Rangers Survive Injury Scare In Chicago
Fears of serious injury to Rangers starters Yu Darvish and Leonys Martin were eased in the clubhouse following Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
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Fears of serious injury to Rangers starters Yu Darvish and Leonys Martin were eased in the clubhouse following Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
Adam Rosales, Jeff Baker and pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland each had two-run shots to go with solo a drive by Adrian Beltre and a bizarre inside-the-park effort by Ian Kinsler in Friday's 11-5 win.
The Rangers have sent right-hander Neil Ramirez to the Chicago Cubs to complete the trade that brought right-hander Matt Garza to Texas last month.
Not surprisingly, the Rangers have hit fewer home runs without suspended slugger Nelson Cruz in their lineup. Yet, the AL West leaders are somehow scoring more runs without him.
The heated in-state battle for the Silver Boot has been anything but over the last several years. The hallowed trophy has been claimed by the Rangers every season since 2007.
Elvis Andrus hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to score pinch runner Adam Rosales and give the Rangers their 40th comeback win of the season, 5-4 over the Astros.
Beltre doubled and scored in the second inning, and then hit a two-run homer in the sixth to power AL West-leading Texas to a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
The Texas Rangers are putting right-hander Alexi Ogando on the disabled list for the third time this season.
Leonys Martin and Elvis Andrus each scored twice for the Rangers in an 11-run inning that was the biggest in the majors this season, in a 16-5 win over the Astros on Monday night.
Lance Berkman said that he is waiting to be activated from the disabled list by the Rangers, and knows that may not happen for at least two more weeks, when the rosters expand.
Travis Blackley has half of his eight major league wins against the Rangers. On Tuesday night, he'll be pitching for the AL West leaders against the Astros, the team that traded the left-hander to Texas just last week.
Coming off a 15-strikeout performance in his last start, Texas ace Yu Darvish looked sharp through the first four innings Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Mariners.
Lance Berkman was back in the Texas Rangers clubhouse Friday. It was still unclear when he would be back in the lineup.
"60 Minutes" has learned that members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated fellow baseball players in the MLB doping scandal.
Matt Harrison was doing everything he could to get back in the Texas Rangers' rotation for the pennant chase. Their opening day starter will have to wait until next season.
