Sampson gets first win as starter as Rangers top Royals 5-1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adrian Sampson provided evidence Sunday that he doesn't need to follow a closer to the mound for the Texas Rangers to be successful. The 27-year-old right-hander struck out a career-high 11 in seven innings and earned his first major league win as a starter, leading the Rangers over the Kansas City Royals 5-1. Texas won three of four in the series. The Royals...

Rangers' Joey Gallo placed on 10-day IL with oblique strain

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo hopes to be sidelined no more than two weeks because of a left oblique strain. Gallo was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday. He consulted with New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, who has been out with a similar injury since April 20. The strain is on the back side of the left-handed hitting Gallo's swing while...

Gallo homers, leaves with injury in Rangers' 6-2 win over KC

Joey Gallo hit a tie-breaking home run for the second straight game before leaving in the fifth inning due to injury as the Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals 6-2 Saturday.

Gallo's 1st career grand slam leads Rangers past Royals 6-2

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Joey Gallo's first career grand slam capped a six-run, sixth inning outburst as the Texas Rangers rallied past the Kansas City Royals 6-2 Friday night. Gallo's home run, his team leading 16th of the season, sailed 457 feet and landed in the second seating area beyond the center-field wall.

Soler, Mondesi homers lead Royals past Rangers 4-2

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Jorge Soler and Adalberto Mondesi homered and Jakob Junis allowed two runs in six innings as the Kansas City Royals snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over Texas Rangers on Thursday night. Junis (4-5) allowed four hits, including homers by Shin-Soo Choo and Nomar Mazara, and two walks for his first win since May 1. The victory follows three losses and a...

Rangers take advantage of M's miscues, rally to win 8-7

SEATTLE (AP) - The Texas Rangers had a reliable scouting report on the division-rival Mariners. "I think that their bullpen has a lot of talent, but they're having a little bit of trouble putting matchups together," shortstop Elvis Andrus said. When Seattle took the ball away from starter Wade LeBlanc on Wednesday, the Rangers knew things could soon get interesting - and they...

Mariners snap 6-game skid with 6-2 win over Rangers

SEATTLE (AP) - Daniel Vogelbach hit a mammoth two-run homer in the seventh inning, Kyle Seager drove in his first run of the season and the Seattle Mariners snapped a six-game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night. Seattle was miserable on the road in getting swept by Texas and Oakland, but a strong pitching performance from Tommy Milone and a handful of key hits...

Trout homers, Angels rally for 6 in 7th to edge Rangers 7-6

ANAHEIM (AP) - Mike Trout is feeling better in the batter's box than he has all year. The two-time MVP homered and drove in two runs to help the Los Angeles Angels erase a four-run deficit Sunday in a 7-6 victory over the Texas Rangers. "At the plate I felt great today," Trout said. "I haven't felt like that all season. Just got to keep doing the same thing and take...

Calhoun rallies Angels past Rangers 3-2 to snap 5-game skid

Jared Walsh has seemingly done it all in his short major league career. The rookie has hit and pitched, and now added his first RBI and game-ending hit to his accomplishments.

Smyly gets first win since 2016 as Rangers rally to win

Drew Smyly has had a long road back from Tommy John elbow surgery, and the Texas left-hander put together a quality start on Friday night that helped earn him his first win in three years.

Rangers complete 3-game sweep of Mariners with 2-1 win

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adrian Sampson and the Texas Rangers like the results of these delayed lengthy pitching appearances, with the right-hander entering after an "opener" gets through the first few batters. Sampson allowed one earned run over 5 1/3 innings after taking over in the second inning Wednesday, getting his second big league victory in a 2-1 win over the Seattle...

Rangers OF Calhoun on 10-day injured list with quad strain

Texas Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun has been placed on the 10-day injured list because of a left quad strain.

Starter Lynn, closer Kelley lead Rangers past Mariners 5-3

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Lance Lynn allowed two runs over seven innings and Shawn Kelley earned the save hours after learning that two lumps removed from his throat last week were benign as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Tuesday night.

Hamilton into Rangers hall, hasn't really thought about game

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Josh Hamilton hasn't really thought much about baseball since knee issues ended his career, though he does miss playing at times. The 2010 AL MVP's moments on the diamond these days are watching and sometimes coaching his daughters playing softball.

Minor 11 Ks, Rangers 5 homers in 10-9 win over Mariners

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Asdrúbal Cabrera hit two of the five Texas homers, Mike Minor struck out 11 over six innings and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 10-9 in a series opener Monday night. Hunter Pence, Joey Gallo and Rougned Odor also went deep. The Rangers twice had back-to-back homers while winning for the fifth time in six games since losing five in a row.

Rangers score 2 runs in 10th, rally past Cardinals 5-4

Nomar Mazara hit a sacrifice fly off St. Louis reliever Carlos Martinez to cap a two-run rally in the 10th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers over the Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday.

Cardinals get 1st win over Rangers since 2011 World Series

Matt Carpenter almost homered and almost got picked off in the same decisive inning that pushed the St. Louis Cardinals to their first victory over Texas since the 2011 World Series.

Rangers reliever Kelley has lumps removed from throat

Texas Rangers reliever Shawn Kelley was ready to start pitching again while waiting for the results of a biopsy on two lumps that were surgically removed from his throat.

Rangers belt 5 home runs in 16-1 rout of Royals

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Rougned Odor and the rest of the Texas Rangers had been using the Kansas City Royals' beleaguered pitching staff for batting practice most of the sun-splashed afternoon. Then the Rangers used their backup second baseman for it, too.