Hamilton Leads Rangers Past Twins 10-6
Josh Hamilton had five RBIs and Mitch Moreland doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning that carried Texas to a 10-6 victory over the Twins on Thursday night.
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Josh Hamilton had five RBIs and Mitch Moreland doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning that carried Texas to a 10-6 victory over the Twins on Thursday night.
Adrian Beltre smacked three home runs, including two in a nine-run fourth inning, and had five RBIs as the Rangers topped the Orioles 12-3 on Wednesday night.
Rangers right-hander Yu Darvish will miss his next start on Thursday because of tightness in his right quadriceps muscle.
Rangers starting pitcher Yu Darvish experienced tightness in his right quadriceps during a bullpen session Tuesday. He will be evaluated, but is still expected to start on Thursday.
While conventional wisdom has it that the Rangers traded for Ryan Dempster at the deadline in order to bolster the rotation, horse-sense has it that they traded for Ryan Dempster at the deadline so that they could boast the greatest one-two punch of Harry Caray impersonators in all of baseball.
After giving up eight runs twice in his first three Texas starts, Ryan Dempster limited the Orioles to one run and allowed only four hits over eight innings in a 5-1 win Monday night.
Ryan Dempster has been reinstated from the restricted list to start the opener of the Texas Rangers' homestand.
Michael Young hit a three-run homer and a two-run double to help the Rangers beat the Blue Jays 11-2 on Sunday. The AL West leaders top the majors with 606 runs scored.
Nelson Cruz hit a two-run homer, Joe Nathan converted his team-record 22nd straight save opportunity and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 Saturday.
The Rangers said Friday that Dempster would be placed on the restricted list. The team didn't have any further explanation for his absence and said he was expected to rejoin the team Monday.
Texas had lost eight straight games at Yankee Stadium. And the hard-hitting Rangers had done little in this series too, totaling only four runs before the finale on Thursday afternoon.
Freddy Garcia was able to work around two solo home runs by Josh Hamilton, and the Yankees barely edged past the Rangers for the third straight night, 3-2 on Wednesday.
The Rangers signed catcher Koyie Hill to a minor league contract on Tuesday. Hill started the season with the Cubs and batted .179 with one RBI in 11 games.
Shortstop phenom Jurickson Profar is an option to join the currently short Texas bench. The Rangers currently have 13 pitchers on their roster and just three bench hitters.
Josh Hamilton hit his 32nd homer and drove in three runs while Yu Darvish struck out eight batters, and the Rangers beat the Tigers 8-3 on Sunday afternoon to take the series.
