Rangers Look To Rebuild After Finishing 2020 With Worst Record In American League
While the Rangers had the American League's worst record, and were 6-24 on the road, they avoided the worst winning percentage in team history.
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While the Rangers had the American League's worst record, and were 6-24 on the road, they avoided the worst winning percentage in team history.
The 37-year-old Pence wrote on his Twitter page: "Nothing can really prepare you for this part of your career when you have to say: I am retiring from baseball. Forever thankful and Gr8ful."
Things continue to go downhill for the Texas Rangers, as the Houston Astros are on the verge of clinching the American League's last playoff spot.
Not one run... not one. For the first time since 2019 the Texas Rangers have been shut out.
Kyle Cody earned his first major league win as the Texas Rangers hit a season-high five home runs to power past the Los Angeles 7-2 on Sunday.
Pitcher Kyle Gibson threw a four-hitter and Joey Gallo hit a ground-rule RBI double with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers over the Houston Astros 1-0.
The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers' new ballpark in Arlington as part of a bubble agreement between Major League Baseball and the players' association.
It's reportedly a done deal. The Major League Baseball 2020 postseason will be played at neutral-site bubbles and players will step up to the plate for the World Series, possibly, at Globe Life Field in Arlington.
Texas ace Lance Lynn struck out a season-high 10 in seven innings, Rougned Odor hit a tiebreaking three-run homer and the last-place Rangers beat the AL West-leading Oakland Athletics 6-3 on Sunday.
Marcus Semien drove in four runs, Chris Bassitt struck out eight over six innings and the Oakland Athletics beat the Texas Rangers 10-1 on Saturday night to get a split in their doubleheader.
Rougned Odor and Ronald Guzman homered in a five-run first inning for the Texas Rangers, who beat the Oakland Athletics 5-2 in the first game of a doubleheader Saturday to spoil the major league debut of Daulton Jefferies.
Barring any last minute changes, this year's World Series will be held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, a high-ranking MLB official tells CBS 11 Sports.
The Seattle Mariners completed a four-game sweep of the Rangers, who have lost six straight.
Kyle Seager hit a two-run home run, rookie Kyle Lewis added a solo shot and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-3 on Sunday.
Lance Lynn hadn't given up more than three earned runs in a game this season but was tagged for four runs in the first inning on Thursday afternoon.
Things were all shook up in Houston as a guy named Elvis hit a game-tying homer off a dude named Pressly.
Texas receives two players to be named. New York also receives cash in the deal involving Chirinos.
Minor has struggled this year, going 0-5 with a 5.60 ERA with Texas, but he went 14-10 with a 3.59 ERA in 32 starts last season.
Cody Bellinger's two-run homer gave the Dodgers 57 long balls in August, and LA beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday.
Max Muncy drove in four runs close to home for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who can still avoid their first series loss of the season after a 7-4 win Saturday night over the Texas Rangers and potential trade target Lance Lynn.
Thursday's games involving the Dallas Mavericks, Dallas Wings and Texas Rangers have been postponed as teams stand in solidarity over racial injustice following the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake.
First COVID-19, now Hurricane Laura... the storm approaching the Texas Gulf Coast has caused the postponement of the Houston Astros' game against the Los Angeles Angels.
Pitcher Lance Lynn gave the Texas Rangers another workhorse start, and helped them get their first win in more than a week.
Sam Haggerty and Kyle Lewis homered, Justin Dunn pitched one-hit ball over six innings and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 4-1 on Sunday.
Eric Hosmer hit a grand slam in the fifth inning Thursday against the Texas Rangers, making the Padres the first team in MLB history to hit a slam in four straight games.
