The Texas Rangers lost to the Boston Red Sox on Monday afternoon with a score of 8-3.  Going up against the pitching of Clay Buchholz and the rest of the Boston bullpen, the Rangers struck out 10 times and were only able to get three runs.

Michael Young and Josh Hamilton each had a pair of doubles with Gerald Laird and David Murphy each picking up a double.  Laird was able to pick up his 10th RBI of the year and Hamilton picked up his 19th RBI.  

Kason Gabbard was the opening pitcher for the Rangers throwing for only two innings before coming out giving up no hits and three walks.  Gabbard hurt his back when he was pitching to Kevin Youkilis in the second inning.

Dustin Nippert was brought in for 2.1 innings and picked up the loss putting him at 1-2 for the year after allowing nine hits and eight runs.  Franklyn German and Joaquin Benoit were brought in to finish the game..  All together the Rangers bullpen gave up 12 hits, eight runs, and eight walks.

Tonight the Texas Rangers will take on the Tiger in Detroit for the first of a three game series.

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The Texas Rangers and Toronto Blue Jays played fourteen innings of baseball on Wednesday night and it was the Rangers whoe came out on top with a 7-5 victory.  The Rangers scored on a wild pitch and a single in the 14th inning to score the go ahead runs.

Jason Botts had three RBI to lead the Rangers.  Botts hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and then a two run double in the sixth inning.  Josh Hamilton had two RBI and Frank Catalanotto chipped in with one RBI.

Dustin Nippert picked up the win for the Rangers and C.J. Wilson picked up his fourth save of the season.  Rangers starting pitcher Kason Gabbard pitched six innings and only allowed two earned runs and seven hits.

The only reason the game went into extra innings was because the Blue Jays score three runs in the bottom of the eigth inning off of Joaquin Benoit.

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The Texas Rangers finally gave starting pitcher Kevin Millwood enough run support for him to earn a victory.  Millwood beat the Baltimore Orioles on Thursday by the score of 3-1.  It was Millwoods first win of the season, even though he could easily be 2-0 on the season if he would have had some run support.

After Millwood pitched seven strong innings, Joaquin Benoit and C.J. Wilson both pitched a scoreless inning.  Wilson picked up the save which was his second of the season.

At the plate, Josh Hamilton led the Rangers with two RBI’s.  Michael Young also had two hits and an RBI.

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The Texas Rangers picked up a nice road victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night.  The 11-6 pounding gave the Rangers a 2-2 record on the season so far.

Kason Gabbard threw seven shutout innings for the Rangers, and had the Angeles batters thinking what in the hell pitch he was going to throw next.  Gabbard gave up seven hits, struck out four and walked two to earn the victory.

The big hit for the Rangers was a grandslam by Ben Broussard in the fourth inning.  That was kind of a dagger in the heart of the Angeles the way Gabbard was throwing the ball.

Josh Hamilton chipped in with three RBI while Ian Kinsler contributed with two RBI.  Michael Young also had one RBI for the Rangers.  It was a great showing by the Rangers as a lot of different players contributed in the butt kicking of the Angels.

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Josh Hamilton led the Texas Rangers over the Kansas City Royals in a 6-1 victory.  Hamilton finished going 1-3 with two RBI’s.  Kevin Mench, David Murphy, and Taylor Teagarden all helped out with an RBI apiece as well.  Teagarden went deep in the 7th inning for his RBI.

A.J. Murray and Luis Mendoza both pitched two scoreless innings. Murray, starting in place of Brandon McCarthy, walked two and struck out two. Mendoza retired five straight hitters before Alex Gordon singled off him.

The Rangers travel to Tempe, Ariz. on Thursday at 4:05 p.m. CT to play the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, with left-hander Kason Gabbard on the mound.

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