The Texas Rangers finished up a three game sweep of the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night with a 3-2 victory. The Rangers scored two runs in the seventh inning to take the lead and they never looked back as they held off the Royals for the win.

Matt Harrison improved to 6-3 on the season as he tossed 6 2/3 innings. Harrison gave up seven hits and two runs while striking out four hitters. Joaquin Benoit, Jamey Wright, and Frank Francisco all pitched in relief to hold off the Royals. Francisco earned his first save of the season in the game as well.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia tied the game in the seventh inning with an rbi single and then scored on a error later in the inning for the go head and winning run. The first Rangers run came on a Brandon Boggs solo home run in the fourth inning.

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The Texas Rangers didn’t have any problems beating the Kansas City Royals on Monday night. The Rangers kicked off the three game series over the visiting Royals with a 9-4 victory. The Rangers got great offensive output from Nelson Cruz and Milton Bradley who both had three rbi in the game.

Cruz hit a three run home run in the third inning and finished the game by going 3-5 with three rbi. Bradley also finished with three rbi as he had a rbi single, double, and sac fly in the game. Chris Davis tacked on a solo home run of his own for a rbi while Josh Hamilton had a rbi single and Gerald Laird a rbi sac fly. Great offensive showing against the Royals!

Scott Feldman evened up his record at 5-5 by throwing seven innings and getting the win. Feldman gave up eight hits and allowed three runs to score. Warner Madrigal pitched a scoreless eighth inning before Josh Rupe threw the ninth inning and gave up two hits and one run.

The Rangers will try to take the second game of the series on Tuesday night and we will be back blogging about the team after Wednesday’s game.

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Wow, what an exciting game for the Texas Rangers! The Rangers offense hit six total home runs and starting pitcher Kevin Millwood tossed a complete game as the Rangers beat the Tigers 9-1. With the win, the Rangers avoided the three game sweep at home.

Brandon Boggs, Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, Michael Bradley and Travis Metcalf all hit solo home runs in the game. Metcal also had a two run shot in the second inning. The only run that the Rangers did not score via the home run ball came in the third inning when Chris Davis had a rbi groundout.

Millwood was the start on the mound as he pitched a complete game for his seventh win of the season. Millwood is now 7-7 on the season.

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It was another high scoring game between the Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox on Tuesday night but the bad news was that all the scoring was done by the Red Sox. The Rangers were shutout and they allowed ten runs as the Red Sox had no problems Thursday night.

Tommy Hunter gave up seven hits and nine runs in only 1 2/3 innings.  Yeah, that short of an outing as the Red Sox scored nine runs in the second inning of the game. The middle part of the Rangers bullpen limited the Red Sox to those nine runs until Eddie Guardado gave up two hits and one run in the eighth inning.

As for the Rangers offense, they had six hits and left 19 runners on base while striking out seven times. It was that bad of a night for the offense.

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In a very high scoring game, the Texas Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners by the score of 11-10 on Tuesday night.  The Ranger scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning to pick up the one run victory.

C.J. Wilson ended up getting the victory for the Rangers and is now 1-2 on the year.  In the bottom of the ninth, the Rangers scored two runs on a Ramon Vasquez double to deep center field.  Marlon Byrd had four rbi and now has 22 rbi on the year.  Vasquez also finished the game with four rbi.  Milton Bradley, David Murphy, and Gerald Laird all finished the game with one rbi each.

Luis Mendoza the Rangers started pitched 5 1/3 innings as he gave up nine hits and six runs.  Five of those six runs were earned.  Jamey Wright sucked as he gave up three hits and two runs while only recording two outs.  Wilson who recorded the win also gave up one run.

The four game series is now tied at one game each and the Rangers will try to take the lead with a win on Wednesday.  Rangers Baseball

Eddie Guardado and C.J. Wilson both stunk it up on Wednesday afternoon as they blew a lead and the Chicaco White Sox defeated the Texas Rangers 10-8.  Carlos Quentin hit a three run home run off Wilson on the first pitch her threw for the game winning hit for the White Sox.  Guardado was charged with four of the five runs in the bad 8th inning.

