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Rangers starter Yu Darvish will pitch the finale against the Toronto Blue Jays as he tries to bounce back from his worst major-league start.

Back on May 8, Albert Pujols had hit rock bottom. The Angels first baseman was batting a season-low .190 and had just one home run.

Right-hander Johan Yan was promoted from Double A this week, and made his Triple A debut Friday with a scoreless inning of relief.... Center fielder Julio Borbon went into Saturday's game with a 13-game hitting streak, hitting .431 with three doubles and three home runs over that stretch.

Josh Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the 13th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers to an 8-7 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday.

Strange game, as Rangers go 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position before Elvis Andrus comes through with a run-scoring double in the 13th.

Six first-inning runs were more than enough support for Derek Holland, who held the Blue Jays to two runs over 7 1/3 innings while giving up five hits and striking out nine without issuing a walk.

A lot of times, people will say that one baseball team is sending a message to another baseball team when what they mean to say is that one baseball team is outplaying another baseball team.

Comment From dazed and confused ... looks like napoli's setting himself for another unconscious second half of the season like last year; that is, if he wants the big bucks this offseason.

After his 30th birthday last year, Josh Hamilton returned from the disabled list and single-handedly offered the kind of support to Derek Holland of which a teammate can only dream.

Dustin Penner scored 17:42 into overtime and the Los Angeles Kings are headed to the Stanley Cup finals for the second time as a franchise after beating the Phoenix Coyotes with a 4-3 win in Game 5 of the Western Conference... Inning after inning, Milwaukee had San Francisco starter Matt Cain in trouble.

The Roger Clemens perjury case resumes Wednesday after a day off, with prosecutors coming to the end of their case against the former baseball all-star. On a seventh-inning sacrifice bunt back to the mound, Arizona Diamondbacks reliever Brad Ziegler opted to throw to second base instead of first.

Matt Harrison spun seven-plus innings of one- run ball and Elvis Andrus slapped a go-ahead two-run triple in the third as the Rangers downed the Mariners, 3-1, in the middle test of a three-game set on Tuesday at Safeco Field.

Comment From Alan ... Are there any of the players with whom you sense Yu having formed more of a connection due to personality, likes/dislikes rather than simply because they have to work closely together ? Evan Grant: His catchers and shortstop Elvis Andrus.

Texas Top 1st - UMPIRES: Home,Brian O'Nora; First, Tom Hallion; Second, Alfonso Marquez; Third, Cory Blaser; - Ian Kinsler flied out to center.

One of the emerging themes of the 2012 season is the increased emphasis on defensive shifts by many Major League teams.

Texas' Nelson Cruz can't quite catch a home run by Houston's Jed Lowrie in the ninth inning on Sunday in Houston.

It should come as no surprise that the Rangers will face Felix Hernandez tonight to open a three-game series at Seattle.

Justin Maxwell hit one of Houston's season-high three homers to put his team on top in the fifth inning and the Astros held on for a 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

After and early 4-0 deficit, Houston battles back behind 3 homeruns and stellar pitching of Harrell and Meyers, Astros win 6-5. HOUSTON Justin Maxwell hit one of Houston's season-high three homers to put his team on top in the fifth inning and the Astros held on for a 6-5 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

Preston Mattingly probably shook his head if he watched the Royals’ game on Wednesday.The Royals were on the verge of winning in the ninth when the Orioles’ J.J. Hardy singled home Ryan Flaherty with the tying run.