News Category: Texas Rangers

Mets look to extend hot streak against Rangers

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The New York Mets are hotter than lava during an explosive six-game stretch in which their offense has produced three double-digit scoring outputs and the team’s first 20-hit effort since 2019. The Mets will look for another productive night on Tuesday and attempt to stretch their winning streak to a season-best seven games when they face the Texas Rangers in the middle contest of a three-game series at Arlington, Texas. New York was relentless with

For Mets, climb into playoff contention continues vs. Rangers

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The New York Mets will look to continue their torrid stretch when they open a three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Monday at Arlington, Texas. The Mets have won five straight games and 11 of their past 15 to move within four games of .500. New York swept a three-game weekend set from the San Diego Padres by a cumulative 18-8 score. “We are playing well,” New York shortstop Francisco Lindor said after Sunday’s

Surging Mariners aim for sweep against Rangers

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The team with the largest divisional lead in the American League might come as a surprise. That team, the Seattle Mariners, extended their edge over the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers to 7 1/2 games in the AL West with a 7-5 victory Saturday night. The Mariners will attempt to sweep the three-game series in Seattle on Sunday afternoon. “It’s not going to be easy,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said of tracking down the

Mariners aim to put ‘points on the board’ in rematch vs. Rangers

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A look at the Seattle Mariners’ lineup in Friday night’s 3-2 win over the visiting Texas Rangers doesn’t exactly reveal the return of Murderers’ Row. The Mariners are 28th in the majors in batting average (.221), tied for 25th in on-base percentage (.299), and 24th in runs (276). Seattle will look to squeeze out enough runs on Saturday in the second contest of a three-game series vs. Texas. “We play a lot of close games,”

Mariners turn to ace Luis Castillo in opener vs. Rangers

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With the defending World Series champion Texas Rangers coming to Seattle for a three-game series starting Friday night, the Mariners decided to shuffle their starting rotation. Instead of throwing ace Luis Castillo (5-7, 3.35 ERA) in the finale of a four-game series against the lowly Chicago White Sox, they called up youngster Emerson Hancock to make a spot start Thursday. That pushed back all of Seattle’s rotation members so that the team’s Nos. 1-3 pitchers

Dodgers look to power Walker Buehler to win vs. Rangers

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After winning the first two games of a three-game series on the road against the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers are poised for the same outcome Wednesday night at home against the Texas Rangers. The Dodgers dominated the series opener Tuesday with a 15-2 victory over the Rangers after hitting four home runs in a seven-run sixth inning. Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernandez and Jason Heyward all went deep in the frame.

Giants turn to returning Keaton Winn in bid for sweep of Rangers

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Rookie right-hander Keaton Winn will be activated off the 15-day injured list on Sunday afternoon to make the start as the San Francisco Giants try to complete a three-game series sweep of the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. Winn (3-6, 6.17 ERA) sparkled in April by compiling a 3-3 record and 3.18 ERA in six starts. But he struggled mightily in three starts in May, losing all three and while allowing 17 runs on 17

Giants hope power surge continues vs. Rangers

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The San Francisco Giants are in a three-way tie for eighth place in the National League for home runs heading into Saturday afternoon’s game with the reigning World Series champion Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas. But Giants manager Bob Melvin believes his team can hit the long ball more consistently. The Giants have had back-to-back three-homer games to give them 62 this season. The latest came in Friday night’s series-opening 5-2 victory over the Rangers.