Archive for April, 2007
Blue Jays 6, Rangers 1 (AP)
Roy Halladay threw a five-hitter, Aaron Hill hit a two-run homer and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 6-1 Monday night. Troy Glaus and rookie Adam Lind also homered for the Blue Jays (13-12), who secured their third straight winning April with the victory. Halladay (4-0) struck out eight and walked none in [...]
Posted: April 30th, 2007.
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Blue Jays 7, Rangers 3 (AP)
Alex Rios homered, Tomo Ohka pitched seven innings to win his second straight start and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Texas Rangers 7-3 Sunday. Aaron Hill went 3-4 and drove in two runs for Toronto. He has 17 RBIs this season, tying him with Vernon Wells for the team lead. Ian Kinsler hit a [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2007.
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Rangers 9, Blue Jays 8, 10 innings (AP)
Hank Blalock atoned for an earlier error with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 9-8 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. Michael Young hit a one-out double in the 10th and stole third. Mark Teixeira walked and Sammy Sosa was given a free pass from [...]
Posted: April 28th, 2007.
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Rangers 5, Blue Jays 3 (AP)
A new-look lineup paid immediate dividends for the Texas Rangers on Friday night. Sammy Sosa hit his 595th career home run, Mark Teixeira and Brad Wilkerson both had two-run shots and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3. Sosa followed Teixeira’s two-run drive in the third with a shot to center against Blue Jays [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Sammy Sosa hits 595th home run (AP)
Sammy Sosa hit his 595th career home run in the third inning of the Texas Rangers’ game against the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. Sosa followed Mark Teixeira’s two-run drive with a shot to center against Blue Jays starter Josh Towers. It was the seventh home run of the season for Sosa and his [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Sosa hits two homers in Rangers’ loss; Yankees drop sixth straight (AP)
Sammy Sosa did his best to get the Texas Rangers a win. Phil Hughes tried to help the struggling New York Yankees break out of their rut with another weekend series against the Boston Red Sox coming up. Sosa hit two homers to reach 594 for his career in the Rangers’ 9-4 loss to [...]
Posted: April 27th, 2007.
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Indians 9, Rangers 4 (AP)
Sammy Sosa hit two homers to reach 594 for his career, but Paul Byrd and the Cleveland Indians beat the Texas Rangers 9-4 Thursday for their fifth straight win. Sosa’s 439-foot drive into the left-field seats leading off the sixth inning off Byrd (2-1) made Jacobs Field the 44th major league ballpark in which he [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2007.
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Rangers’ Sosa sets home-run record in 44th ballpark (AP)
Sammy Sosa of the Texas Rangers set a major-league record Thursday with a home run in his 44th major league ballpark at Jacobs Field. Sosa hit the first pitch from Cleveland Indians starter Paul Byrd into the left-field seats leading off the sixth inning. Sosa had been tied with Ken Griffey Jr., and Fred McGriff [...]
Posted: April 26th, 2007.
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Indians 8, Rangers 7, 11 innings (AP)
Jhonny Peralta singled home the winning run with one out in the 11th inning to give the Cleveland Indians an 8-7 victory Wednesday night over the Texas Rangers, who struck out a team-record 19 times. Victor Martinez doubled down the right-field line to open the 11th off Willie Eyre (1-1) and took third on a [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2007.
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Another postponement for Mariners (AP)
While the Seattle Mariners didn’t need another game pushed back by stormy weather, a day off for the Texas Rangers’ slumping hitters might not be a bad thing. Tuesday’s game between the Mariners and Rangers game was postponed because of steady rain and will be rescheduled for July 23-25, when the Mariners return to Arlington.
Posted: April 24th, 2007.
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