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Marlon Byrd had two RBI for Texas Sunday in a 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay that stretched the Rangers' win streak to five games.

Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night.

Hunter, Rangers beat Rays 3-1 Eds: APNewsNow. Rangers 3, Rays 1. AP Photo ARL101 By DAVID JIMENEZ Associated Press Writer ARLINGTON, Texas Tommy Hunter earned his first career victory on his 23rd birthday, Hank Blalock homered and the Texas Rangers won their third in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 Friday night.

CINCINNATI a ' Former Baylor baseball letterman Drew Sutton was promoted to the Cincinnati Reds Major League club, the organization announced Wednesday evening.

Hunter Pence belted the first pitch of the eighth inning from Jason Jennings over the wall in center field, giving Houston the lead, and the Astros beat Texas, 5-3, in the finale of a three- game series.

It took a little longer than the Rangers expected, but they are still going home in sole possession of first place in the American League West.

When the players cast their All-Star votes this weekend, forgive them if they don't give your first-place Rangers much consideration.

The Rangers, desperate for bullpen help for the weekend, activated Willie Eyre from the 60-day disabled list before Friday's game against the San Diego Padres.

The celebration of a landmark achievement wouldn't have been the same had the Texas Rangers lost the finale late Thursday to Arizona.

Davis matched a career high with four hits as the Rangers wrapped up a 2-4 road trip and moved a half-game ahead of the idle Los Angeles Angels in the AL West.

It's sad to say, but most Rangers fans half-expected this. Not the fact that Texas has dropped five straight; not the fact that the Rangers' team batting average for the last week and a half is a considerable distance from the Mendoza Line; not even the fact that outside of Seattle , Matt Harrison has yet to beat a winning team in 2009.

Felipe Lopez had three hits and drove in three runs, and added three singles for the Diamondbacks , who snapped a three-game skid.

On Thursday afternoon, some young hitters had no trouble pulling Eddie Guardado's swiftest deliveries.

Jason Jennings #31 of Texas Rangers throws a pitch against the Baltimore Orioles on April 8, 2008 at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas.

Nate Schierholtz scored the winning run on a wild pitch by Jason Jennings with two outs in the 11th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night.

How Rangers hitters fared: Strange night for Elvis Andrus and Ian Kinsler. Andrus reached three times ahead of Kinsler but was erased on double plays in three Kinsler at-bats - one on a liner to third, one on a deep fly to right and one on a grounder.

Hunter Pence led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Thursday night to avoid a season sweep.

By JEFF WILSON ARLINGTON - Regardless of what happens tonight in San Francisco, the Texas Rangers are assured of a 44th consecutive day with sole possession of first place in the American League West.That's the good news after one of the longest homestands of the season ended with a losing record and a much smaller first-place lead.The Rangers, ...

Eds: APNewsNow. Astros 5, Rangers 3. AP Photo ARL110 By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas Hunter Pence led off the eighth inning with a tiebreaking homer and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Thursday night to avoid a season sweep.

Why not move Derek Holland back to the bullpen and let Jason Jennings start? -- Dallas J., Denton, Texas Texas is seriously thinking about the possibility of moving Jennings to the rotation.