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ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said the Tampa Bay Rays lineup construction is what led him to use two openers ahead of Kumar Rocker on Friday night at Globe Life Field. Right-hander Trevor Williams worked a scoreless first inning and struck out Jonathan Aranda. Left-hander Robby Ahlstrom...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Kumar Rocker's velocity and slider shape held up on Friday night and pointed to the location of his pitches instead. Rocker allowed 6 runs, 5 of them earned, on 9 hits over 5 innings in a 7-6 loss to the Tampa...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Kumar Rocker said he did not get the job done after allowing 6 runs over 5 innings in a 7-6 Texas Rangers loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night at Globe Life Field. Rocker entered in the third inning behind two openers. He fell to...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Elias Díaz hit the first Texas Rangers grand slam of the season in the seventh inning Friday night, and the Tampa Bay Rays held on for a 7-6 win at Globe Life Field. Tampa Bay had lost 10 straight road games against Texas before Friday. The Rays...