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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Rangers rookie center fielder Adolis Garcia threw out Kyle Lewis at the plate on a wild, scrambly play for the final out, and Texas held off

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Khris Davis was activated from the injured list Saturday by the Texas Rangers, marking the sluggers first time on their active roster for a game since

SEATTLE — The clubhouse celebration that awaited John Means was more than 50 years in the making for the Baltimore Orioles and more like a playoff berth being clinched rather than a Wednesday in . . .

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Minor league baseball drew 103,483 fans for 47 games on its opening day after missing the 2020 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. The largest crowd Tuesday was 5,004 for the Tulsa Drillers 4-3 loss to Amarillo in the Double-A Central. All four Double-A South games were postponed by rain. The Triple-A West schedule does not start until Thursday. The 176 minor league teams drew 41,504,077 in 2019, up 2.6% from 40,450,337 in 2018, and the ninth-highest tot...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kenta Maeda steered himself back on track by keeping the Texas Rangers scoreless into the sixth inning, and the Minnesota Twins won the opener of a four-game series 6-5 on Monday night. Maeda (2-2) had a season-high eight strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings, allowing only two singles and two walks in what was by far the best of his six starts this season. “I guess I was skewed toward bad habits, so I made some adjustments with the mechanics and we talked a little about the ...

Minneapolis; Monday, 7:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Dane Dunning (1-1, 3.97 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 24 strikeouts) Twins: Kenta Maeda (1-2, 6.17 ERA, 1.76 WHIP, 20 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Twins -181, Rangers +157; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Twins are 5-8 in home games in 2020. Minnesota ranks eighth in the majors in hitting with a .244 batting average, Byron Buxton leads the team with an average of .408. The Rangers are 6-7 on the road. Texas has slugged .377 thi...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jose Urquidy scattered four hits over seven shutout innings and the Houston Astros made an early lead stand up, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Saturday. Jose Altuve doubled on the first pitch of the game, leading to a three-run inning. Houston got three hits in the first inning and only one more the rest of the game. Urquidy (2-2) walked one and struck out five in winning his second straight start, which came on his 26th birthday. His day started with a phone ca...

Boston Red Sox (17-10, first in the AL East) vs. Texas Rangers (11-16, fifth in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Friday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Nathan Eovaldi (3-2, 3.77 ERA, 1.15 WHIP, 27 strikeouts) Rangers: Kohei Arihara (2-2, 4.03 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 13 strikeouts) FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers +147, Red Sox -168; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: Texas and Boston will meet on Friday. The Rangers are 5-8 on their home turf. Texas has hit 31 home runs this season, sixth in the majors. Nick Solak leads the club with seven, averaging one every 13.6 at-bats. The Re...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Gibson is pitching like the No. 1 starter the Texas Rangers needed him to be, and unlike what happened in his first career opening day