Rangers pound 6 homers, 13 extra-base hits, rout Twins 18-4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Yohander Mendez and Nomar Mazara have gone through down periods this season. Everything came together for them on Sunday. Mendez earned his first major league win and Mazara hit two of the Texas Rangers' six homers in an 18-4 rout of the Minnesota Twins.
Beltre, young sluggers homer as Rangers beat Twins 7-4
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Adrian Beltre will play as often as his troublesome hamstring will let him in the final month of his 21st and possibly final season. And it will all be with the last-place Texas Rangers. Beltre hit his 470th career homer after 23-year-old sluggers Nomar Mazara and Ronald Guzman went deep, helping the Rangers stop a five-game losing streak with a 7-4 victory over the...
Rangers blow 6-run lead, lose to Twins 10-7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Jake Cave hit a tiebreaking homer in an eight-run fifth inning that erased a six-run deficit, sending the Minnesota Twins to a 10-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Tyler Austin started the fifth with his 15th home run and Mitch Garver's three-run double pulled the Twins even after Nomar Mazara's 435-foot drive for a three-run shot had given the...
Rangers trade Gearrin to A's for two minor league pitchers
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Athletics have acquired right-handed reliever Cory Gearrin from the Texas Rangers for minor league right-handers Abdiel Mendoza and Teodoro Ortega. The teams announced the deal Friday, the last day that players can be traded and be eligible for the postseason.
Dodgers win 5th in a row with 3 solo HRs in 3-1 win at Texas
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Alex Wood pitched seven scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers hit three solo homers while stretching their winning streak to five games with a 3-1 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Cody Bellinger and Manny Machado hit first-pitch homers off Mike Minor (10-7). Yasmani Grandal also went deep for the defending National League champion Dodgers.
Holland, 3 relievers pitch Giants past Rangers 3-1
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Derek Holland got a little extra pleasure out of beating the Texas Rangers, a team he believes gave up on him two years ago. The veteran left-hander pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning against his original club, Steven Duggar hit a two-run triple and the San Francisco Giants topped Texas 3-1 on Sunday.
Giants nearly blow another big lead, hold off Rangers 5-3
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Less than 24 hours after blowing a six-run lead in an extra-innings loss, Mark Melancon prevented the San Francisco Giants from letting another big advantage slip away. The former closer did it on a day when the Giants celebrated their 2010 World Series championship, a team that had more than its fair share of tight finishes.
Odor HR, Chirinos BB rally Rangers over Giants 7-6
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The potential final out bounced off Joe Panik's glove, and the San Francisco Giants couldn't recover after that. Rougned Odor hit a tying two-run homer in the ninth inning, Robinson Chirinos drew a bases-loaded walk in the 10th and the Texas Rangers rallied from six runs down to beat San Francisco 7-6 on Friday night.
Bartolo Colon goes on disabled list with back strain
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Texas Rangers right-hander Bartolo Colon has been put on the 10-day disabled list because of a strained lower back. The 45-year-old Colon is 7-11 with a 5.45 ERA. The Rangers made the move before Friday night's game at San Francisco.
Odor HR sends Rangers past Angels 4-2 to cap soggy weekend
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Rougned Odor didn't let a little rain get in the way of his torrid August. The Texas second baseman connected on a go-ahead, three-run homer with rain falling in the seventh inning, and the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 4-2 on Sunday to wrap up a soggy weekend.
Pujols has season-high 4 RBIs, Angels beat Rangers 11-7
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Albert Pujols keeps climbing up the career hits list and hurting the Texas Rangers in their home park. Pujols drove in a season-high four runs, Shohei Ohtani hit a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Angels beat Texas 11-7 on a rainy Saturday night. Pujols went 3 for 4 to tie 19th-century star Cap Anson for 23rd with 3,081 hits. His 633rd homer was his 16th in 59 games...
Rougned Odor drives in 3 for Rangers in 6-4 win over Angels
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Rougned Odor and the Texas Rangers quickly got after yet another new Angels pitcher. Odor's two-run single capped a five-run outburst in the second inning off recently acquired Odrisamer Despaigne, the 14th starting pitcher used by Los Angeles this season, and the Rangers went on to a 6-4 win on Friday night. "Hopefully we keep doing what we're doing right...
Rangers CF DeShields to DL with fracture in middle finger
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers center fielder Delino DeShields has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with a fracture on the tip of his right middle finger. The move was made before Friday's game against the Los Angeles Angels. DeShields got hurt in the series opener Thursday night when he got hit by a pitch on an attempted bunt. Infielder/outfielder Drew Robinson was recalled...
Profar starts triple play and homers, Rangers rally past Angels
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Triple plays are rare enough to begin with. Jurickson Profar and the Texas Rangers turned one that was especially unusual Thursday night. In fact, it had been more than a century since there was another one like it in the majors. "It was an all-around heads-up play by Profar," Texas manager Jeff Banister said. "Very slow heartbeat in that moment."
Beltre still out of Texas lineup because of left hamstring
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is still out of the lineup because of his troublesome left hamstring, but still on the active roster and hoping to avoid a third trip to the disabled list this season. "That's the question right now. We want to wait a couple days," the 39-year-old Beltre said Thursday.
Sabathia, Stanton lead Yankees over Rangers 7-2
NEW YORK (AP) - Traded to the Yankees after the 2014 season, Didi Gregorius had the unenviable task of following Derek Jeter as New York's new shortstop. A smooth fit, it's been. Gregorius homered and turned in a pair of nifty defensive plays as the Yankees defeated the Texas Rangers 7-2 on Sunday. Gregorius has been praised by his manager and teammates for his play on the field and his...
Chapman, Yankees weather heavy rain, hold off Rangers 5-3
NEW YORK (AP) - Somehow, Aroldis Chapman was able to prevent this game from slipping away. Rain pouring off his hat, the New York Yankees closer struck out Jurickson Profar with the bases loaded in a steady storm to end it, preserving a 5-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
Guzman 1st rookie to hit 3 HRs in game vs Yanks, Texas wins 12-7
NEW YORK (AP) - Ronald Guzman became the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game against the Yankees, powering the Texas Rangers past New York 12-7 on Friday night. Eight days after Boston's Steve Pearce connected three times off the Yankees, Guzman duplicated the feat in ending New York's four-game winning streak.
Stanton hits hardest HR clocked by Statcast, Yanks top Texas
NEW YORK (AP) - Giancarlo Stanton's teammates jumped out of the dugout, amazed at how fast the power hitter's latest homer sped into the Yankee Stadium seats. The Yankee slugger? Well, it was just another one in his ledger. Stanton hit the hardest homer ever measured by Major League Baseball's Statcast system, Neil Walker hit two more home runs and New York beat the Texas Rangers...