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ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers will face a roster decision on Monday when they activate RHP Josh Lindblom. RHP Cory Burns may make that decision interesting. Manager Ron Washington has made it clear the club could use another effective RHP for the bullpen. Burns meets the first qualification and, in back-to-back outings since his callup, he’s met the second one, too. Burns has pitched on consecutive nights since his callup Thursday and since walking the first batter he … [visit site to read more]

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The message to injured starting pitcher Alexi Ogando from Rangers manager Ron Washington? Talk to me. Ogando, who went on the 15-day disabled list on Friday with biceps tendinits, first told Washington about the issue after his start in Oakland. Ogando said Friday that's he been having issues with soreness off and on this season. Ogando, who is switching back to the rotation from the bullpen, is gaining experince, Washington said, and learning that only pitch an inning in a given day is different than starting every five days.

ARLINGTON – Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington acknowledged on Saturday that when he met with RHP Alexi Ogando about the pitcher’s biceps tendinitis, Ogando revealed that it had been bothering him before his start against Oakland. That didn’t sit well with the manager. Ogando didn’t tell the Rangers that he had soreness in the area and tried to pitch through it. That, Washington said, is the kind of thing that leads to really serious injuries. “He finally told me … [visit site to read more]

Ian Kinsler is out of the Texas Rangers lineup for the second consecutive day as he continues to recover from bruised ribs on his right side. Kinsler has been playing through the injury, but re-aggravated it when he was hit by a pitch on Thursday night. Leury Garcia makes his second consecutive start at second, and will be batting ninth. David Murphy is in the two-hole, as manager Ron Washington said he hopes the higher lineup spot helps Murphy get going. Texas -- 1. Elvis Andrus, ss; 2. David Murphy, lf; 3. Lance Berkman, dh; 4. Adrian Beltre, 3b; 5. Nelson Cruz, rf; 6. Mitch Moreland, 1b; 7. Robinson Chirinos, c; 8. Leonys Martin, cf; 9. Leury Garcia, 2b. RHP Justin Grimm (2-3, 4.28 ERA) Detroit -- 1. Andy Dirks, lf; 2. Torii Hunter, rf; 3. Miguel Cabrera, 3b; 4. Prince Fielder, 1b; 5. Victor Martinez, dh; 6. Alex Avila, c; 7. Jhonny Peralta, ss; 8. Omar Infante, 2b; 9. Avisail Garcia, cf. RHP Anibal Sanchez (4-3, 2.05 ERA)

Here is the Rangers' lineup for Saturday's game against the Tigers: Ian Kinsler is out of the lineup for the second straight day, still sore and day-to-day with bruised ribs. He is available to pinch run, which he did last night. Robinson Chirinos gets the start at catcher. RANGERS SS Elvis Andrus LF David Murphy DH Lance Berkman 3B Adrian Beltre RF Nelson Cruz 1B Mitch Moreland C Robinson Chirinos CF Leonys Martin 2B Leury Garcia P Justin Gri ...

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Rangers and Detroit play the third game of a four-game series Saturday with right-hander Justin Grimm facing Tigers right-hander Anibal Sanchez. First pitch is 7:05 p.m. CT on Fox Sports Southwest and ESPN-FM 103.3 and 1540-AM. Grimm (2-3, 4.28 ERA): Grimm tries to turn around a three-game losing streak. ... He has allowed 10 runs in his past 10 innings. ... He has struggled to keep the ball down in the strike zone, allowing seven hits and five runs in a start Monday in Oakland.

(Reuters) – Japanese ace Hiroki Kuroda pulled out his best performance of the season as the New York Yankees cruised to a 5-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. Kuroda (6-2) allowed just two hits in eight innings and lowered his ERA to 1.99 to keep the Yankees (26-16) on top of the American League East Division while ensuring the Blue Jays (17-25) remain rooted to the bottom. Boston (25-17) kept pace, just a game behind the Yankees, with a 3-2 win over Minnesota (18-20) in 10 innings. … View full post on Yahoo! Sports – MLB – Texas Rangers News

Yesterday was not the most thrilling of games for the Rangers. And Oakland beat Seattle Kansas City, meaning Oakland is in second place, 6.5 games back of Texas now. Jeff Wilson writes in his game story that Nick Tepesch, who allowed 2 runs in 5 innings, did his job, as did the relief corps, but the offense simply couldn't get runs across yesterday. Anthony Andro's game story talks about how the Rangers just couldn't get hits with runners in scoring position yesterday. T.R. Sullivan's game story hits on those same issues...a solid outing by Tepesch, and a failure by the Rangers to convert runners in scoring position into runs. Todd Wills has his Rapid Reaction at the ESPN Dallas blog. Evan Grant puts the blame for yesterday's loss on Nelson Cruz, who had two critical GIDPs yesterday. Alexi Ogando, who was put on the disabled list with biceps tendinitis, had an MRI yesterday that showed no structural damage. Richard Justice has a column talking about Nolan Ryan and Reid Ryan. The S-T's notes has quotes from Ron Washington and Jon Daniels about Yu Darvish throwing 130 pitches on Thursday, Ian Kinsler starting yesterday on the bench with bruised ribs, and injury updates on various disabled Rangers. Sullivan's notes talk about Colby Lewis making a rehab start on Monday, Kinsler sitting yesterday, Ogando, and seeing King Felix next week.

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