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Red Sox 5, Rangers 0
Red Sox 5, Rangers 0
Twas not the Rangers day. Do we want to dwell on the not day of the Rangers? Do we want to think about Jack Leiter’s command issues, his failure to miss bats, the hitters’ inability to hit with runners on early in the game, and then hit at all as the game progressed? What would that provide us? Additional misery from an unfortunate, misbegotten game a thousand some odd miles away in the mid-day hours? ...Photo by Maddie Malhotra/Boston Red Sox/Getty Images
You’re gonna need a bigger Boone
The Texas Rangers scored no runs but the Boston Red Sox scored five runs.
After back-to-back decent games with solid, albeit kind of flukish BABIP-dependent output at the plate, Texas didn’t score today. They also went 0-for-7 with RISP. The Rangers haven’t had a hit with runners in scoring position over the last two games. That drought is now at 17 attempts.
Also, a blister that knocked him...
The Texas Rangers recalled utility man Ezequiel Duran from Triple-A Round Rock on Thursday, one day after outfielder Kevin Pillar went on the injured list.
Pitching for a Texas Rangers team that has been struggling to pick up wins lately, right-hander Jacob deGrom is far from the problem. So far this season, he resembles the star the Rangers envisioned they’d be getting when they signed him before the 2023 season.
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What’s for lunch?
Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 12:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)
Fenway Park
RHP Jack Leiter vs. RHP Brayan Bello
Today's Lineups Josh Smith - SS Jarren Duran - LF Wyatt Langford - LF Rafael Devers - DH Joc Pederson - 1B Alex Bregman - 3B Adolis Garcia - RF Kristian Campbell - 2B Marcus Semien - 2B Wilyer Abreu - RF Evan Carter - CF Trevor Story - SS Josh Jung - 3B Abraham Toro -...Photo By Winslow Townson/Getty Images
Thursday morning Rangers news and links
Good morning, folks...
The Texas Rangers fell to the Boston Red Sox yesterday by a score of 6-4.
Joc Pederson started the season in a brutal slump, but he’s been on fire of late while using a torpedo bat.
Jeff Wilson writes that Corey Seager has the ability to carry the Rangers’ offense by himself.
Prior to Wednesday’s game, the Rangers put outfielder Kevin Pillar on the injured list, and are calling...
We’ve roughly a little over a month into the 2025 Minor League season, so let’s take a look at some prospects, shall we? Our May farm reports across Major League Baseball starts with the AL West.
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Featuring the third no hitter of the year for a Rangers affiliate
Hickory starter J’Briell Easley allowed one run in four innings, striking out three and walking two. Brock Porter struck out three and walked one in two innings.
Maxton Martin doubled and stole a base. Ben Hartl had a hit, a walk and a pair of stolen bases. Chandler Pollard had a hit.
Hickory box score
Aidan Curry started for Hub City and went 4.1 innings, allowing two runs,...
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Red Sox 6, Rangers 4
Red Sox 6, Rangers 4
Four runs scored, and yet a loss. I guess that’s progress, of a sort, as way too often the Rangers have lost games and scored fewer than four runs. Tyler Mahle, who had been well nigh untouchable heading into the game, was not sharp. He allowed just a pair of runs, on solo homers by Alex Bergman and Wilyer Abreu, but was not fooling the Red Sox and giving up loud contact all over the place. Mahle needed 88...After evening the three-game series on a night that featured clutch hitting from both Wilyer Abreu and Alex Bregman, the Boston Red Sox look for their second consecutive win over the visiting Texas Rangers in a Thursday matinee.
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The strongest Rangers killer in history versus the strongest Rangers killer of today
The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Boston Red Sox scored six runs.
Bret Boone’s like, “Oh. I see.”
The Rangers did plate a better-than-season-average number of runs tonight so it wasn’t nothing but they also went a remarkable 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position, left nine on base, and fell back on trends that have plagued them all season in a game they...
The Texas Rangers placed veteran outfielder Kevin Pillar on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with inflammation in his lower back. The team planned to announce a corresponding roster move prior to Thursday's game but will play with 25 players in Boston on Wednesday night.
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The Texas Rangers will be playing shorthanded on Wednesday
Texas Rangers outfielder Kevin Pillar has been placed on the 10 day injured list with lower back inflammation, retroactive to May 4. No roster move to replace Pillar on the active roster is being made today, but will be made tomorrow. It is being reported that Ezequiel Duran will take Pillar’s place.
Pillar was signed this spring to a minor league deal, and made the Opening Day...
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So back or still cooked?
Texas Rangers @ Boston Red Sox
Wednesday, May 7, 2025, 5:45 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network)
Fenway Park
RHP Tyler Mahle vs. RHP Tanner Houck
Today's Lineups Josh Smith - 1B Jarren Duran - LF Wyatt Langford - LF Rafael Devers - DH Corey Seager - SS Alex Bregman - 3B Joc Pederson - DH Kristian Campbell - 2B Marcus Semien - 2B Wilyer Abreu - RF Adolis Garcia - RF Trevor Story - SS Evan Carter - CF Romy...The Texas Rangers‘ Double-A affiliate, the Frisco RoughRiders, are 18-11 this season. This afternoon, they faced the San Antonio Missions, the Double-A affiliate of the San Diego Padres.
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Texas tries to win again in Boston
Texas Rangers lineup for May 7, 2025 against the Boston Red Sox: starting pitchers are Tyler Mahle for the Rangers and Tanner Houck for the BoSox.
The Rangers are looking to win two in a row in Boston tonight, and three in a row overall. After scoring six runs yesterday, Bruce Bochy is rolling with the same batting order today.
The lineup:
Smith — 1B
Langford — LF
Seager — SS
Pederson —...
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — May 7, 2025 — Undefeated top welterweight contender Raul Curiel (15-0-1, 13 KOs) has officially joined forces with world-renowned trainer Robert García at the Robert García Boxing Academy (RGBA) in Moreno Valley, California, as he continues his pursuit of a world title.
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Its two months before the MLB Draft, but that doesn’t mean that mock drafts aren’t happening
The 2025 MLB Draft first round will be on July 13, 2025, a little over two months away. MLB Pipeline has released their first mock draft of the year.
The Texas Rangers will be picking 12th overall in the 2025 MLB Draft, and in their first mock of the year, MLB Pipeline has the Rangers taking prep shortstop JoJo Parker. He is one of four prep shortstops...
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What say you about new hitting coach Bret Boone?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Texas Rangers fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.
The Texas Rangers, you may have heard, have a new hitting coach — former major league second baseman Bret Boone.
This week’s Rangers Reacts Survey is quite simple — how...
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Tuesday in the minors
In transactional news, pitcher Hunter Strickland, who was at Round Rock, was released on Monday, and signed a minor league deal with the Angels on Tuesday.
Hickory starter Kamdyn Perry threw five shutout innings, striking out six and walking one.
Pablo Guerrero was 2 for 3 with a walk and a homer. Maxton Martin had a walk and a homer. Chandler Pollard was 2 for 4 with a stolen base....