Rangers' Wyatt Langford: Expects to be activated Sunday
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Langford (oblique) told reporters Saturday that he believes he'll be activated from the 10-day injured list ahead of Sunday's game against the Dodgers, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports.
Langford was in the Rangers' clubhouse after appearing in two games with Triple-A Round Rock for his rehab assignment, going 2-for-6 with two walks and a solo home run. His return will shake up the Rangers' lineup, with Jake Burger or Joc Pederson potentially being demoted in their respective roles. Before landing on the 10-day IL with a right oblique strain, Langford slashed .244/.333/.561 with five walks, two stolen bases, six runs scored, four home runs and six RBI.
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Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi: Fans seven in no-decision
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Eovaldi did not factor into the decision in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits while striking out seven across six innings. He did not issue a walk.
Eovaldi started out strongly by retiring 10 of the first 11 batters faced (including four strikeouts). He gave up three runs in the fourth frame -- two of which came on a two-run homer from Freddie Freeman -- but Eovaldi bounced back to retire the side in the fifth and sixth innings. Eovaldi has given up three earned runs or less in each of his five starts this season, and his 0.75 WHIP is second best in the majors behind Kevin Gausman (0.71). Eovaldi will look to earn his second win of the season in his next start, tentatively slated for next weekend on the road against the Giants.
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Rangers' Kyle Higashioka: Hits first homer of 2025
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Higashioka went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
Higashioka put the Rangers on the board in the third winning with a two-run shot off Roki Sasaki. It was Higashioka's first home run of 2025, and he's started the season slashing .278/.316/.444 with two walks, two runs scored and five RBI over 38 plate appearances this season.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Smacks walk-off homer
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Garcia went 1-for-4 with a walk-off, two-run homer in Saturday's 4-3 win over the Dodgers.
Garcia ended Saturday's game in dramatic fashion, taking Kirby Yates deep to left field for a two-run home run to give the Rangers their 13th win of the season. Garcia is up to four home runs on the season, two of which have come over his last three outings. He has gone 10-for-36 with two stolen bases, four runs scored, two home runs and five RBI over his last 10 games.
Smith (thumb) will start at first base and bat third Saturday against the Dodgers.
Smith missed four consecutive games while managing a buised thumb, but he seems to be fully recovered entering Saturday's contest. He'll make his first start back at first base, which will allow Dustin Harris to start in left field and bat seventh.
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Rangers' Jake Burger: Sitting Saturday
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Burger is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.
Burger's six-game hitting streak was put to an end Friday, as he struck out in all three of his at-bats. He'll get a chance to regroup Saturday while Josh Smith starts at first, opening up left field for Dustin Harris.
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Rangers' Jonah Heim: Idle Saturday
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Heim isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.
Heim will get a day off Saturday after going 0-for-3 with two strikeouts during Friday's series opener. Kyle Higashioka will do the catching instead for Nathan Eovaldi.
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Rangers' Joc Pederson: Epic slump continues
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Pederson went 0-for-3 in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Dodgers.
Season-opening slumps tend to get more attention than ones in the middle of a season, but there's no sugar-coating Pederson's futility. Following Friday's game, he's 0-for-his-last-36 and is batting .057. If he qualified he would be last in the majors. To Pederson's credit, the slump hasn't resulted in him chasing -- his 24.8 chase percentage is below league average and less than his career norm (27.6). He is, however, topping a lot of balls and is experiencing a spike in groundball rate (56.4). Texas manager Bruce Bochy is standing behind the slugger and continues to put him third or fourth in the lineup.
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Rangers' Dustin Harris: Hits in three straight starts
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Harris started in left field and went 2-for-3 with a double and was caught stealing in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Dodgers.
Harris made a third consecutive start in left field, as Josh Smith (thumb), who was the primary fill-in for the injured Wyatt Langford (oblique) against right-handers, remained unavailable. Harris has hit safely in all three starts, going 5-for-11 with two doubles and two runs scored. Depending on Smith's status, Harris could find himself in the lineup for a fourth straight game Saturday with the Dodgers scheduled to throw righty Roki Sasaki.
DeGrom (0-1) allowed one run on three hits and a walk while striking out seven over seven innings, taking the loss versus the Dodgers on Friday.
This is the definition of a hard-luck loss -- deGrom gave up a solo home run to Tommy Edman on the second pitch of the game, and that was the difference. DeGrom threw 61 of 96 pitches for strikes in this strong start, so his workload limitations look to be just about gone after his fourth outing. This was deGrom's first quality start of the season, and it was a strong bounce-back effort after he allowed three runs, including two home runs, on three hits and four walks over four innings against the Mariners last Friday. For the season, the right-hander has a 3.32 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 20:7 K:BB across 21.2 innings, though he's also given up five homers.
Smith (thumb) is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Dodgers.
It's the fourth straight absence from the lineup for Smith as he continues to manage a bruised thumb. There's been no indication that the 27-year-old will require a trip to the injured list, but it may be considered given how much time he's already missed. Dustin Harris is receiving another start in left field for the Rangers.
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Rangers' Robert Garcia: Registers rare save Thursday
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Garcia earned the save in Thursday's win 5-3 over the Angels, throwing a clean ninth inning and striking out one.
Garcia didn't have to do much to net his first save of the year, inducing two quick groundouts after fanning the leadoff batter on three pitches. Each of his five pitches overall landed for strikes. Closer Luke Jackson worked each of the past two days, and setup man Chris Martin was summoned to retire the top of the Angels' lineup in the eighth inning. That said, Garcia has five holds as opposed to one save in 2025, so he's unlikely to see very much ninth-inning work going forward despite producing a 2.00 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 8:3 K:BB through nine frames of work.
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Rangers' Corey Seager: Socks fourth homer in win
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Seager went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Angels.
Seager socked a 427-foot blast into deep center field in the seventh inning, giving the Rangers an insurance run to put the team ahead 5-3. The star shortstop is off to a strong start at the dish in 2025, slashing .306/.368/.516 with four round trippers, one double, six RBI and six runs scored through 62 at-bats (17 games). Seager now has multiple hits in three straight contests.
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Rangers' Adolis Garcia: Productive start continues in win
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Garcia went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and an additional RBI in Thursday's win over the Angels.
After plating a run on a sacrifice fly in the first frame, Garcia launched a 382-foot shot into left-center field to give Texas a 4-1 lead in the third inning. He also struck out twice and has been punched out multiple times in three of the past four games. While the slugging outfielder is batting just .226 over his first 62 at-bats of the year, Garcia has remained productive by piling up three homers, five doubles, seven RBI and four stolen bases through 19 outings.
Rangers' Kumar Rocker: Career-high eight strikeouts in win
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Rocker (1-2) earned the win after allowing three runs on five hits and no walks in seven innings Thursday against the Angels. He struck out eight.
The seven frames and eight punchouts both set career highs for the hard-throwing right-hander, who was outstanding Thursday. Jorge Soler plated a run in the opening frame, and Luis Rengifo drove in a pair in the fifth inning, but Rocker threw five spotless innings otherwise. Rocker will look to further improve on his 6.38 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 14:4 K:BB through four starts (18.1 innings) in his next outing, which is likely to come against a hard-hitting Athletics lineup in Sacramento next week.
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