Rangers falter in AL West chase, lose to Twins 10-2
Jacob deGrom matched a career high by allowing eight earned runs and the Texas Rangers stumbled again in the AL West race with a 10-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
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Jacob deGrom matched a career high by allowing eight earned runs and the Texas Rangers stumbled again in the AL West race with a 10-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.
The Texas Rangers are feeling revitalized but still have work to do to win the AL West.
Ezequiel Durán and Elias Díaz hit solo homers, Cal Quantrill worked six scoreless innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 on Sunday.
Yordan Alvarez tied a career high with four hits, Jeremy Peña hit a home run, and the Houston Astros used a four-run seventh inning to pull away from the Texas Rangers 7-3 and complete a series sweep.
Brandon Nimmo hit a game-ending single that drove in Wyatt Langford with his third hit of the game, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 6-5 to enter the All-Star break with a winning record at 49-47.
Ezequiel Durán homered twice for the AL West-leading Rangers.
Cole Winn retired all four batters he faced in the seventh and eighth innings for his second win in two nights.
Houston Astros right-hander Tatsuya Imai and relievers Steven Okert and Alimber Santa combined to throw a no-hitter in a 9-0 win over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Houston's rookie right‑hander continued his dominant start to the season while the bullpen and defense closed out the win.
C.J. Kayfus was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the ninth, sealing a 3–2 win over the Rangers and securing Cleveland a playoff berth.
Jose Altuve hit a two-run home run and Jeremy Peña homered and doubled to help the Houston Astros complete a three-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 5-2 win Wednesday night.
Zach Cole homered and drove in three runs after replacing injured slugger Yordan Alvarez in the lineup, and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 in the opener of a pivotal three-game series.
Jake Burger followed Josh Jung's tiebreaking double with a two-run homer off Framber Valdez in the sixth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 4-2 to keep pace in the American League wild-card race.
Marcus Semien hit his 250th career home run as the Texas Rangers defeat the Houston Astros 5-1 on Sunday.
Rangers RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-3, 1.62 ERA) starts Sunday's rubber game opposite Astros RHP Hunter Brown (9-3, 2.21).
Isaac Paredes hit a go-ahead, three-run homer off reliever Robert Garcia in the eighth inning.
The victory clinched the season series for the Astros for the eighth consecutive year.
Texas slugger Corey Seager hit a two-run homer in the Astros' 4-2 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
Josh Smith hit a game-ending two-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Texas Rangers a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros.
The defending champions won seven of their last 10 games to enter the All-Star break in third place in the AL West.
Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien is set to be the starter at second base for the American League in the 2024 Major League All-Star Game.
Jonah Heim homered and drove in four runs, and the Rangers beat Houston 12-8 on Friday night to drop the Astros seven games under .500 for the first time in eight years.
Yordan Alvarez and Victor Caratini homered as Houston rallied from an early deficit to beat the Texas Rangers 10-5 after Astros scheduled starter Framber Valdez was scratched because of elbow soreness.
Dusty Baker has retired as manager of the Houston Astros, ending an illustrious 26-year career as a big league skipper.
The beauty of sports is that it reminds us a comeback is possible.
