ARLINGTON, Texas -- Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Dan Straily entered Tuesday night’s game with a 7.27 ERA. But, for one night, Straily outpitched the heralded Yu Darvish in the rarest of rare happenings at Rangers Ballpark, a game in which one run is enough to win.
HOUSTON -- Nelson Cruz had a planned day off Sunday. And with the idea to give two regulars a day off, manager Ron Washington went with second baseman Ian Kinsler, who had a tough Saturday with two errors on one play and 1-for-5 game at the plate that included leaving four runners on base.
HOUSTON -- Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz are getting Sunday off and Craig Gentry is batting sixth for the first time in his Major League career. Catcher Robinson Chirinos also makes his Rangers' debut. The lineups: RANGERS SS Elvis Andrus 2B Leury Garcia DH Lance Berkman 3B Adrian Beltre 1B Mitch Moreland CF Craig Gentry LF David Murphy C Robinson Chirinos RF Leonys Martin P Nick Tepesch ASTROS RF Trevor Crowe DH Carlos Pena 2B Jose Altuve C Jason Castro 1B Chris Carter LF J.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Make want you want about early season tests. The Rangers, for what it's worth, are acing the Boston Red Sox early-May exam. The Red Sox still have baseball's best record after losing 5-1 on Saturday night.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Alexi Ogando gave Texas six solid innings and Craig Gentry's speed and power factored into the outcome for the second night in a row as the Rangers beat Boston for a second straight night, rolling to a 5-1 victory at Rangers Ballpark.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's only an inning. The Rangers' six-run fifth inning hasn't carried over to Saturday or beyond yet. Still, stringing together some hits and producing the first real crooked number of the season was needed.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers' offense finally broke out with a big inning, scoring six runs in the fifth inning to back Yu Darvish's pitching in a 7-0 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's Friday and that means a weekly look at who is trending up and who's trending down for the Texas Rangers. A look: STOCK UP Derek Holland: Holland's stock continues to rise. He pitched seven shutout innings, allowing two hits on Tuesday in a 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
The Rangers will certainly make other great defensive plays this season. Third baseman Adrian Beltre is a perennial Gold Glover. Shortstop Elvis Andrus is as good as it gets at his position. It will be difficult to top center fielder Craig Gentry's diving catch on a sinking line drive that clinched Tuesday night's 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
CHICAGO -- The Texas Rangers' pitching staff has been strong early in the season, and slowly but surely it appears the bats are beginning to wake up as well. Tuesday night was Adrian Beltre’s turn to start swinging a hot stick.
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