Rangers & Improbable Rays In ALDS Rematch
The Texas Rangers had to win their last six games to earn home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
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The Texas Rangers had to win their last six games to earn home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Mike Napoli broke a tie in the ninth inning with his fourth homer in two games, and the Texas Rangers finally clinched home-field advantage in the AL division series with a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Adrian Beltre, Mike Napoli and Nelson Cruz hit consecutive homers, and the Rangers got a 10-3 victory over the Angels on Tuesday night.
The Rangers had already won the AL West, so they had no excitement about knocking their division rivals out of the wild card race.
Yorvit Torrealba homered in consecutive innings, including a grand slam, after Derek Holland pitched his scheduled five innings for his 16th victory and the AL West champion Texas Rangers beat Seattle 12-5 Sunday in their final home game of the regular season.
Seattle ace Felix Hernandez was forced out of the game when he took a line drive off his right forearm during the Rangers' six-run fourth inning Saturday, and Texas used a patchwork lineup to beat the Mariners 7-3 one day after it clinched the AL West title.
With champagne being sprayed around and on him, Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington savored the moment and remembered a much different scene in the same clubhouse at the end of last year's World Series.
Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre hit long home runs and Craig Gentry had an inside-the-park homer for AL West-leading Texas in a 5-3 victory over Seattle on Friday night that cut the Rangers' magic number to one.
Arguably the key moment in the history of the Texas Rangers happened on December 7, 1988. That was the day that Nolan Ryan signed a free agent deal with the Texas Rangers, setting the beleaguered franchise on a course that's still taking shape.
Coco Crisp hit a go-ahead single in the eighth inning, and the Oakland Athletics beat the first-place Texas Rangers 4-3 on Thursday to avoid a series sweep.
Rangers reliever Mark Lowe has returned to Arlington to have his injured left hamstring examined by team physician Dr. Keith Meister.
Homers by Ian Kinsler and Josh Hamilton lifted the Rangers to a win over the A's on Wednesday, reducing the team's magic number to three.
Beltre hit a three-run homer in the first inning, and the division-leading Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 on Tuesday night.
Michael Young says he never really wanted to leave Texas, even after requesting a trade last winter.
Adrian Beltre got the best of former teammate Felix Hernandez, hitting a two-run homer and propelling the Rangers to a 3-0 win over Seattle.
