Rangers' 9-7 Loss To Astros Shrinks Gap
The loss cut Texas' lead in the AL West to 3 1/2 games.
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The loss cut Texas' lead in the AL West to 3 1/2 games.
Milo Hamilton, a Hall of Fame broadcaster who called Hank Aaron's historic 715th home run in 1974, has died.
Fielder hit two of the Rangers' season-high five homers and drove in five runs, Napoli went deep along with his first career outfield assist and the Rangers extended their division lead over the Houston Astros
The Texas Rangers overtook the Houston Astros for first place in the AL West, winning another tense showdown 6-5 on a Mitch Moreland sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth.
Prince Fielder followed Adrian Beltre's one-out single in the eighth inning with a tiebreaking, two-run home run to straight-away center field into a stuff wind to lead Texas to a 5-3 win over the first-place Houston Astros.
This series between the Rangers and Astros is easily the biggest, most significant series played between these two in their matchup's history.
After struggling so much on their home field this season, the Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the AL West-leading Houston Astros that wrapped up a 7-3 homestand.
Chris Gimenez hit the deciding home run, and Texas held on for the 4-3 win on Wednesday, using five relievers after Nick Martinez allowed one hit and one run over five innings.
Pitching on Tuesday night for the sixth time in seven games, Shawn Tolleson got himself into and out of a ninth inning jam to help Texas hold off the first-place Astros by a score of 4-3.
Beltre homered in his fourth at-bat to complete his third career cycle, becoming the first player since the 1930s to accomplish that, in the Texas Rangers' wild 12-9 victory over Houston.
The Houston ace struck out a career-high 13 in seven scoreless innings, leading the Astros to a 10-0 victory over the Rangers.
Rougned Odor homered early, then got into a testy exchange at home plate in the ninth inning that escalated into a shouting match between the managers as the Rangers beat the Astros 7-6.
Investigators say they've uncovered evidence that the St. Louis Cardinals hacked into the internal networks of the Houston Astros.
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Carlos Peguero hit two solo homers, Shin-Soo Choo had a two-run shot, and Texas routed the Astros by a score of 11-3 on Wednesday behind eight innings from Colby Lewis.
Wandy Rodriguez pitched well and Kyle Blanks had three hits as the Rangers beat the Astros by a score of 7-1 on Tuesday to win consecutive games for the first time this season.
Robinson Chirinos hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the Rangers snapped Houston's 10-game winning streak with a 2-1 win over the Astros on Monday.
George Springer made a key catch and Hank Conger hit a two-run homer in the 14th inning, giving Houston a 6-4 win over the Rangers after Texas rallied from a four-run deficit.
Derek Holland has started a World Series game at home for the Rangers, a gem in Game 4 in 2011. Now, the left-hander gets a fresh start in the home opener for Texas.
Joining the 40-40 club (40 homers and 40 steals in a single season) has always been a rare feat, evidenced by the fact that it's been accomplished just four times in baseball history. But if you were to make a list of baseball's top candidates to even have a shot at reaching the milestone, Astros outfielder George Springer would be at or near the top.
After filling a big void in their rotation with a hometown starter, the Rangers have added one of the catchers who will be behind the plate for Yovani Gallardo.
The Texas Rangers have acquired catcher Carlos Corporan from the Houston Astros in exchange for minor league pitcher Akeem Bostick.
The Texas Rangers have announce the 2015 home opener will be held Friday April 10 at Globe Life Park against the Houston Astros.
