Elvis leaves building twice, Rangers beat Angels 7-6
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Elvis Andrus hit two of the four Texas home runs and the Rangers held on beat the Los Angeles Angels 7-6 Sunday in the rubber game of a series with wild-card implications for both teams. The Rangers (68-68) went ahead to stay when Robinson Chirinos and Delino DeShields hit back-to-back homers in the fourth inning. No. 9 hitter Chirinos' two-run homer tied the game at...
Rangers collapse late, fall to Angels 7-4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Kole Calhoun hit a tiebreaking two-run single in the 10th inning, and the Los Angeles Angels rallied to beat the Texas Rangers 7-4 on Saturday night. Los Angeles remained 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota for the AL's second wild card berth. Texas fell to four games behind the Twins.
Rangers outlast Angels 10-9, move up in AL wild-card race
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Despite mounting injuries and adversity, the Texas Rangers are still clinging to their wild-card hopes. Hours after getting confirmation that star third baseman Adrian Beltre was likely done for the season with a strained left hamstring, the Rangers outlasted the Los Angeles Angels 10-9 in a back-and-forth game that lasted more than 4 ½ hours. "Probably the...
Rangers' Beltre could miss rest of season with hamstring strain
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adrian Beltre could miss the rest of the regular season after an MRI on Friday showed a Grade 2 strain in his left hamstring. The Rangers said Beltre is expected to be sidelined for a minimum of four weeks. That would take his recovery into the final weekend of the regular season in which Beltre got his 3,000th career hit.
Choo paces Rangers' 12-2 rout of Astros in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Shin-Soo Choo homered and drove in four runs Tuesday night, helping the Texas Rangers rout the Astros 12-2 in the opener of a series relocated to Florida due to flooding in Houston caused by Hurricane Harvey.
Choo homers but Rangers do little else in 8-3 loss to A's
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - A.J. Griffin's day began with a disputed balk call that was eventually waved off. Turned out, that was about the only thing that went in his favor. The right-hander gave up consecutive home runs to his former team in the second inning and retired only 10 batters as the Oakland Athletics beat Griffin and the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.
A's beat Rangers 8-3, end Hamels' streak
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Chad Pinder homered twice to help the Oakland Athletics end Cole Hamels' five-game win streak with an 8-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Jed Lowrie drove in three runs for the A's, who put back-to-back victories together for the first time since Aug. 5-6 at the Los Angeles Angels. The A's have not won more than two in a row since a three-game...
Rangers back above .500 after 3-0 win vs. Angels
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - It was supposed to be over, all those early season hopes of a playoff spot, when the Texas Rangers sent ace Yu Darvish to the Dodgers and starting catcher Jonathan Lucroy to the Rockies. The Rangers were six games under .500 on Aug. 1, a team worth giving up on. "That's not the way we look at it," said Texas rookie Drew Robinson. "We believe in the guys...
New Rangers ballpark to be named Globe Life Field
The Texas Rangers on Thursday announced the name of the new stadium in Arlington – Globe Life Field.
Missed opportunities doom Rangers in loss to White Sox
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Miguel Gonzalez escaped early trouble and pitched six scoreless innings, leading the Chicago White Sox over the Texas Rangers 3-2 Sunday. Texas dropped 2 ½ games behind the Twins and the Angels for the AL's second wild-card spot. The Rangers finished a 10-game homestand 7-3, but split the four-game series against Chicago.
Rangers' offense explodes in 17-7 win over White Sox
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Rougned Odor homered twice, Mike Napoli also went deep, and both had five RBIs as the Texas Rangers overcame an early five-run deficit to beat the Chicago White Sox 17-7 on Saturday night. Odor's first homer, a three-run shot in the third, made it 7-5 and ended the night for White Sox starter Derek Holland (6-13), the former Ranger starting as an opponent in Texas...
Rangers' win streak ends with 4-3 loss to White Sox
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Nicky Delmonico lined an inside-the-park home run in the eighth inning, his second go-ahead homer of the game, and the Chicago White Sox stopped a five-game losing streak with a 4-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night.
Rangers hit 3 homers off Verlander in 10-4 win over Tigers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Joey Gallo and Mike Napoli hit back-to-back homers off Justin Verlander, and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 10-4 on Tuesday night, ending the former AL MVP and Cy Young Award winner's three-game winning streak. The Rangers had just gone ahead 2-1 on Nomar Mazara's RBI single in the fourth inning when Gallo hit his 34th homer, a towering drive that...
Gallo homers for Rangers in 6-2 win over Tigers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Joey Gallo hit his 33rd home run and the Texas Rangers also played some small ball in a 6-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night. Martin Perez (7-10) had a second straight solid start for Texas. The lefty made it through six innings without giving up any more runs after trailing 2-0 only three batters into the game.
Beltre, Rangers hand Astros 5th straight loss with 8-3 win
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adrian Beltre had three hits with three RBIs after new Hall of Fame catcher Ivan Rodriguez acknowledged his 3,000-hit milestone, and the Texas Rangers beat Houston 8-3 on Saturday night, handing the AL-leading Astros a season-high fifth straight loss.
Rangers beat Astros 6-4 after Hamels' 7 scoreless innings
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Cole Hamels pitched seven scoreless innings, Elvis Andrus scored each time after his three hits and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-4 Friday night, the fourth straight loss for the team with the AL's best record.
Rangers get reliever Marinez on waiver claim from Pirates
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers have received right-handed reliever Jhan Marinez on a waiver claim from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Texas will have to make a corresponding roster move before its game Friday against AL West-leading Houston to add Marinez to the active roster. The Rangers were off Thursday. Marinez, who turns 29 on Saturday, has gone 0-3 with a 3.91 ERA over 39 relief...
It's Baseball Time: Rangers giving away alarm clocks
Tonight the Texas Rangers play the first of two games in New York against the Mets. Ballpark announcer Chuck Morgan stops by Good Day to talk about the team and the rest of the season, especially now that pitcher Yu Darvish is gone.
Hamels throws complete game No. 16 as Rangers beat Twins 4-1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Cole Hamels threw the 16th complete game of his career - his first in nearly two years - and turned in his most efficient start of the season to lead the Texas Rangers past the Minnesota Twins 4-1 on Saturday night. With Hamels dominating on the mound, Nomar Mazara's first-inning, two-run homer off Kyle Gibson (6-9) was all the offense Texas needed to beat the Twins.
Colon goes distance, Minnesota beats Texas 8-4
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Bartolo Colon threw his first complete game in two years to earn his first win with Minnesota, Brian Dozier homered twice and the Twins beat the Texas Rangers 8-4 on Friday night. Robbie Grossman homered and had three RBIs for the Twins, who won for just the third time in 11 games.