Major league batting leader Josh Hamilton was scratched from the Texas Rangers' lineup Saturday night because of patella tendinitis in his right knee. Hamilton, hitting .362 with 23 homers and 75 RBIs, started in center field in Friday night's 9-7 loss to the Angels. He was shifted to left field in the fifth inning after feeling discomfort in his troublesome knee, and came out of the game…

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Overcoming a five-run lead is one thing. Overcoming a nine-game deficit is another. The Los Angeles Angels took the first step on a path they hope will enable them to get back into the AL West race against the division-leading Texas Rangers. Juan Rivera homered and drove in four runs, Erick Aybar also went deep, and the Angels handed Tommy Hunter his first loss of the season with a 9-7 victory over…

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Jorge Cantu learned he had been dealt to the Texas Rangers after he was pulled from Florida's game at San Francisco as part of a double switch. When the infielder returned to the clubhouse and noticed a light blinking on his cell phone. It was his agent, Adam Katz. Once Thursday's game ended, Marlins general manager Larry Beinfest gave him the news.

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Josh Johnson has won 10 games for the Florida Marlins so far this season and notched 15 W's last year for…

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Michael Young scored his first three times up and light-hitting Taylor Teagarden hit a two-run home run, sending the Texas Rangers to a 7-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Thursday night. The Rangers won the series against the A's and closed out a homestand against division rivals by going 5-2.

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The Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and Chicago White Sox are all in the hunt to bring Milwaukee…

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Several teams are on the verge of falling out of pennant races, leaving fewer suitors for top players on the block.

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Nelson Cruz made Cliff Lee feel better about a no-decision. Cruz's two-run homer in the bottom of the 10th lifted Texas to a 3-1 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night after Lee struck out a career-high 13 and scattered five hits in a nine-inning effort that failed to produce his 100th career win.

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It was Tommy Hunter's turn, and he gave the Texas Rangers another solid pitching performance. Hunter worked into the seventh inning to remain unbeaten, Josh Hamilton drove in three runs and the Rangers edged the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Sunday night. AL West-leading Texas won three of four in the series to build a seven-game lead over the second-place Angels, who got a boost earlier in the day…

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