The Texas Rangers, based in Arlington, Texas, participate in Major League Baseball (MLB) and are a member of the American League West Division. The Rangers were founded as the Washington Senators in 1961.
ARLINGTON — Ron Washington celebrated his 57th birthday by getting a night off. The Rangers were supposed to play the Athletics but were postponed by rain after a one-hour delay. The two teams are now scheduled to play a doubleheader on Friday, May 29, beginning at 4:05 p.m. CT. The rainout comes at a time [...]
ARLINGTON — The Rangers, despite getting rained out on Wednesday, lead the American League in home runs. They do so at the expense of strikeouts and walks. Rangers hitters went into Wednesday leading the American League with 172 strikeouts and had drawn 57 walks, the second fewest. Only the Mariners had fewer walks. The Rangers [...]
ARLINGTON — Kevin Millwood's right middle finger looked nasty on Wednesday afternoon. There is no other way to put it. It wasn't black and blue, but just an ugly shade of yellow where a chunk of finger nail had been ripped off. The nail needed a manicure during Millwood's start Tuesday against the Athletics because [...]
ARLINGTON — Kevin Millwood battled for eight innings and 121 pitches. He allowed 10 hits and two walks, but held the opposition 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position. "He was the story of the night," third baseman Michael Young said. When it was over, Millwood was able to relax on the bench and enjoy the [...]
Take Kevin Millwood out of the equation, and the Rangers' starting rotation has a 7.06 ERA. This is still a unit that is working out the kinks, particularly since Kris Benson is getting close to coming off the disabled list. The one issue the Rangers don't want to have to deal with is Vicente Padilla, [...]
ARLINGTON — Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton could likely end up on the disabled list this week with a strained left rib-cage muscle. But the Rangers are going to wait until Thursday to make that decision. Hamilton was not in the lineup again on Tuesday, and an examination by Dr. Keith Meister, the Rangers team physician, [...]
BALTIMORE — One hour into Monday's game at Camden Yards, Matt Harrison's ERA was hovering at 10.26, David Murphy's batting average was sitting at .037 and Taylor Teagarden was at .117. Those are the kind of numbers that get young players free plane tickets to Oklahoma City rather than free gift certificates from being on [...]
Kevin Millwood flew home to Texas on Monday, a day ahead of the rest of the team, so he could rest up for Tuesday's start against the Athletics. When he got on the plane, he carried with him the sixth-lowest ERA in the American League. A 2.10 ERA after four starts is certainly something to [...]
BALTIMORE — Both Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz were out of the Rangers' lineup for Monday's game against the Orioles. Hamilton was scratched from the lineup after batting practice because of more tightness in his bruised left ribcage. Hamilton came to the ballpark for early batting practice and said the ribcage felt fine. But he [...]
BALTIMORE — On an afternoon when David Murphy picked up his first hit of the season and Jason Jennings suffered his first blown save as a reliever, Rangers starter Brandon McCarthy put the blame for this loss on his shoulders. The Rangers needed one "shutdown" inning from him and didn't get it. Instead, McCarthy and [...]