Tue, 09/29/2009 - 10:35 by shalini.bahadur
Anaheim, Calif., Sept. 29: Ervin Santana pitched a shutout and Kendry Morales had a home run and three RBI Monday when the Los Angeles Angels beat Texas 11-0 to clinch the AL West title.
Santana (8-8) went the distance, scattering seven hits, walking one and striking out three for the Angels, who won their third straight division title.
Morales drove in two runs with his 33rd home run of the season in the first inning, when the Angels scored three runs. Vladimir Guerrero, Maicer Izturis and Erick Aybar each drove in two runs and Bobby Abreu and Torii Hunter each drove in one for the Angels, who came into the four-game series with the Rangers needing one victory to clinch the division crown.
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Mon, 09/28/2009 - 11:43 by shalini.bahadur
Arlington, Texas, Sept. 27: Fernando Perez drove in the game-winning run Sunday with a suicide squeeze bunt, leading the Tampa Bay Rays to a 7-6 win over Texas.
The bunt knocked in Evan Longoria with one out in the top of the ninth. Ben Zobrist led Tampa Bay with two hits, both two-run singles, giving him four RBI.
Carl Crawford had three hits and one RBI, and Jason Bartlett had two hits for the Rays, who have split their last six games.
The winner was reliever Randy Choate (1-0).
Lance Cormier earned his second save.
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Sat, 09/26/2009 - 12:49 by Inderjit Singh
Arlington -- Ian Kinsler reached 30 home runs and 30 stolen bases for the first time in his four-year career Friday, leading Texas to an 8-3 victory over Tampa Bay.
Kinsler already had 30 steals going into Friday's game and he climbed to the 30-homer plateau with a three-run shot in the eighth.
Texas kept its slim playoff hopes alive, after starting the evening's action seven games behind the Los Angeles Angels in the American League West and eight games behind Boston in the wild-card race.
Kinsler put Texas in front for good at 4-3 in the fourth inning when he scored from third on a double play grounder off the bat of Ivan Rodriguez.
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Wed, 09/09/2009 - 11:41 by preet_20
Cleveland, Sept. 9: Chris Davis had a three-run home run and four RBI Tuesday to lead the Texas Rangers to a 10-5 win and a doubleheader sweep over Cleveland.
Davis had three hits as part of an 18- hit attack for the Rangers, who trail the first-place Los Angeles Angels by 3 1/2 games in the AL West, and pulled within two games of Boston in the AL wild-card chase. The Angels beat Seattle 3-2 in 10 innings Tuesday.
Marlon Byrd and Ian Kinsler also had three hits for Texas -- which put together 31 hits in two games against the Indians. The Rangers won the opener 11-9.
In the nightcap, Texas scored four runs in the second inning and went ahead 7-0 in the fourth on an RBI single by Andruw Jones.
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Thu, 07/23/2009 - 10:31 by surajdogra
Arlington, Texas July 22: The unlikely combination of Dustin Nippert and Doug Mathis befuddled Boston Wednesday and helped bring Texas a 3-1 win over the Red Sox.
Texas ran its winning streak to four by sweeping Boston in a three-game series.
The Red Sox have lost five straight.
Boston dropped two games behind the New York Yankees in the American League East and saw its advantage over Texas in the wild card chase reduced to 2 1/2 games.
Nippert (2-0), making only his fourth appearance of the season, was given an emergency start when Vicente Padilla developed flu-like symptoms.
The surprise starter held Boston to a run on five hits over 5 2/3 innings.
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Sun, 07/12/2009 - 12:14 by preet_20
Seattle, July 12: Rob Johnson's two-run homer in the seventh inning Saturday put Seattle ahead and the Mariners went on to beat Texas 4-1.
Jack Hannahan -- who came to the Mariners Saturday in a trade with Oakland -- doubled and then scored on an RBI single by Ichiro Suzuki in the seventh. Russell Branyan also homered for the Mariners.
Jarrod Washburn (6-6) got the win, going seven innings and allowing one run on four hits with two walks and three strikeouts.
Kevin Millwood (8-7) took the loss, giving up four runs on six with two walks and five strikeouts in six-plus innings.
