Archive for June, 2007
Rangers 5, Red Sox 4 (AP)
Sammy Sosa hit his 602nd career homer to break a fifth-inning tie, leading the Texas Rangers to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and spoiling Josh Beckett’s last start before the All-Star rosters are announced. One day after striking out with the bases loaded in the Rangers’ 2-1 loss, Sosa [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007.
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Star of stars: Bonds belongs in All-Star lineup (AP)
Barry belongs. And not just because the All-Star game is in San Francisco. All sentiment (and loathing) aside, Barry Bonds is having a strong enough season to warrant a spot in the starting lineup for the National League. Sure, he’s not the unstoppable hitter he once was. Sure, the aches and pains in his [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007.
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Red Sox 2, Rangers 1 (AP)
Manny Delcarmen struck out Sammy Sosa on a 96 mph, full-count fastball with the bases loaded on Friday night to preserve the win for Tim Wakefield and give the Boston Red Sox a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers. Wakefield (8-8) gave up one run and seven hits, striking out four and walking four. Delcarmen [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2007.
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Tigers 5, Rangers 2 (AP)
Back on the mound in Detroit, Kenny Rogers gave the Tigers another lift. Rogers allowed one run over six innings in his first home start since shoulder surgery, leading the Tigers over the Texas Rangers 5-2 Thursday. Rogers (2-0) missed the first 12 weeks of the season after surgery to remove a blood clot from [...]
Posted: June 28th, 2007.
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Start of Rangers-Tigers game delayed (AP)
Thursday’s Texas Rangers-Detroit Tigers game started 17 minutes late to accommodate an umpiring crew that encountered travel difficulties. Marty Foster, Fieldin Culbreth and Tim McClelland were scheduled to fly in from Atlanta on Thursday morning, but their Northwest Airlines flight was canceled. Paul Schrieber, the home plate umpire, already was in Detroit.
Posted: June 28th, 2007.
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Signs point to Teixeira-Dodgers deal (Yahoo! Sports)
The Los Angeles Dodgers have been scouting the Texas Rangers, a team positioned to be a seller at the trade…
Posted: June 27th, 2007.
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Rogers’ first home start of ‘07 pushed back by rain (AP)
Kenny Rogers had to wait another day to make his 2007 home debut. Heavy rain caused Wednesday’s game between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers to be rained out. The decision to call the game was made 1 hour, 26 minutes after the scheduled 1:05 p.m. EDT start, and the game was rescheduled as [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007.
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Rangers and Tigers washed out (AP)
Heavy rain caused Wednesday’s game between the Texas Rangers and the Detroit Tigers to be rained out. The decision to call the game was made 1 hour, 26 minutes after the scheduled 1:05 p.m. start. Detroit rescheduled the game as part of a day-night doubleheader on Sept. 11. Kenny Rogers, Detroit’s scheduled starter, was among [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007.
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Rangers 9, Tigers 6 (AP)
Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking triple in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 9-6 on Tuesday night after blowing a three-run lead in the eighth. Brad Wilkerson hit a three-run homer and Sammy Sosa had two RBIs for the last-place Rangers, who won for the sixth time in seven games [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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Texas pitcher Eyre injured (AP)
Texas Rangers pitcher Willie Eyre left Tuesday night’s game after being hit in the chest by Placido Polanco’s line drive in the fifth inning. With one out, Polanco hit a hard liner back at the mound. The ball hit Eyre in the chest and dropped into his glove as he fell to the ground in [...]
Posted: June 26th, 2007.
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