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Josh Hamilton capped a torrid April with his first career grand slam and the Texas Rangers hit a season-high five home runs to beat the Kansas City Royals 11-9 Wednesday night. Rookie Brandon Boggs hit his first major league homer, and Milton Bradley, David Murphy and Gerald Laird also homered for the Rangers, who roughed [...]

Bobby Valentine thinks Major League Baseball should consider allowing its players to compete in the Olympics, a move that might lead to the sport’s readmission for the 2016 games. Only players not on 25-man MLB rosters can be considered for the Beijing Olympics in August. The International Olympic Committee dropped baseball from the 2012 Games [...]

Texas Rangers right-hander Jason Jennings is headed to the disabled list with muscle soreness in his forearm. Texas general manager Jon Daniels said Wednesday that Jennings will head to the DL on Saturday when the Rangers will call up A.J. Murray from Triple-A Oklahoma to start at Oakland. Jennings left Tuesday night’s game against the [...]

Dale Petroskey, who resigned earlier this year as president of baseball’s Hall of Fame, was hired Wednesday by the Texas Rangers to oversee their marketing. Petroskey will be executive vice president of marketing and community development on the staff of Rangers president Nolan Ryan, the Hall of Fame pitcher who has been with the team [...]

The Texas Rangers watched another starter exit with an injury. Jason Jennings left after the second pitch of the…

The Texas Rangers ‘ roster shuffling Tuesday brought to an end Jason Botts’ fourth stint in the majors with…

Jose Guillen drove in five runs and the Kansas City Royals held off the Texas Rangers 9-5 on Tuesday night. The Royals have won three of their last four games after snapping a seven-game losing streak. Texas has lost 14 of its last 18 games to fall to a major league-worst 9-18 record on beleaguered [...]

Texas Rangers starter Jason Jennings left Tuesday’s contest against the Kansas City Royals in the third inning with an irritated ulnar nerve in his right arm.

Texas starter Jason Jennings left on his third pitch of the third inning because of an irritated ulnar nerve in his right arm Tuesday night. Scott Feldman relieved Jennings, who was already trailing 5-0. Texas also saw second baseman Ian Kinsler leave the game when he was ejected by home plate umpire Bill Welke for [...]

Texas Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of a slight tear in his left hamstring. The move was retroactive to Saturday, a day after Blalock was injured against Minnesota. He’s hitting .299 with three home runs and seven RBIs. Texas also designated first baseman Jason Botts for assignment.