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Thu, 07/09/2009 - 12:04 by preet_20
Anaheim, Calif. July 9: Andruw Jones homered in each of his first three at bats Wednesday, powering Texas to an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
Jones had two chances to become the 16th player in major league history to record four home runs in a game, but he just got under a fast ball down the middle and popped out in the sixth before striking out in the ninth.
He was trying to add his name to a list that includes Lou Gehrig, Gil Hodges and Willie Mays.
The Rangers defeated the Angels for the seventh time in nine meetings this year and moved a game ahead of Los Angeles into first place in the American League West. Texas is a season-best 11 games above .500.
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Thu, 06/25/2009 - 15:45 by preet_20
Phoenix, June 25: Vicente Padilla and two relievers limited Arizona to a run on seven hits Wednesday and Texas ended a five-game losing streak by downing the Diamondbacks 2-1.
The Rangers managed only four hits, but two of them drove in runs early in the game and Texas handed Dan Haren a tough loss.
Haren (6-5) had compiled a 3-0 record with a 1.66 earned run average in his previous five starts. Haren, however, hit a batter and walked another in the second before giving up an RBI double to Taylor Teagarden.
Texas got another run in the third on a single by Ian Kinsler, a stolen base and a single by David Murphy.
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Wed, 06/24/2009 - 12:57 by preet_20
Phoenix, June 24: Justin Upton and Felipe Lopez both drove in three runs in Arizona's 8-2 romp over the Texas Rangers Tuesday.
The first three batters in the Diamondbacks' lineup accounted for eight of the team's 11 hits and scored five runs.
Max Scherzer (5-4) won his third consecutive start by yielding two runs on seven hits and striking out seven in six innings.
Matt Harrison (4-5) took the loss after being roughed up for seven runs on seven hits in a 2 2/3-inning start. The loss equaled a season-high five-game losing streak for the Rangers.
Upton started things with a two-run homer in the first inning. The Diamondbacks added two more in the second on Lopez's bases-loaded single.
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Sun, 06/21/2009 - 11:13 by preet_20
San Francisco, June 21: Nate Schierholtz scored the winning run on a wild pitch Saturday, giving the San Francisco Giants a 2-1 11-inning inter-league win over the Texas Rangers.
The bases were loaded with two outs in the bottom of the 11th when losing pitcher Jason Jennings (2-3) threw the wild pitch past catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia.
Aaron Rowand's lone hit was a third-inning solo homer and Pablo Sandoval had two of the six hits for the Giants, who had snapped their three-game losing streak Friday with a 6-4 win.
The winner was Sergio Romo (2-0).
Starter Matt Cain gave up a run and three hits in eight innings with three walks and eight strikeouts.
Ian Kinsler's 18th home run this season produced the lone Texas run leading off the top of the sixth.
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Thu, 06/18/2009 - 12:23 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas June 18: David Murphy's bases-loaded single with one out in the 10th inning Wednesday gave Texas a 5-4 inter-league victory over Houston.
Houston's Ivan Rodriguez, who played most of his career for Texas, established a major league record by catching his 2,227th game. That broke the mark established by Carlton Fisk in 1993.
Rodriguez, however, was charged with two errors Wednesday -- both of which led to Texas runs.
Rodriguez was given a fifth-inning error, although his throw to second appeared perfect, in his bid to catch Omar Vizquel stealing. Vizquel was able to kick the ball out of the glove of second baseman Kazuo Matsui and advanced to third when the ball trickled into center.
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Wed, 06/17/2009 - 11:26 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas June 16: Ian Kinsler hit two solo home runs Tuesday to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-1 victory over the Houston Astros.
Kevin Millwood (7-4) allowed one run and four hits in seven innings for the inter-league win. The right-hander has allowed one earned run over his last three starts in a span of 21 2/3 innings.
David Murphy also homered and Michael Young added a two-run double for the Rangers.
Houston catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who spent his first 12 seasons with the Rangers, homered and caught the 2,226th game of his career, tying Carlton Fisk for the major league record.
Wandy Rodriguez (5-6) gave up six runs and six hits in four innings and suffered his fourth straight loss.
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