Due to the World Baseball Classic, exhibition games start early this year and the spring training schedule is a bit abbreviated. That makes for a hectic scheduling nightmare. The following is the schedule for important upcoming spring training dates: February 14: Pitcher and catchers report. Colby Lewis shows up, is […]
The Rangers won their fourth game in a row, sweeping Kansas City in a four-game series at the Ballpark in Arlington, beating current Ranger Dillon Gee and the Royals 5-3 on a Sunday afternoon, the last day of July. Mazara and Moreland went deep. Lucas Harrell, in his first start […]
The Rangers scored a run in the bottom of the ninth to win 2-1, making it three victories in a row. They were slowly climbing out of the hole they had been sliding in for about a month. Mitch Moreland had his usually week of productivity that makes everyone wonder […]
As the trade deadline neared and the Rangers pitching woes added up, the trade rumors for Chris Sale raged on. Oh, and the Rangers won their sixtieth game of the year, 8-3, over Kansas City at home, on the strength of three home runs, two from Odor, one from Profar, […]
After dropping two out of three to Oakland, and losing eight out of thirteen since the All-Star break, the Rangers were reeling. Luckily, the only pitcher capable of getting a W, Cole Hamels, was on the mound for the first of three against Kansas City at the Ballpark. Texas won […]
The Rangers enjoyed another come-from-behind victory, beating the Athletics at the Ballpark by scoring two runs in the bottom ninth on a two-run homer by Adrian Beltre with two outs, his second home run of the game. ***** BELTRE UNDOES PEREZ. Originally published July 26, 2016. It was one of […]
The minute Jon Daniels said that he was fully prepared to go into the season with a combination of Joey Gallo, Ryan Rua and Jurickson Profar at first base, one thing was for certain: No way were the Rangers going to go into the season with any combination of […]
Sam Dyson had his second consecutive heart attack save to give the Rangers a modest two-game winning streak. With a 2-1 lead heading into the bottom of the ninth, Dyson replaced Diekman and gave up a single to the first batter. He got the next two batters out, then gave […]
The second half was looking bleak, as bleak as the first half ended. So much for just needed a rest at the All-Star break. Texas came back and lost two of three to the Cubs in Chicago, then went to Los Angeles to play the Angels, where they were swept in […]
The Rangers ended the first half gasping for air. They lost three out of four to Minnesota, dropping one game 10-1 and the last game before the All-Star break 15-5, winning just three of the last twelve overall before the break. They started the second half the same way, with […]