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| Angels continue homestand with visit from Rangers |
MLB Baseball |
08/28/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Los Angeles Angels continue to tune up for the postseason as they open a four-game series with the Texas Rangers tonight at Angel Stadium. Los Angeles enters tonight's tilt having dropped nine of its last 14 matchups, but still leads the second-place Rangers by a whopping 15 games in the AL West. The Angels fell in the rubber match of their three-game affair with the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday, dropping a 6-5 decision at McAfee Coliseum. Erick Aybar went 2-for-4 with three RBI bef |
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| Rangers sweep Royals in KC |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Jarrod Saltalamacchia went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles, an RBI and a run scored while Brandon Boggs homered, as the Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals with a 3-2 victory. Matt Harrison (6-3) threw 6 2/3 innings and gave up two runs -- one earned -- on seven hits to earn the win, his fourth in August. Frank Francisco tossed a scoreless ninth to record his first career save. The Rangers were without slugger Josh Hamilton, who was scratche |
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| Rangers' Hamilton scratched from lineup |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton was a late scratch from the lineup in Wednesday's 3-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. The left-handed slugger is out because of an abscessed tooth and was replaced by Brandon Boggs in left. Marlon Byrd moved to center. Hamilton is hitting .298 this year with 29 homers and a major league-leading 116 RBI. |
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| Rangers go for sweep in KC |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Rookie southpaw Matt Harrison makes the 10th start of his major league career and tries to regain the momentum of a recent three-game win streak tonight when the Texas Rangers visit Kauffman Stadium to close out a three-game series with the Kansas City Royals. Harrison, a third-round pick of the Atlanta Braves in 2003, made his debut on July 8 with a 3-2 defeat of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and ran his record to 5-2 with consecutive defeats of the New York Yankees, Baltimore and Ta |
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| White Sox, O's close set in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| hile surrendering 34 hits and 24 earned runs in 22 innings. He has never faced the White Sox. For Chicago, lefty John Danks looks to add to another double-digit victory in just his second big-league season. The 23-year-old, a first-round pick of the Texas Rangers in 2003, who was 6-13 in a 26-start stint with the White Sox last season, surpassed that win total with a 9-7 defeat of the Rangers on July 12 in Arlington. He won five of six decisions over a six-week stretch to reach 10-5 on the year, before havin |
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| Millwood goes the distance as Texas downs KC |
MLB Baseball |
08/27/2008 |
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| Kansas City, MO (Best E Casino) - Kevin Millwood went the distance for the second straight time and Milton Bradley drove in a run to lead the Texas Rangers in a 2-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the middle installment of a three-game set. Millwood (8-7) gave up a run on nine hits while fanning a pair without issuing a walk over his time on the mound. Joaquin Arias and Brandon Boggs both scored for the Rangers, who have won their last two. "I think at the end there's always adrenaline going when yo |
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| MLB enacts instant replay for home run calls |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| ensure that the proper call is made on home run balls and will not cause a significant delay to the game." The replay will debut on Thursday in Chicago, where the Cubs host the Philadelphia Phillies, in Anaheim, where the Los Angeles Angels host the Texas Rangers, and in Oakland, where the Athletics host the Minnesota Twins. Replay will begin everywhere else starting on Friday. Technicians will be paired with either umpire supervisors or former umpires at Major League Baseball Advanced Media (MLB.com) headqu |
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| Rangers, Royals play second of three in KC |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - Right-hander Zack Greinke will try to replicate the effort, but not the result of an early season meeting when the Kansas City Royals host the Texas Rangers in the second test of a three-game series at Kauffman Stadium. Greinke, a first-round draft pick in 2002, tossed seven innings of four-hit, two-run ball against the Rangers on May 1 in Arlington, but nonetheless came out on the short end of a 2-1 decision after walking none and striking out nine. The loss was his first of the season a |
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| Beltre's extra-inning heroics lifts M's over Twins |
MLB Baseball |
08/26/2008 |
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| ith a walk and three strikeouts in six innings of work for Minnesota, which is now one game back of Chicago for first place in the AL Central. Before the game, the Twins strengthened their bullpen as the team acquired pitcher Eddie Guardado from the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitcher Mark Hamburger. The Twins took the lead in the third inning. With two outs, Denard Span drew a walk and then stole second. Casilla punched a single to right that brought home Span for a 1-0 lead. Seattle tied the game in the |
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| Minnesota Twins |
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08/26/2008 |
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| Acquired pitcher Eddie Guardado from the Texas Rangers in exchange for pitcher Mark Hamburger; designated infielder Mike Lamb for assignment. |
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