Texas fill-in starter Dustin Nippert allowed seven hits in seven innings, Milton Bradley hit a sacrifice fly and the Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 Wednesday. Making his third start in place of injured Vicente Padilla, Nippert (2-4) struck out four and…
In a game that had as many ejections as home runs _ three _ the Texas Rangers survived umpire Bill Hohn’s generous strike zone and avoided a four-game sweep by the Los Angeles Angels. Josh Hamilton and Marlon Byrd went deep against John Lackey, and the…
Rangers manager Ron Washington has come to the realization that his club isn’t going to catch the Los Angeles Angels in the AL West. That might go for the rest of the American League pretty soon, too. Pinch-hitter Juan Rivera’s three-run double keyed a five-…
Maybe the rally monkey is warming up for the postseason. Pinch-hitter Juan Rivera’s three-run double keyed a five-run eighth inning and the Los Angeles Angels stormed from behind for a 7-5 victory over the Texas Rangers on Thursday night. “We saw the rally…
Matt Harrison won for the fourth time in August, pitching the Texas Rangers to a 3-2 win over the crumbling Kansas City Royals. The Royals have lost 10 of their last 11 games and 17 of 20, falling to a season-worst 21 games below .500. Harrison (6-3), a 22-…
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Kevin Millwood pitched his second straight complete game and the Texas Rangers took advantage of some poor Kansas City Royals defense to score two unearned runs in a 2-1 win Tuesday night. Throwing errors by Miguel Olivo and Mike Aviles led to the Rangers’…
Well, it seems like my duties of monitoring the minors have officially been usurped by user asyouwish33 who has been publishing daily updates of the minor league teams using some fancy-pantsy box score widgets. He/she obviously has better tech skills than I do and has more time on his/her hands to issue a new report nearly every day, so for daily updates and more …
Tags: Bullpen, Henry Rodriguez, Mariners, Rangers, Richie Robnett, Vancouver CanadiansFranklin Gutierrez’s tiebreaking single in the ninth inning Sunday night led the Cleveland Indians past Texas 4-3 for their seventh straight win and a three-game sweep of the fading Rangers. With the game tied at 3, Ryan Garko led off the ninth with a single…
Fausto Carmona pitched six strong innings and Ryan Garko had a two-run double as the Cleveland Indians continued their late-season surge with a 7-5 victory over the stumbling Texas Rangers on Friday night. Carmona (6-5) allowed one run and six hits, struck…
Kevin Millwood scattered six hits in his second complete game of the season, and Josh Hamilton hit one of five homers off Detroit starter Nate Robertson in the Texas Rangers’ 9-1 victory Wednesday night. Travis Metcalf homered twice, once off Robertson (8-9),…