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Game 59 Game Day Thread – Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers Sunday, May 31, 2026, 1:35 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Michael Wacha vs. RHP Jack Leiter Today’s Lineups ROYALS RANGERS Carter Jensen – DH Joc Pederson – DH Bobby Witt – SS Josh Jung – 3B Vinnie Pasquantino – 1B Brandon Nimmo […]

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Texas Rangers lineup for May 31, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for May 31, 2026 against the Kansas City Royals: starting pitchers are Jack Leiter for the Rangers and Michael Wacha for the Royals. The Rangers look to try to sweep the Royals this afternoon. Evan Carter, who got hit in the foot with a pitch on Friday, is sitting for the second […]

Texas Rangers minor league update for 5/30/26

A.J. Russell started for Hickory, striking out five and walking two in 2.1 innings, allowing two runs, including a solo homer. Paulino Santana had a hit and a stolen base. Josh Springer had three hits. Hickory box score Hub City starter Ismael Agreda allowed six runs in five innings, including a grand slam, striking out […]

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Sunday morning Rangers things

Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Kansas City Royals yesterday by a score of 7-6. Evan Grant writes that the Rangers come from behind victory sets them up to potentially have a winning homestand. Joc Pederson homered in the win, and is looking like the guy the Rangers thought they were signing. Evan […]

27-31 – Rangers go streaking with late rally against Royals

The Texas Rangers scored seven runs while the Kansas City Royals scored six runs. The Rangers finally found one of those bad teams we’ve heard so much about! After going up 3-0 through most of the game, the Rangers allowed four runs in the top of the seventh to erase a quality start from Kumar […]

Game 58 Game Day Thread – Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers Saturday, May 30, 2026, 3:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network / FS1) The Shed RHP Seth Lugo vs. RHP Kumar Rocker Today’s Lineups ROYALS RANGERS Carter Jensen – C Joc Pederson – DH Bobby Witt – SS Josh Jung – 3B Maikel Garcia – 3B […]

Texas Rangers lineup for May 30, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for May 30, 2026 against the Kansas City Royals: starting pitchers are Kumar Rocker for the Rangers and Seth Lugo for the Royals. Texas scored a lot of runs yesterday and won a game. They will try to do that again today. The lineup: Pederson — DH Jung — 3B Nimmo — […]

Texas Rangers minor league update for 5/29/26

Hickory starter Aidan Deakins allowed three runs in 4.1 IP, striking out four and walking two. Yolfran Castillo went 3 for 4 with a walk and a stolen base. Paulino Santana had a pair of walks and a stolen base. Hector Osorio had a pair of walks. Josh Springer had a hit. Hickory box score […]

Saturday morning Rangers stuff

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers smoked the Royals last night, 9-1. Evan Grant writes that the offense went old school. MacKenzie Gore got back on the right track with a dominant outing vs. KC. New Ranger Nicky Lopez’s first hit in Texas was a big one and came just days after the death of his […]

Game 57 Game Day Thread – Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers

Kansas City Royals @ Texas Rangers Friday, May 29, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / CW33) The Shed RHP Stephen Kolek vs. LHP MacKenzie Gore Today’s Lineups ROYALS RANGERS Lane Thomas – LF Joc Pederson – DH Bobby Witt – SS Josh Jung – 3B Maikel Garcia – 3B Brandon Nimmo – RF […]

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Texas Rangers lineup for May 29, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for May 29, 2026 against the Kansas City Royals: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore and Stephen Kolek. The floundering Texas Rangers will try to flounder less tonight against the Royals of Kansas City. Offensive dynamo Nicky Lopez is hitting ninth, which I assume is for that “two leadoff man” synergy. The lineup: […]

Minor league update for 5/28/26

Hickory starter Jesus Lafalaise allowed two runs in six innings of work, striking out two and walking three. Hector Osorio was 2 for 5 with a homer. Paulino Santana homered. Marcos Torres homered, walked and stole a base. Esteban Mejia was 2 for 4 with a walk and a double. Josh Spring doubled. Yolfran Castillo […]

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Friday morning Rangers things

Good morning, LSB. The Rangers lost to the Astros last night, 5-1. Shawn McFarland’s game story discusses the hole that Texas’ starting pitching has been digging in the early going of games. Kennedi Landry evaluates what’s gone wrong with the Rangers’ season one-third of the way into it. Skip Schumaker missed the game while attending […]

25-31 – Rangers doomed from the start in 5-1 loss to Astros

The Texas Rangers scored one run but the Houston Astros scored five runs. Just about the only thing that ultimately went well for the Rangers tonight was Yordan Alvarez didn’t hit what surely would have been his 47th homer in this series if my count is correct. Instead, both Jeremy Pena and Isaac Paredes went […]

Game 56 Game Day Thread – Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers

Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers Thursday, May 28, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Spencer Arrighetti vs. RHP Nathan Eovaldi Today’s Lineups ASTROS RANGERS Jeremy Pena – SS Joc Pederson – DH Yordan Alvarez – DH Alejandro Osuna – LF Isaac Paredes – 1B Brandon Nimmo – […]

Texas Rangers lineup for May 28, 2026

Texas Rangers lineup for May 28, 2026 against the Houston Astros: starting pitchers are Nathan Eovaldi for the Rangers and Spencer Arrighetti for the Astros. Its the finale of the four game series against Houston. Skip Schumaker will be missing the game today due to a graduation he will be attending. Luis Ureta will be […]

Thursday Morning Links

Morning, all! Evan Grant remembers Bob Horner, who was the first overall pick by the Atlanta Braves in 1978, slipped the minor leagues entirely, posted over an .800 OPS in 8 of his 10 pro seasons, and had his career cut short due to a bad shoulder. With the Rangers now on their third year […]

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Minor league update for 5/27/26

Hickory starter Moises Morales struck out two and walked one in five innings, allowing one run. Aneudis Mejia threw a shutout inning, striking out one. Owen Proksch allowed a run in two innings, striking out one. Louis Marinaro struck out one in a scoreless inning. Hector Osorio had a hit and a pair of walks. […]

25-30 – Rangers get back to business with 4-3 loss to Astros

The Texas Rangers scored three runs while the Houston Astros scored four runs. Eschewing the exchange of bizarre history that highlighted the first two games of this series, the Rangers and Astros instead settled into more standard fare at The Shed tonight with a low-scoring contest that sort of became a home run derby between […]

Game 55 Game Day Thread – Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers

Houston Astros @ Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 7:05 PM CDT (105.3 The Fan / Rangers Sports Network) The Shed RHP Mike Burrows vs. RHP Jacob deGrom Today’s Lineups ASTROS RANGERS Jeremy Pena – SS Joc Pederson – DH Yordan Alvarez – DH Alejandro Osuna – LF Christian Walker – 1B Brandon Nimmo – […]