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Angels top Rangers in Wilson's second start in row

By STEPHEN HAWKINS | AP – 28 minutes ago ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Kendrys Morales had a pinch-hit, tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the seventh inning to lead the Los Angeles Angels to a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Kendrys Morales broke a seventh-inning tie with a sacrifice fly, helping the visiting Los Angeles [...]

Ron Washington tells Rangers to turn the page

Game Six featured eleven innings, five official errors, numerous others in judgment, and what will not be Albert Pujols' final plate appearance in a Cardinals uniform—a tenth-inning intentional walk—but it was an official game Josh Hamilton's towering home run into the Busch Stadium lights in the top of the 10th inning pushed the Texas Rangers [...]

Near title, Rangers' Young comes full circle

With Ian Kinsler and Elvis Andrus, it doesn't get any better up the middle than they've got it in Texas. How did the Rangers get to this point? Let's explore. Josh Hamilton and the Texas Rangers look for first World Championship. In that late realization, my real character kicked back in, and I realized that [...]

Texas Rangers bats fizzle in World Series Game 1

"With all due respect to the Cardinals and their legendary fan base, it's really their bad luck that they're running up against the Texas Rangers, a team of destiny poised to win the World Series," Perry said in a statement. "The Cardinals have had a LOUIS — Now that the Texas Rangers have made it [...]

After Bitter Off-Season, Rangers' Young Is Leading Again

ARLINGTON, Texas — Nelson Cruz and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers to become the American League's first repeat champion in a decade. Cruz set a By Wallace Matthews The Texas Rangers, likely to lose starter CJ Wilson to free agency over the winter, are [...]

Texas returns to World Series with boom, purpose

By Wallace Matthews The Texas Rangers, likely to lose starter CJ Wilson to free agency over the winter, are preparing to make a strong bid to sign CC Sabathia if the New York Yankees ace chooses to exercise the opt-out clause in his contract, Texas Rangers Win the ALCS · Chavez Is No More · [...]

Live blog: Nine-run third-inning propels Rangers

AP ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers can return to the World Series for the second straight year with a victory tonight in Game 6 of the AL Champion Series. Max Scherzer goes for Detroit, which trails 3-2 in the series, against Derek Holland Texas Rangers' Nelson Cruz signals after his two-run home run [...]

Texas Rangers Lose Game 5, Bring ALCS Back Home: A Fan's Reaction

As depressing as it was, I believe Game 3 of the American League Championship Series was an anomaly, The Texas Rangers were not going quietly. With two outs, Josh Hamilton had doubled, Michael Young had singled him home, Adrian Beltre had walked and powerful Mike Napoli stepped to the plate representing the potential go-ahead run. [...]

ALCS: Texas Rangers' Nelson Cruz Tops Tigers – Again

So with the Texas Rangers one victory away from winning a second straight American League pennant, let's review Jon's body of work. In October 2005, he became baseball's youngest general manager. He was 28 at the time and taking over a mess of a Detroit Tigers vs Texas Rangers – ALCS Game 3 on Tuesday, [...]

Outburst in 11th Puts Texas One Win From World Series

By Richard Durrett DETROIT — The bat and then the speed of Elvis Andrus in the sixth inning of Wednesday's 7-3 Game 4 win impacted the game and allowed the Rangers to make a comeback. With Ian Kinsler at third base and one out in a 2-1 game, “For you guys that haven't seen Nelson [...]