Correia Frustrates Rangers As Twins Win 4-2
Kevin Correia pitched seven strong innings and the Minnesota Twins clinched their first series victory at Texas in four years, beating the AL West-leading Rangers 4-2 on Sunday.
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Kevin Correia pitched seven strong innings and the Minnesota Twins clinched their first series victory at Texas in four years, beating the AL West-leading Rangers 4-2 on Sunday.
Martin hit a game-winning bases-loaded single with two outs in the ninth inning to give Texas Rangers a 2-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.
Shortstop Elvis Andrus has left the Texas Rangers' game against the Minnesota Twins due to lower back tightness.
The Twins broke up Yu Darvish's latest no-hit bid in a big way with a tying, two-run homer in the seventh inning and Justin Morneau followed with a home run that sent the Twins over the Texas Rangers 3-2.
It will be Ortiz's fourth stint with the Rangers in the 23-year-old's rookie season. He is 2-1 with a 3.96 ERA in 25 appearances covering 36 1-3 innings. He has worked 7 1-3 scoreless innings over his last three outings with Texas.
Nelson Cruz held a brief press conference Friday at Rangers Ballpark to apologize to fans, the Rangers organization and Major League Baseball regarding his role in the recent PED scandal.
Rangers Manager Ron Washington called The Ben and Skin Show on 105.3 The Fan to discuss Beltre as an MVP candidate, Profar's development and his surprising answer when asked to identify his team's #1 strength.
Rangers GM Jon Daniels joined 105.3 The Fan's Ben & Skin show Thursday. They discussed Yu's killer instincts, Elvis' bounce-back after a slow start and the future of power hitters.
Leonys Martin homered and drove in a career-high four runs as the Texas Rangers roughed up Felix Hernandez and romped past the Seattle Mariners 12-4 Thursday.
Texas manager Ron Washington says the Rangers expect to activate pitchers Neftali Feliz and Nick Tepesch and designated hitter Lance Berkman from the disabled list when rosters expand on Sunday.
While Yu Darvish is the most prolific strikeout pitcher on this year's club, another Ranger is quickly climbing the teams' all-time strikeout list.
Matt Garza felt he was just a little off. It was enough to make for another shaky outing. Garza gave up two home runs, and the Rangers lost 5-2 to the surging White Sox on Sunday.
Fears of serious injury to Rangers starters Yu Darvish and Leonys Martin were eased in the clubhouse following Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the White Sox.
Adam Rosales, Jeff Baker and pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland each had two-run shots to go with solo a drive by Adrian Beltre and a bizarre inside-the-park effort by Ian Kinsler in Friday's 11-5 win.
Not surprisingly, the Rangers have hit fewer home runs without suspended slugger Nelson Cruz in their lineup. Yet, the AL West leaders are somehow scoring more runs without him.
The heated in-state battle for the Silver Boot has been anything but over the last several years. The hallowed trophy has been claimed by the Rangers every season since 2007.
Elvis Andrus hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning to score pinch runner Adam Rosales and give the Rangers their 40th comeback win of the season, 5-4 over the Astros.
Beltre doubled and scored in the second inning, and then hit a two-run homer in the sixth to power AL West-leading Texas to a 4-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Tuesday night.
The Texas Rangers are putting right-hander Alexi Ogando on the disabled list for the third time this season.
Leonys Martin and Elvis Andrus each scored twice for the Rangers in an 11-run inning that was the biggest in the majors this season, in a 16-5 win over the Astros on Monday night.
Lance Berkman said that he is waiting to be activated from the disabled list by the Rangers, and knows that may not happen for at least two more weeks, when the rosters expand.
Travis Blackley has half of his eight major league wins against the Rangers. On Tuesday night, he'll be pitching for the AL West leaders against the Astros, the team that traded the left-hander to Texas just last week.
Coming off a 15-strikeout performance in his last start, Texas ace Yu Darvish looked sharp through the first four innings Sunday afternoon against the Seattle Mariners.
Lance Berkman was back in the Texas Rangers clubhouse Friday. It was still unclear when he would be back in the lineup.
"60 Minutes" has learned that members of Alex Rodriguez's inner circle obtained and leaked documents that implicated fellow baseball players in the MLB doping scandal.
