DETROIT — Texas Rangers starter Jack Leiter retired the first 12 batters he faced and struck out 10 to match his career high. He was pitching the best he had all season.
Good morning. Shawn McFarland is contractually obligated to type words about the unproductive Texas Rangers offense for the several hundredth time as he checks in on how the club has performed recently.
Hickory starter Jesus Lafalaise allowed six runs in four innings, striking out seven, walking three and allowing a home run. Yolfran Castillo was 2 for 4 with a pair of stolen bases.
Tigers 7, Rangers 1 Detroit. Dee-Troit. D Troit. The Tigers. They won. Jack Leiter gave up 5 runs in 6.2 innings, which sounds bad. Which is bad, really.
Some things appear clear when it comes to Baseball Hall of Fame voting. The PED guys aren’t going to get in, or at least the hitters, and the rubric for starting pitchers has to be reconstructed on the fly.
The Texas Rangers scored one run but the Detroit Tigers scored seven runs. Looks like I picked the right day to not be subscribed to the 20th different service that MLB has shoved exclusive games on.
DETROIT — Most saw Josh Smith hit a single in the fifth inning of Saturday’s game. Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker saw it in a different way. Schumaker is trying to get Smith going after an awful first month of the season that saw the former AL Silver Slugger at utility bat under .200.
DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers are returning to “pitching chaos.” The Texas Rangers had better get ready. “Pitching chaos” is what manager A.J. Hinch calls a bullpen game.
Rangers vs Tigers: The Texas Rangers finish up their three-game series with the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park on Sunday evening. The Tigers drew level in the series after beating the Rangers 5-1 on Saturday.
Hickory starter A.J. Russell struck out five and walked two in two innings, allowing two runs. Moises Morales struck out nine and walked two in five innings, allowing two runs.
Speed is more important than ever in MLB with recent rule changes promoting stolen bases. These were the 25 fastest players for the 2026 season, as recorded by the Statcast sprint speed metric.
Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers fell to the Detroit Tigers by a score of 5-1 last night. The DMN writes that Kumar Rocker’s performance was a reminder of the non-linearity of progress.
DETROIT — For Kumar Rocker the road is not his friend. Rocker went just two innings in Saturday’s 5-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. He threw just 43 pitchers, which led to Texas falling behind, 5-0.
The Texas Rangers are looking to take control of the American League West race even though they have been less than impressive in the early part of the season.
DETROIT — Texas Rangers Skip Schumaker made the obvious clear — he can’t be without both Wyatt Langford and Brandon Nimmo. So, he put Nimmo on the bench for Saturday’s game with the Detroit Tigers.
When you're getting close to breaking an all-time MLB record that has been standing since 1947, you're doing something right. A slugging left-hander had his chance for history denied on Saturday.
The Texas Rangers arrived in Detroit for their weekend series against the Tigers, carrying some unwelcome news: star outfielder Wyatt Langford will be sidelined for at least another week after suffering a setback during his injury rehabilitation.
Alejandro Osuna hit a go-ahead RBI double in the eighth inning as the visiting Texas Rangers opened a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers with a 5-4 win Friday.
Texas Rangers outfielder Brandon Nimmo exited a recent game with hamstring tightness. Nimmo ended up playing on Friday against the Detroit Tigers, but he exited the game in the fourth inning again, according to Jeff Wilson of DLLS Sports.
All things considered, Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker appears pleased with his team's performance heading into May. The Rangers are 15-16 as they begin a three-game series against the host Detroit Tigers on Friday.
Nathan Eovaldi pitched seven strong innings against one of his former teams and the Texas Rangers recorded a 3-0 victory over the New York Yankees Wednesday afternoon in Arlington, Texas.
The Texas Rangers made one of the more unexpected moves of this past offseason when they traded second baseman Marcus Semien to the New York Mets in exchange for left fielder Brandon Nimmo.
Cameras caught a wild brawl between a New York Yankees fan and a Texas Rangers supporter during Monday’s game at Globe Life Field. Just two weeks ago, a video went viral of New York Yankees fans fighting each other in the team’s 11-4 home loss to the Los Angeles Angels.
The Rangers announced that left-hander Robert Garcia has been placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to April 20th, with left shoulder inflammation.