Sun, 10/03/2010 - 11:30 by Prince damin
Arlington, Texas -- Josh Hamilton smacked a two-run homer and Michael Young delivered three hits Saturday in the Texas Rangers' 6-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
Hamilton added a sacrifice fly and Young drove in a run for the American League West champs, who took a 2-1 lead in their regular season-ending, four-game series against the Angels.
C.J. Wilson (15-8) earned the victory after holding the Angels to two runs on four hits over five innings.
Los Angeles starter Ervin Santana (17-10) was touched for five runs on nine hits and three walks in 6 1/3 innings.
The Angels got RBI singles from Torii Hunter and Howie Kendrick in the first inning.
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Mon, 09/06/2010 - 06:44 by Prince damin
Minneapolis -- Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton, a candidate for American League MVP award, is out indefinitely with a bruised left ribcage, the team said Sunday.
Hamilton hurt his ribs when he banged against the centerfield wall while making a catch in Saturday's loss to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field in Minneapolis, leaving with what the Rangers called severe discomfort.
The All-Star also hurt his ribs last year and missed 13 games while on the disabled list.
Hamilton has put up tremendous numbers this season for the first-place Rangers, leading the AL with a .362 batting average. He has also smacked 31 homers and driven in 97 runs.
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Wed, 07/07/2010 - 11:24 by Rakhi
New York -- Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton's major league-best .454 batting average in June earned him American League Player of the Month honors Tuesday.
Hamilton went 49-for-108 last month, including 10 doubles, nine homers and 31 RBI. He threw in three stolen bases for good measure. His 49 hits were a club record for one month, and he had a 23-game hitting streak.
It's the third time Hamilton has won the monthly award, the other times coming in April and May of 2008.
He beat out Boston's Adrian Beltre (.376, seven homers and 19 RBI) and Texas teammate Vladimir Guerrero (.356, six homers and 24 RBI).
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Thu, 04/29/2010 - 09:48 by Rakhi
Arlington, Texas -- Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer as part of a five-run first inning Wednesday and Texas survived a shaky ninth to down the Chicago White Sox 6-5.
The Rangers defeated the White Sox for the second straight night, getting five shutout innings from Rich Harden (1-1) before he gave up a three-run homer to Carlos Quentin.
Joaquin Arias added a two-run single in the first inning and Julio Borbon had an RBI base hit. The game-winning run, however, was not scored until the seventh, when David Murphy doubled in Michael Young with two away.
That gave Texas a 6-3 cushion going into the ninth and the extra run was needed when closer Neftali Feliz made things interesting.
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Wed, 09/02/2009 - 10:07 by preet_20
Arlington, Texas Sept. 1: Josh Hamilton hit two home runs in the nightcap Tuesday to help the Texas Rangers sweep a doubleheader with Toronto by identical scores of 5-2.
Hamilton hit two home runs in the same game for the first time since May 16, 2008. Chris Davis added a solo homer and two RBI.
Brandon McCarthy (6-2), who was activated from the 60-day DL before the doubleheader, allowed only three hits and two walks in 6 1/3 innings in his first start since June 4.
Frank Francisco earned his 21st save and second of the day.
With the two wins, Texas moved to 3 1/2 games behind the Red Sox in the AL wild-card standings.
Brian Tallet (5-9) gave up four runs and six hits in five innings for the Blue Jays fifth loss in their last six games.
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Wed, 08/26/2009 - 10:52 by preet_20
New York, Aug. 25: Josh Hamilton highlighted a five-run fourth that gave Texas the lead Friday and the Rangers held on for a wild 10-9 win over the New York Yankees.
Texas took a five-run advantage into the bottom of the ninth, but the Yankees scored four times and had runners on first and second with nobody out.
Closer Frank Francisco, however, got Nick Swisher to pop out on a bunt attempt and Melky Cabrera then lined into a double play to end New York's rally.
Texas stayed within 1 ½ games of Boston for the lead in the American League wild-card race.
New York took a 4-0 lead in the first, with Jorge Posada hitting a two-run homer.
