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FRISCO, Texas — Jack Leiter needed 59 pitches to get through 3-plus innings Thursday night at Riders Field. The Texas Rangers right-hander allowed 3 hits and 5 runs, 4 of them earned, walked 2, and struck out 5 in his second minor league rehab start since ankle surgery. Leiter threw...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom reached 2,000 career strikeouts on Thursday night, and the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 2-0 to move back into a tie for the final American League wild card spot. Texas is 63-65 with 34 games left. Showing up the same way every day is...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom walked 1 batter and struck out 10 on Thursday night in a 2-0 Texas Rangers win over the Washington Nationals. deGrom went 6 innings on 94 pitches and gave up 1 hit and 0 runs. The 10 strikeouts matched his season high, and the 2,000th...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom came into Thursday night 2 strikeouts short of 2,000 for his career and got both in the first two batters of the game. Daylen Lile struck out swinging. Abimelec Ortiz, who came up through the Texas system, struck out swinging behind him, and deGrom tipped...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers collected 4 hits, all singles, and drew 1 walk in a 6-0 loss to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night at Globe Life Field. Cade Cavalli struck out 11 over 6 innings and retired the last 11 batters he faced. Washington scored first in...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom will return to the Texas Rangers rotation Thursday night against the Washington Nationals, one week after right triceps fatigue forced him out of a start in Anaheim after 2 innings. DeGrom is also 2 strikeouts away from 2,000 for his career. Monday's off day gave...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager doubled, scored a run, and dove headfirst into second base Tuesday night in his first game back from a scheduled day off. The Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 at Globe Life Field. Seager went 2-for-4. The double was his ninth of the season....

ARLINGTON, Texas — Kumar Rocker will start Wednesday against the Washington Nationals in the spot that would have been Jacob deGrom's normal turn. Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said deGrom has a chance to start Thursday's series finale. Texas was idle Monday, which pushed deGrom's turn to Wednesday. He threw...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Foscue had not hit a home run since July 9. He ended that Tuesday night with a 400-foot solo shot over the left field wall in the second inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 5-0 at Globe Life Field. The home run came...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Cal Quantrill has moved between the Texas Rangers bullpen and rotation four times since April. On Tuesday, in his second start since the latest move, he threw 7 scoreless innings against the Washington Nationals at Globe Life Field. Quantrill gave up 4 hits, walked none, and struck...