Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals and Corey Seager of the Rangers remained one and two respectively in the Baseball Musings Batter Rankings, the Royals downing Texas 6-4. Witt posted a two for five game with his 40th double of the season. Seager went three for five with a double as well. Seager does the better job of getting on base, Witt the better job of hitting for power. Both do so playing shortstop, a position primarily concerned with defense.

Nick Kurtz of the Athletics moved into third place, going two for four with a home run in an 8-3 win over the Twins. Kurtz posted a game score of 66, which wasn’t even the best of the game, as Tyler Soderstrom came in with a 75 on a four for four day with a double and a walk. That was the second highest score on Thursday.

Brice Turang of the Brewers took fourth place. He went two for four with a home run in a 4-1 win over the Cubs. Turang is on a tear in August hitting .366/.408/.789. Matt Olson sits in fifth place, the Braves idle on Thursday.

The best game score of the day belonged to Jesus Sanchez of the Astros, a 78. He went five for five with a double in a 7-2 win over Baltimore. Despite all the hits and the scoring, he only scored one run and only drove in one run.