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Tue, 08/18/2009 - 10:54 by Jaspreet Virk
Arlington, Texas Aug. 18: Marlon Byrd had two hits and three RBI Monday in the Texas Rangers' 8-5 victory over Minnesota.
Michael Young, Kevin Richardson and Josh Hamilton had two hits each for the Rangers, who have won three straight games and five of their last six.
Richardson was making his MLB debut.
Texas starter Tommy Hunter (6-2) went 5 2/3 innings, allowing four runs on four hits with three walks and five strikeouts to get the win.
Francisco Liriano (5-12) got the loss for Minnesota, after giving up seven runs on seven hits with two walks and one strikeout in just two innings.
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Fri, 08/14/2009 - 01:49 by surajdogra
Cleveland -- Hot-hitting Josh Hamilton had four hits and knocked in two runs for the Texas Rangers Thursday in a 4-1 win over the Cleveland Indians.
Hamilton, who batted 9-for-12 in the three-game series, hit a third-inning double that drove in two runs, sending the Rangers ahead to stay.
Scott Feldman (12-4) recorded the win, allowing a run and seven hits in six innings, and Frank Francisco earned his 16th save. Shin-Soo Choo drove in the Indians' run with a sacrifice fly.
Losing pitcher Jeremy Sowers (4-8) gave up four runs and eight hits before leaving the contest with one out in the sixth inning.
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Thu, 08/13/2009 - 10:53 by preet_20
Cleveland, Aug. 12: Tommy Hunter took a shutout into the eighth inning Wednesday, and Josh Hamilton had three hits and two RBI to lead Texas past Cleveland 5-0.
It was the second shutout in three games for the Texas pitching staff.
Hunter (5-2) allowed six hits, struck out five and did not walk a batter in 7 2/3 innings. After giving up a two-out single to Grady Sizemore in the eighth, Hunter was replaced by C.J. Wilson.
Wilson finished the game by retiring all four men he faced, striking out three of them.
Texas remained five games behind the division-leading Los Angeles Angels in the American League West after the Angels completed a sweep of Tampa Bay earlier in the day.
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Wed, 08/12/2009 - 10:50 by preet_20
Cleveland, Aug. 11: Aaron Laffey worked 6 2/3 shutout innings Tuesday and remained unbeaten at home this season to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 5-0 victory over Texas.
Laffey (6-3) allowed six hits for the Indians, who have won five of their last six games.
Luis Valbuena drove in two runs in the victory.
Josh Hamilton and Omar Vizquel each had two hits for Texas.
Texas starter Dustin Nippert (3-1) allowed five runs on six hits with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
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Sat, 08/08/2009 - 12:17 by preet_20
Anaheim, Calif. Aug. 8: Josh Hamilton's three-run blast in the first, one of five Texas homers, started an onslaught Friday that carried the Rangers past the Los Angeles Angels 11-6.
Texas won for the eighth time in 10 meetings with the Angels this year and moved within 3 1/2 games of division-leading Los Angeles in the American League West.
The Rangers are also just one game behind Boston in the race for the top spot in the AL wild-card race.
After Hamilton's home run in the first, Hank Blalock hit a solo shot in the same inning.
Texas then got three solo homers in the fifth from Taylor Teagarden, Omar Vizquel and Michael Young -- all off reliever Justin Speier.
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Thu, 08/06/2009 - 11:34 by preet_20
Oakland, Calif. Aug. 6: Adam Kennedy snapped a tie with a two-run homer in the sixth inning Wednesday, giving the Oakland Athletics a 7-5 victory over Texas.
The A's won for the third straight night in a four-game series that concludes Thursday.
Texas overcame a two-run deficit to take a 3-2 lead, and then rallied from two runs down again to forge a 5-5 tie going into the bottom of the sixth.
Vicente Padilla (8-6) gave up a one-out double to Mark Ellis in the sixth, but after retiring Cliff Pennington on strikes was relieved by Neftali Feliz.
Feliz, who struck out the first four batters he faced in his major league debut Monday, served up the home run pitch to Kennedy on a 1-0 count.
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