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Healthy Cruz set to return, start Monday

With off-day looming, Lee gets extra rest Rangers use caution with injured Francisco Worth noting ARLINGTON — With his left hamstring healthy, Nelson Cruz will start in right field Monday night in Kansas City. He'll come off the 15-day disabled list on time — something that didn't happen after his previous stint, when he missed [...]

Righty hears boos after struggling through six innings

ARLINGTON — Colby Lewis is about as laid back as any Ranger, so to hear him downplay what has become a frustrating attempt at his 10th victory — he's up to eight tries now — is hardly surprising. But then to hear him lash out at Rangers fans after an 8-2 loss to the Oakland [...]

Rangers use caution with injured Francisco

Healthy Cruz set to return, start Monday With off-day looming, Lee gets extra rest Worth noting ARLINGTON — Rangers manager Ron Washington said he would like to have injured reliever Frank Francisco back in two weeks, but there's no doubt the club will proceed with caution, as they have with other injured players this month. [...]

With off-day looming, Lee gets extra rest

Healthy Cruz set to return, start Monday Rangers use caution with injured Francisco Worth noting ARLINGTON — Struggling left-hander Cliff Lee will finally get an extra days' rest between starts. In fact, manager Ron Washington said the entire starting rotation will get an extra day after Thursday's day off between trips to Kansas City and [...]

No Manny, no problem as Rangers top A's

ARLINGTON — The Rangers put in a waiver claim on Manny Ramirez, only to see his waiver rights be awarded to the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Ramirez would have given the Rangers another potentially powerful bat; not only in their chase for a division title that now looks like a lock, but also for [...]

Francisco to have MRI after straining ribcage

Rangers would have welcomed Manny Kinsler to begin rehab games on Saturday Hamilton to bat third rest of the season Vlad starting to heat up at the plate Eye on the Rangers' pitching staff Worth noting ARLINGTON — Rangers reliever Frank Francisco made his first appearance in six days, but it did not last long. [...]

Left-hander allows five runs in just five innings in loss

ARLINGTON — First of all, Cliff Lee said he feels good physically. He said that is not the problem. The problem, he insisted after a 6-4 loss to the Twins on Thursday night, is location. "I haven't been locating my pitches as well as I expect and they haven't missed," Lee said after the Rangers [...]

Slugger's performance deeply tied to Texas' success

ARLINGTON — The numbers suggest that when Josh Hamilton does well, the Rangers do well. That's hardly a surprise, but here are some numbers to consider. The Rangers are 22-8 in games in which Hamilton hit a home run, they are 34-13 when he had at least two hits in a game and they are [...]

How the players Texas traded in July have fared

The impact that Cliff Lee, Bengie Molina, Jorge Cantu, and Cristian Guzman (and possibly Mark Lowe) have in Texas will be measured largely on what they do over the final third of the 2010 season and, the Rangers hope, in October. In contrast, the young players that the Mariners, Giants, Marlins, and Nationals got in [...]

Hamilton rips 30th homer of year in Texas' fourth straight win

ARLINGTON — On Monday afternoon, Rangers manager Ron Washington said his goal was to take three of four from the Minnesota Twins. On Wednesday night, with his bullpen down two relievers, Washington went all-out with his bullpen trying to not only nail down that goal, but put the Rangers in a position to sweep the [...]