Rangers Starter Stuggles Again In 8-6 Loss To Twins
Progress for the Texas Rangers' injury-riddled starting rotation on Saturday night meant getting at least five innings, which had not happened since July 1.
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Progress for the Texas Rangers' injury-riddled starting rotation on Saturday night meant getting at least five innings, which had not happened since July 1.
Cole Hamels matched a career high with six walks while throwing 109 pitches, but Rougned Odor and Elvis Andrus had RBI triples as the Rangers rallied for a 6-5 victory over the Twins on Friday night.
Chi Chi Gonzalez had the longest outing by a Texas starter in six games, and still didn't make it out of the fifth inning while throwing 124 pitches as the Rangers set an undesired club record.
Cole Hamels was knocked out in the fifth inning of his shortest start this season and lost for the first time since May 27 as the last-place Minnesota Twins beat the first-place Texas Rangers for the second consecutive day, 5-4 on Sunday.
Max Kepler homered twice and set a Twins rookie record by driving in seven runs, helping Minnesota rout the Texas Rangers 17-5 on Saturday.
The Twins 3B seems to be ready for a big season after dominating in his debut last year.
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Torii Hunter's reunion in Minnesota went about as well as could have been expected -- for both sides.
Mitch Moreland drove in four runs on a career-high four hits, including a two-run homer to help the Texas Rangers avoid a sweep at Minnesota and rally past the Twins for a 6-5 victory Thursday.
Early mistakes forced Nick Martinez to adjust his game plan, but the Twins made sure that the struggling Texas starter never got the chance to implement those adjustments.
Eduardo Escobar's two-out double in the ninth inning drove in the winning run, capping a late rally by Minnesota for a much-needed 3-2 victory over Texas on Tuesday night.
The Texas Rangers will skip the next start for left-hander Cole Hamels because of his sore left groin.
Despite going 0 for 4 the Minnesota Twins beat the Rangers 4-3 Sunday and ended a five-game losing streak: The 21-year-old Buxton joined the Twins from Double-A. He batted ninth and played center, filling out a depleted Minnesota outfield.
The Royals beat the Twins by a score of 7-2 on Wednesday, a night spiced up in the eighth inning by an ejection of Torii Hunter that preceded his equipment-throwing tantrum.
The Twins have two of the top prospects in baseball in their farm system in Byron Buxton and Miguel Sano, but they'll probably start the season in the Minors. Until they reach MLB, the club can still be excited by the arrival of Vargas, who right at the start of 2015 should bring a pure power presence the Twins were really lacking for much of last season.
Torii Hunter is coming back to the place it all began. Hunter agreed to a $10.5 million, one-year contract to return to the Minnesota Twins.
Giants Snacks has inked a deal with its third MLB team, becoming the official provider of sunflower seeds for the Rangers after previous deals with the Twins and Rockies.
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The star pitcher allowed just four hits over eight sharp innings and the Texas Rangers beat Minnesota 5-0 on Saturday.
With a few switches in the order and an impressive performance by starter Nick Tepesch, the Rangers ended their longest losing streak in nearly nine years.
It's been almost two weeks since the Texas Rangers won a game. On Friday. they welcome the struggling Twins, who have lost 8-straight road games.
Leonys Martin doubled twice and scored three times, including the go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat Minnesota Twins 5-4 on Thursday to win their second straight four-game series on the road.
Joe Saunders pitched five scoreless innings and Luis Sardinas drove in the only run of the game to lift the Rangers to a 1-0 victory over the Twins on Wednesday night.
Joakim Soria bobbled a ball with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth inning, allowing the winning run to score in Minnesota's 4-3 victory over the Rangers on Tuesday night.
