There are, without fail, a few Texas Rangers games every season that defy any and all logical explanation. And when one of those games begins to unfold, you simply cannot help but to abandon whatever activities you happen to be pursuing at the moment - whether they are of trivial or urgent...
Werth hits three homers as Phillies beat Blue Jays Jayson Werth surprised even himself with his power surge. Werth connected for three home runs and had eight RBIs to match a Philadelphia Phillies record in a 10-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Werth had a chance to tie the...
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA -- Werth had a chance to tie the major league record of four homers in a game in the seventh inning, but he fouled out to first base on a 3-2 pitch off Brian Tallet. Jamie Moyer (3-3) went 6 2/3 innings, giving up seven hits and three earned runs. Alexei Ramirez hit...
Home runs are down in the post-Mitchell Report era, on a pace for 1,000 fewer than 2007. Velocity is down among pitchers. So we why is everyone in a rush to lock up players to long-term deals? Look at some of the pre-free-agent mega-deals handed out since teams spring training: - The Detroit...
Slugger goes 5-for-5 with two homers as five Rangers go deep By Todd Wills / Special to MLB.com ARLINGTON -- Josh Hamilton belted two home runs in a game for the second time in his career as the Rangers out-slugged Houston, 16-8, Friday night in the opener of the Lone Star Series. Hamilton came...
CHICAGO -- Alfonso Soriano got booed and jeered during a slow start. Now, he's showing again that he can carry a team. Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep, and the surging Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 7-4, Friday for their seventh win in...
Friday, May 16th Game Preview Houston Astros (24-15) vs. Texas Rangers (20-22) Shawn Chacon (0-0, 3.53 ERA) vs. Sidney Ponson (2-0, 3.16 ERA) 7:05 PM CST in Arlington, Texas (Rangers Ballpark in Arlington) TV: FSN-HD | Radio: KRLD 1080 AM, XM 179 Astros Rangers Pos. Player Pos. Player RF Hunter...
RHP, Texas Rangers CALLED UP: Contract purchased from Triple-A Oklahoma May 11 when P Kevin Millwood went on the DL. NOTES: A 13th-round pick out of Missouri in 2005, Mathis joined his college teammate Ian Kinsler on the Rangers squad. In 2007 at Double-A Frisco, his 3.76 ERA ranked sixth in the...
By EVAN GRANT / The Dallas Morning News egrant@dallasnews.com On the evening of April 24, while all around them was silent and sullen, the senior members of the Texas Rangers' roster conducted a makeshift board meeting in the back of the club's charter flight from Detroit to Dallas. A three-game...
A large percentage of the time in baseball (and perhaps life in general), the difference between success and failure is as much about what you didn’t do as it is about what you did do. Such was the case for the Texas Rangers during Wednesday afternoon’s overcast, but precipitation-free series...








