, who spent 13 years as head coach at Pittsburgh before heading to TCU, said he likes what TCUs administration has done to put him in position to be competitive.We had a lot of great coaches here over the years that I dont think had the resources put in place that we have now, Dixon said. I think thats exciting for us. Weve got a whole different amount of involvement.AKOLDA MANYANGOklahomas 7-foot center was kicked off the team earlier this month after being accused of aggravated robbery in Minnesota.You hate seeing young men make decisions that dont help them moving forward, Oklahoma coach Lon Kruger said. Were just pulling for AK in that sense. The team is way secondary to that.Manyang was in line to fill some of the minutes vacated by Ryan Spangler, who is on the Oklahoma City Thunders summmer league roster.ddddddddddddJOSH JACKSONKansas next big thing is Josh Jackson. You wont catch him acting like it.The small forward from San Diego was the McDonalds All-American game co-MVP and was part of the FIBA U-17 World Championship team in 2014 and the U19 World Championship team in 2015.Kansas coach Bill Self said Jackson has a good attitude and doesnt seek attention.The feeling that I get from Josh is that he just wants to be a college kid, he said. Of course, hes not going to be a college kid very long. Certainly, he wants us in every way that we possibly can, to protect and shield him from all the talk that could potentially go on. Hes not caught up in it.SWITCHEROOBeard left Arkansas-Little Rock for UNLV, then changed his mind a few weeks later and took the job at Texas Tech. Beard is from Texas, he was an assistant at Tech under Bobby Knight and Pat Knight, and his three daughters were already in Texas.It wasnt an easy decision, Beard said. It was difficult. The timing was terrible. I had a lot of respect for the people at UNLV, and we were 100 percent committed to trying to get the job done there, but sometimes in life, you get a special opportunity.SIX DRAFTEDSix players from the Big 12 were selected in the draft: Oklahomas Buddy Hield and Isaiah Cousins; Iowa States Georges Niang and Abdel Nader; Baylors Taurean Prince and Kansas Cheick Diallo. Among those not drafted were Kansas Perry Ellis and Wayne Selden and Texas Isaiah Taylor. Ellis has signed as a free agent with the Dallas Mavericks.GIANT KILLERSTwo of the new coaches made splashes with mid-majors before taking their new jobs. Oklahoma States Underwood led Stephen F. Austin to a win over West Virginia in this years NCAA Tournament, while Texas Techs Beard led Arkansas-Little Rock past Purdue.---Follow Cliff Brunt on Twitter (at)CliffBruntAP ' ' '