Rangers fans shold have known that something bad was going to happen in the game because starting pitcher Kevin Millwood had to leave the came after only 1 2/3 innings because his groing injury came back.  The bullpen pitched badly and the offense just couldn’t come back in the 9th inning to get the Rangers back in it.

Michael Young had two rbi including a solo home run for the Rangers.  Young wasn’t the only player with two rbi however as Jarrod Saltalamacchia also finished with two runs batted in.  Ian Kinsler, Hank Blalock, and David Murphy all had one rbi in the game as well.

Bad loss for the Rangers who will now be off on Thursday before the start a weekend series with the Oakland Athletics.

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The Texas Rangers were blow out by the Chicago White Sox on Tuesay night by the score of 10-2.  The Rangers pitching staff gave up four runs in two different innings and really put the rest of the team in a big hole.  The series is now evened up at one game each with the rubber game to be played on Wednesday.

Luis Mendoza took the loss and is now 2-4 on the year.  Mendoza gave up nine hits and six runs in the contest as he just didn’t have it going tonight.  Dustin Nippert pitched four runs in relief of Mendoza and sucked as well as he gave up four more runs on only three hits.  Three walks and a home run really hurt Nippert.

The only runs for the Rangers came in the 8th inning when Chris Davis hit a solo home run and then Marlon Byrd walked with the bases loaded to score Ian Kinsler.  That was all there was for the Rangers at the plate however as they couldn’t match the White Sox 10 runs.

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The Texas Rangers came out of the gates against the Chicago White Sox and defeated them on Monday night by the score of 6-1.  It was a great way for the Rangers to kick off the three game series.  It was a big win for the Rangers who improved to four games over .500 at 52-48 on the year.

Scott Feldman recorded the win after he threw the first six innings of the game.  Feldman gave up four hits and one run as he improved to 4-3 on the season.  Feldman did a very good job against the potent White Sox offense.  Frank Francisco, Eddie Guardado, and Jamey Wright all threw a inning each out of the bullpen.

All but one of the Rangers six runs came via the long ball.  Josh Hamilton hit a home run in the the 3rd inning that was a three run shot.  Hank Blalock then added a two run home run in the 8th inning.  The Rangers added on a insurance run in the 9th inning when Ian Kinsler had a rbi sac fly.

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The Texas Rangers came up one run short on Thursday night as they lost to the Los Angeles Angels 11-10.  It was a high scoring game where both offenses combined for 32 hits and 21 runs.  The Rangers had 20 hits compared to the Angels 12.  It’s too bad the offense wasn’t ablt to score more runs with all those hits.

Jamey Wright took the loss after he gave up a rbi single in the 11th inning.  Scott Feldman the Rangers starter for the night was rocked early in the game as he was tagged for six hits and eight runs in only 3 2/3 innings.  After Feldman left the game Wes Littleton pitched the next 3 1/3 innings while giving up two more runs.

Michael Young, Josh Hamilton, and Max Ramirez all had two rbi in the game for the Rangers.  Ramon Vazquez, Marlon Byrd, Chris Davis, and Brandon Boggs all helped out with one rbi each as well.  Hamilton, Byrd, and Ramirez all went deep in the game as well.

The Rangers will now begin a three game weekend series with the Chicago White Sox.  It will be the last series before the all star break so hopefully the team can finish up the first half with a series win.

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The Texas Rangers scored three runs in the bottom of the ninth inning as they beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-4 on Wednesday night.  The Rangers did the unthinkable as they scored three runs off Angels relief pitcher Francisco Rodriguez.  Wow, what a win it was for the Rangers!

Michael Young had a rbi single to get the scoring starting in the 9th inning and then Josh Hamilton hit a walk off two run home run to win the game for the Rangers.  Hamilton has been a stuf all season long and he stepped up once again for the team.  Before the big ninth inning, Jarrod Saltalamacchia was the only Rangers player to have a rbi in the game as he had a rbi single and a rbi sac fly early in the game.

Jamey Wright pitched the eighth and ninth innings to get the win and is now 5-3 on the season.  Rangers starting pitcher Warner Madrigal pitched the first three innings and allowed four hits and one run.  Josh Rupe then tossed the next three innings in the game and gave up one more run.  The Angels scored two more runs off of Frank Francisco as well.  The bullpen really got bailed of the game by Young and Hamilton.

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