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I have heard mention of C.J. Wilson in the starting rotation. Yes or no? -- Leslie R., Fort Worth The Rangers met with Wilson at the end of the season and talked to him about the possibility of starting.

Finally, the last installment of our delayed series. Here's why it took so long today: There were a lot of relievers to pitch for this team.

The Texas Rangers locked themselves into second place in the AL West Friday night, defeating the Seattle Mariners 7-4 in Seattle.

When an offense struggles, it's the manager's prerogative to shuffle the lineup.

The scenario is simple for the Los Angeles Angels : one win in any of their next four games against the second-place Texas Rangers will give them another AL West title.

After the Angels manufactured only one run on Tuesday night in Boston behind John Lackey in a loss to the Red Sox, the Angels starter put out a call for more offense.

OAKLAND, Calif. a ' Clayton Mortensen didn't exactly take a step forward Wednesday night in trying to work his way into the Athletics' 2010 pitching plans.

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Reporting from Arlington, Texas - Style points were of no concern to the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.

Why isn't Neftali Feliz the closer? He is pitching better than Frank Francisco or C.J. Wilson.

Alphabetically, David Aardsma ranks first in the entire catalog of all-time Major League players, but when it came to the pecking order of Seattle's bullpen heading into Spring Training 2009, he might as well have had the same last name as his general manager, Jack Zduriencik.

Elvis Andrus hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the fifth Wednesday and the Texas Rangers improved their position in the playoff race with a 6-4 win over Toronto.

The game was the first of a doubleheader, and improved Texas to 73-58. Photo not provided by the Toronto Blue Jays Your move, compadre Rangers starter Dustin Nippert set the stage, surrendering just two runs on five hits over six solid innings.

Hamilton had gone 23 games and 99 at-bats since his previous homer Aug. 7 until a 435-foot drive over the Rangers' bullpen in right-center on the first pitch of the fourth.

Rangers starter Kevin Millwood, done after 5 2/3 innings, watched the ninth from the visitors bench at Yankee Stadium and called it, "a little nerve-wracking." Catcher Ivan Rodriguez, who was working behind the plate and trying to get Frank Francisco through it, admitted, "It was a hard one, very hard." Manager Ron Washington said his heart was ...

Scott Feldman and three relievers combined on a four-hit shutout Saturday as Texas beat Minnesota 3-0. Feldman gave up the four hits in 5 2/3 innings before relief stints by Neftali Feliz, C.J. Wilson and closer Frank Francisco, who struck out the side in the bottom of the ninth, earning his 19th save.

Scott Feldman gave the Rangers another strong start, holding Minnesota scoreless into the sixth inning and helping Texas keep pace in the wild-card chase with a 3-0 victory over the Twins on Saturday night.

Kinsler and Chris Davis both had three-run homers for Texas, which took two of three from the club with the best record in the majors.

Ian Kinsler homered twice, the Texas bullpen pitched shutout ball and the Rangers became the first visitors to win a series at Yankee Stadium since mid-June, beating New York 7-2 Thursday.

The Yankees appeared ready to produce another one of their patented late-inning comebacks last night against Texas, but the whipped cream stayed on ice this time.