This Week In Baseball: Who To Root For If Your Team's Out Of The MLB Playoff Hunt
Is your team eliminated from the postseason? We're here to help you enjoy the rest of the year.
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Is your team eliminated from the postseason? We're here to help you enjoy the rest of the year.
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.
Beltre homered twice to drive in five runs, Shin-Soo Choo also went deep and the Rangers wrapped their series against Oakland with a 12-4 victory Sunday.
Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will have arthroscopic surgery on his troublesome left knee.
The Rangers managed only one hit in seven innings against Nuno, winless in his 20 previous starts, and two Seattle relievers completed the one-hitter as the Mariners went on to a 6-0 victory
Hamels managed to shake off the close call and toss seven innings, and Texas homered four times to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-6 on Tuesday night.
Major League Baseball released the 2016 schedule for every team today.
Don't blame Harvey or the Mets for how they're handling it. Bottom line is, it's still an inexact science.
Adrian Beltre lined a two-run, bases-loaded single in the sixth inning and Yovani Gallardo pitched into the sixth as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 3-0 Monday to gain ground in the division.
Despite drawing six walks, the Rangers only managed one hit against the Angels. None of those baserunners scored, and Texas lost the game by a score of 7-0 on Sunday.
With just four weeks left in the season, it's going to be hard to tinker with your roster enough to make a difference. More likely than not, you'll end up chasing elusive stats and missing out on the bigger prize: your league championship.
It's September, and you know what that means... It's about to be playoff baseball time.
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Moreland, who struck out as a pinch hitter earlier in the game, delivered when he doubled in the go-ahead run in the 10th inning to help the surging Texas Rangers to a 4-3 victory over the Padres
Major League Baseball roster expansion is one of the most perplexing, silly rules in sports.
Moments after Andrus' go-ahead, run-scoring single keyed a three-run play, the Rangers' shortstop capped the four-run seventh inning by stealing home and leading Texas to an 8-6 win over the Padres
The Commissioner denied an appeal for reinstatement on the behalf of White Sox legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, what does that mean for Pete Rose?
Ross held Texas to three hits in seven innings and hit an RBI single, and the San Diego Padres won 7-0, handing the Rangers just their third loss in 10 games.
I don't know who the Rangers closer will be next year, but Shawn Tolleson has earned the right to withstand a road bump or two for this season.
Jake Arrieta had been building toward this moment. He'd come achingly close to holding opponents hitless three times last year in a breakout season with the Cubs.
Derek Holland noticed how quiet it suddenly got after the final pitch of his eighth career shutout for the Texas Rangers.
Every September, MLB rosters expand so minor-league players with potential can get a cup of coffee with the big-league team. No matter what the hype, avoid relying on these September call-ups to help your fantasy baseball team. Stick to the veteran players you know well and let the other owners in your league gamble on the rookies. You won't regret it when the season ends with your team in first place. The other owners will be shaking their heads with regret for letting hype rule their decision-making processes.
Yovani Gallardo earned his 100th career victory, Delino DeShields had a part in all the Texas runs even without an RBI and the Rangers stopped the Toronto Blue Jays' five-game winning streak, 4-1 Thursday.
The Texas Rangers announced the club has recalled right-handed pitcher Nick Martinez from Round Rock and optioned right-handed pitcher Spencer Patton to Triple-A Round Rock.
The Rangers walked a season-high 11, and Edwin Encarnacion hit a grand slam that helped lift David Price to a win on his 30th birthday in Toronto's 12-4 victory against Texas on Wednesday night.
