Bay Homers To Help M's Beat Rangers 8-6
The Mariners offense is hitting home runs at a rapid rate. Jason Bay, Michael Morse, Michael Saunders and Carlos Peguero connected Friday in an 8-6 win over the Rangers.
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The Mariners offense is hitting home runs at a rapid rate. Jason Bay, Michael Morse, Michael Saunders and Carlos Peguero connected Friday in an 8-6 win over the Rangers.
The Mariners probably aren't prepared to meet Josh Hamilton's request for a seven-year deal, but they seem to have emerged as the likeliest alternative to the incumbent Rangers.
The mysterious Josh Hamilton market gets murkier by the day. Folks around the game are wondering where the market is for easily the most talented player available as a free agent.
The Mariners are weighing a run at superstar outfielder Josh Hamilton, team president Chuck Armstrong confirmed. Though he cautioned that they are still formulating their free-agency plans.
Mike Napoli and Geovany Soto homered to lead the Rangers to a 3-2 victory over the Mariners on Sunday, and preserve a four-game lead over the Athletics in the division.
Michael Saunders hit a solo home run in the second inning, former Texas prospect Blake Beavan threw seven shutout innings against his former club, and the Seattle Mariners kept the Rangers from extending their lead in the AL West.
Justin Smoak homered in the eighth and drove in a run in the ninth to lead the Seattle Mariners to an 8-6 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
Matt Harrison tossed a five-hitter for his 12th victory, Adrian Beltre had three hits and two RBIs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 4-0 on Sunday afternoon.
Joe Nathan's ninth inning was filled with elusive ground balls, screams to first baseman Michael Young, and, ultimately, an exhale after a strikeout.
Keller was farm director of the expansion Washington Senators from 1961-62 and 1965-71, then held the same role from 1972-78 after the team moved to Texas and became the Rangers.
Justin Smoak hit two three-run homers against his former team, and the Mariners used a pair of early eight-run innings to rout the Rangers, winning 21-8 on Wednesday night.
Kevin Millwood threw six shutout innings and the Seattle Mariners took two of three from division-leading Texas with a 5-3 win over the Rangers on Wednesday.
Elvis Andrus lined a two-strike pitch into the left-center field gap for a two-run triple, and the Rangers snapped Seattle's win streak with a 3-1 win over the Mariners.
Ichiro Suzuki and the Seattle Mariners chased Texas' Yu Darvish after just four innings in his shortest start of the season, and the Mariners rolled to their fourth straight win in a 6-1 victory over the Rangers on Monday night.
Michael Young hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs to back Derek Holland, leading the Texas Rangers over the Seattle Mariners 5-3 Thursday.
The Texas Rangers aren't worried about Joe Nathan, even though their new closing pitcher has already cost them two games -- their only losses.
After a horrific 1st inning, Yu Darvish settles down and the Rangers' offense bails him out.
Yu Darvish's much anticipated debut got off to a rocky start in the Rangers' 11-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners. It took Darvish 42 pitches to get out of the first inning but then his resilience took over.
It may be Baseball Time in Texas, but Monday night's Texas Rangers game is national news in Japan.
Darvish takes the mound in his highly anticipated major league debut Monday night when the Rangers try to continue their dominance of the Seattle Mariners in the opener of this four-game set.
Yu Darvish is scheduled to make his major league debut for the Texas Rangers in the fourth game of the season.
Texas looked to be on track early in their 9th Spring Training game of 2012. The Rangers battled the Seattle Mariners on a picture-perfect day in Peoria, Arizona.
Former Texas prospect Blake Beavan shutdown the Rangers for eight innings, Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler made a costly throwing error that led to three Seattle runs and the Mariners beat the Rangers 4-0 on Friday night.
Casper Wells had the tiebreaking RBI single in the seventh inning for the Mariners in a 4-3 victory over the Rangers on Wednesday night.
Josh Hamilton drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning and the AL West-leading Texas Rangers rallied from a three-run deficit for a 7-6 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.
