Photo by Lorenzo Di Cola/NurPhoto via Getty Images Sunday in the minors 2023 14th rounder Josh Trentadue started for Down East, going five innings, striking out one and walking two. Kolten Curtis struck out four in five scoreless innings, walking one and allowing two hits, lowering his ERA on the year to 1.59. Jesus Lopez was 2 for 4. Tommy Specht had a pair of hits. Down East box score Aidan Curry went three innings for Hickory, striking out four and allowing four runs on a pair of home runs. Adrian Rodriguez struck out two and walked two in a shutout inning. Tucker Mitchell was 3 for 4 with ..read more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Rangers 4, Reds 3 Rangers 4, Reds 3 Closer than we’d have preferred, scarier than ideal at the end, but at the end of the day it is a W, and we’ll take that. The Rangers scored no runs for eight innings on Saturday, then scored four runs in the ninth. Today, the Rangers scored four runs in the first, then didn’t score any more runs the rest of the way. I can appreciate the symmetry, but I’d appreciate more innings with runs scored more. Not only did Texas score all four of their runs in the first inning, they registered four of their six hits in the first inn ..read more

Jim Cowsert-USA TODAY Sports It was Texas’ turn to score early and start dreaming about a no-hitter The Texas Rangers scored four runs while the Cincinnati Reds scored three runs. All throughout this homestand, the Rangers have been facing early deficits with runs scored in the first few frames, often the very first one. With a scuffling lineup, that felt ruinous to their chances of winning and often Texas would find itself in the middle innings staring up at a zero in the hit column. Today, however, the Rangers were the team that jumped out in front and then kept the opposing lineup at quiet ..read more

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Let’s get that no-hit bid over with early, fellas Cincinnati Reds @ Texas Rangers Sunday, April 28, 2024, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / BS Southwest) The Shed LHP Andrew Abbott vs. RHP Dane Dunning Today's Lineups REDS RANGERS Will Benson - LF Marcus Semien - 2B Elly De La Cruz - SS Corey Seager - SS Spencer Steer - 1B Nathaniel Lowe - 1B Jake Fraley - RF Adolis Garcia - RF Jonathan India - 2B Jonah Heim - C Nick Martini - DH Wyatt Langford - LF Jeimer Candelario - 3B Davis Wendzel - 3B Luke Maile - C Andrew Knizner - DH Stuart Fairchild - C ..read more

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports Sunday morning Rangers news and links Good morning, folks... The Rangers fell to the Reds yesterday by a score of 8-4. Shawn McFarland has his Final Thoughts from the loss. The offense got going at the end of the game, which one would hope is a sign the bats are snapping out of their recent funk. Michael Lorenzen was pitching well through six innings, but starting the seventh inning didn’t work out well for him. The Rangers have sent Hickory righthander Brock Porter back to Surprise so he can work on some things with the pitching coaches. Josh Jung got an update o ..read more

Photo by Alexander Manzyuk/Anadolu via Getty Images Saturday in the minors Alejandro Rosario started for the Wood Ducks, allowing two runs in 3.2 IP, allowing a walk and a home run, striking out three. Wilian Bormie threw three shutout innings, striking out four. Marcos Torres and a had, a walk and a stolen base. Down East box score Winston Santos continued his terrific start to 2024, throwing five shutout innings for Hickory, striking out seven and walking three. Josh Gessner walked five and allowed two runs in 1.1 IP. Tucker Mitchell had a pair of hits. Hickory box score Frisco starter Emili ..read more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Reds 8, Rangers 4 Reds 8, Rangers 4 That was quite a bleah game. At least the Rangers didn’t get shut out. At least they didn’t get one hit. That meager rally in the ninth inning moved the hit total up and made the final score hit quite as bad as it could have been. Davis Wendzel hit his first major league homer. Corey Seager hit a homer on his birthday to break a homerless streak. Those things are positive. Michael Lorenzen pitched better than five runs allowed in six innings looks. In a game where the Rangers were ahead, or were even close, or weren’t looki ..read more

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports At least they weren’t shut out! The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Cincinnati Reds scored eight runs. The Rangers had allowed first inning runs in every game of this homestand thus far until today but that meant today’s starter Michael Lorenzen only waited until the second inning for the Reds to take an early 2-0 lead to force the flailing bats to press even further. And press they did. Were it not for a leadoff double in the fifth inning off the bat of Josh Smith, the Rangers would have been on no-hitter watch until an unexpected ninth inning rally. After ..read more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Texas and the Reds, again Texas Rangers lineup for April 27, 2024 against the Cincinnati Reds: starting pitchers are Michael Lorenzen for the Rangers and Hunter Greene for the Reds. Texas take on Cincinnati in game two of this series. Corey Seager is getting a day off on his birthday. Adolis Garcia is getting a day off, as well, but it is not his birthday. The lineup: Semien — 2B Jankowski — RF Lowe — 1B Carter — LF Smith — SS Langford — DH Heim — C Duran — 3B Taveras — CF 3:05 p.m. Central start time. Rangers are -125 favorites ..read more

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images Texas Rangers update for Saturday, April 27. Good morning, LSB. The Rangers defeated the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, 2-1. Evan Grant writes that what was a weakness in 2023 appears to be a strength so far this year, Kennedi Landry writes about Nathan Eovaldi doing what he does best. Grant also has some words on Professor Eovaldi. Elsewhere Grant writes about how much of Cole Winn’s success this season can be attributed to a sports psychologist. Cody Bradford has a rib injury that’s gonna sideline him longer than originally expected. Jeff Wilson has an update on ..read more