Baseball Report: Clayton Kershaw Returns For Dodgers
Clayton Kershaw looked good in season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers after dealing with shoulder inflammation in Spring Training.
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Clayton Kershaw looked good in season debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers after dealing with shoulder inflammation in Spring Training.
The Astros star delivered, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 5-1 in a rare season-opening matchup between pitchers who finished first and second in balloting for the Cy Young Award.
Rangers GM Jon Daniels said all four players coming to the Rangers are at the upper levels of the minor leagues and knocking on the door of the big leagues.
Adrian Beltre hit his 13th homer of the season for the last-place Rangers.
Tyler Glasnow allowed two infield singles in six innings for the hard-throwing right-hander's first American League win, 3-0 over the Texas Rangers.
Lance McCullers pitched seven strong innings, Jake Marisnick homered and the Astros beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 Thursday night for their 11th straight victory away from home.
Some MLB teams are already looking to next season and beyond, but even their fans have something to be hopeful about.
Jake Faria won for the first time since July 25, allowing one run over six innings to lead the Rays over Cole Hamels and the Rangers by a score of 4-2 on Wednesday.
Matt Moore only allowed an unearned run over seven innings in his first start against his former team, and the Rangers beat the Rays by a score of 7-2 on Tuesday night.
Mallex Smith had four hits for the second time in eight days, and Blake Snell struck out nine batters on Monday to help the Rays end a losing streak with an 8-4 win over the Rangers.
A baseball fan sitting behind home plate was ejected from Yankee Stadium on Tuesday night for shouting the location of pitches during New York's win over the Rays. Both managers praised the ejection.
Hurricane Irma's looming arrival is already preventing the Miami Dolphins and Florida International from hosting their respective home openers this weekend, with more changes almost certain to happen in the coming days.
Rougned Odor homered twice, including back-to-back drives with Carlos Gomez in the eighth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 6-5 Sunday and complete a three-game sweep.
Texas turned three Tampa Bay miscues into a three-run sixth inning and the Rangers beat the Rays 4-3 on Saturday night.
Logan Morrison and Derek Norris homered in a three-run 10th inning to cap a late Tampa Bay comeback as the Rays beat the Texas Rangers 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Elvis Andrus had a career-high five RBIs, Jared Hoying hit a tiebreaking single, and the Rangers scored seven runs in their final two innings to beat the Rays by a score of 9-5 on Tuesday night.
Tim Beckham hit a go-ahead three-run homer in the seventh when the Rays scored five runs in a span of three pitches for a 10-8 win at Texas that took nearly four hours Monday
Adrian Beltre has been activated from the D.L. and is starting at 3B and batting 4th!
The Rays added one of the Dodgers top young arms via trade. He could make significant contributions to this year's team as they look to rebound from a tough season.
While the Rangers (95-67) fell one win shy of matching the franchise record for victories, they had already clinched home-field advantage through the postseason.
Colby Lewis lost his fifth straight start in the right-hander's tuneup for the playoffs, allowing Corey Dickerson's three-run homer in the Tampa Bay Rays' 4-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
Logan Forsythe homered after missing four games due to back spasms, and the Tampa Bay Rays took two of three from the AL West-leading Texas Rangers with an 8-4 victory on Sunday.
Adrian Beltre and Elvis Andrus had two hits each for the Rangers, who entered the day with a seven-game lead in the AL West.
Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter until the sixth inning Friday night, but Adrian Beltre upstaged him in the Texas Rangers' 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
In order to stay in front, Texas must deal for an arm to bolster their rotation for the stretch run.
