Rangers See Lee & Beckett As Long Shots
The Rangers view deals for both Cliff Lee and Josh Beckett as "long shots" at the moment, sources suggest.
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The Rangers view deals for both Cliff Lee and Josh Beckett as "long shots" at the moment, sources suggest.
The Red Sox have called at least the Rangers and Braves to gauge interest in pitcher Josh Beckett. His reputation and attitude will have to be considered by any interested team.
Derek Holland struck out seven batters as the Rangers took advantage of wild throws by Josh Beckett in a 5-3 victory over the Red Sox on Wednesday night.
Boston drew consecutive walks from Joe Nathan in the ninth inning, then Mike Aviles blooped a tiebreaking single that lifted the Red Sox over the Rangers 2-1 on Tuesday night.
Scott Feldman, starting after Roy Oswalt was scratched with back tightness, threw seven strong innings to lead the Rangers to a 9-1 win over the Red Sox on Monday night.
Roy Oswalt has been scratched from his scheduled Monday start against the Rex Sox due to lower back tightness, the Rangers reported. Scott Feldman will replace him in the rotation.
Kevin Youkilis hit a game-ending RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 win over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night.
The Rangers are among four teams believed to be interested in acquiring free agent pitcher Roy Oswalt, along with the Orioles, Red Sox, Phillies and possibly even the Dodgers.
The ball that rolled through Bill Buckner's legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series between the Red Sox and the Mets will be sold at auction in Dallas on Friday.
Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer and drove in four runs, as the red-hot Rangers completed a two-game sweep over the Red Sox on Wednesday night.
It was an epic night for the Rangers. The big bats came alive in the 8th as Texas swatted pitch after pitch from Red Sox pitcher Mark Melancon over the big green monster.
Josh Hamilton homered and matched his career high with five RBIs As the Rangers hit six home runs and romped past the Boston Red Sox 18-3 Tuesday night for their fifth straight victory.
Bobby Valentine may be calling the shots in Boston as the new Red Sox manager, but his namesake restaurant is still proudly serving Rangers fans in Arlington, just as it has since his days with the Rangers.
The reigning AL champions try for their first 4-0 start away from home in 20 years Tuesday night, but they'll have to go through Red Sox ace Jon Lester in the opener of a two-game set.
Bobby Valentine took over as manager of the Boston Red Sox on Thursday, promising to be hard-working, open-minded and humble.
Bobby Valentine has interviewed to be manager of the Boston Red Sox, the sixth person to be brought in for a talk with general manager Ben Cherington.
Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux has withdrawn from consideration for the manager's job with the Boston Red Sox.
Rangers general manager Jon Daniels said Thursday the Cubs and Red Sox both requested to interview Maddux, who has been in Texas for three seasons.
Game 7 of the World Series between St. Louis and Texas averaged 25.4 million viewers to make it the most-watched ballgame since 2004.
This time, Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers put up the big numbers in a strange season series of blowout games against the Boston Red Sox.
The Rangers led 3-1 going into the fourth and starter Colby Lewis (11-10) thought he'd worked out of some early-inning control problems.That was before he gave up Jarrod Saltalamacchia's two-run homer that tied the game 3-all and started the downfall for Texas.
Derek Holland allowed two hits in seven innings and got his usual strong support as the Texas Rangers hit three homers and beat the Boston Red Sox 10-0 on Friday night.
Adrian Gonzalez homered twice to give him five in four games, Andrew Miller pitched three-hit ball in a spot start and the Boston Red Sox won their third straight over the Texas Rangers.
Matt Harrison gave up four runs in the first inning and the Rangers suffered another lopsided loss against the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday.
Adrian Gonzalez homered twice, and the Boston Red Sox finally won a game in Texas with an 11-5 victory Tuesday night.
