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Beyond the effectiveness that underscored his two April starts, Texas Rangers left-hander Nick Martinez has showcased a trait that serves him well as the organization shuttles him back and forth between Arlington and Triple-A Round Rock: maturity. After opening the season in Round Rock, Martinez was recalled April 12, optioned back to Triple-A three days later, and recalled once more April 21. "Nick has really matured in how he handles that. Continue to Article

May 03, 2017 4:58:am EST

No lead appears safe against the Houston Astros this season. Houston rallied from a 5-0 deficit for the third time this season as Marwin Gonzalez hit two home runs, including a go-ahead grand slam in the eighth inning that rallied the Astros over the Texas Rangers 8-7 on Tuesday night. Gonzalez hit a towering fly off Keone Kela (0-1) just over the right-field wall and inside the right-field foul pole for his first career grand slam - and a 7-5 lead. Continue to Article

May 03, 2017 12:43:am EST

HOUSTON, Texas -- If Monday's series opener between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers was any indication of things to come, the 18 games left of this in-state rivalry should be rather interesting. Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel each hit RBI doubles in a five-run seventh inning that lifted the Astros to a 6-2 win over the Rangers in a game that included a benches-clearing tussle. "You don't want anybody to get hurt, but you want high-emotion baseball," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. "This is fun for us to play with a little bit of edge. We'll see them (Tuesday). We'll see them 18 more times. Obviously, it should be a fun summer." Houston trailed by 1 entering the seventh inning Continue to Article

May 02, 2017 4:18:am EST

If Monday's series opener between the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers was any indication of things to come, the 18 games left of this in-state rivalry should be rather interesting. Jose Altuve, Carlos Correa and Yuli Gurriel each hit RBI doubles in a five-run seventh inning that lifted the Astros to a 6-2 win over the Rangers in a game that included a benches-clearing tussle. ''You don't want anybody to get hurt, but you want high-emotion baseball,'' Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. Continue to Article

May 02, 2017 12:37:am EST

Last season the roles were reversed, with the Texas Rangers building momentum toward a second consecutive American League West title with a winning record in April while the Houston Astros dug an early hole from which they never escaped, sputtering into May with a 7-17 record. A strong start to this season was a talking point for the Astros throughout spring training, and following their 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Sunday at Minute Maid Park in the rubber match of that three-game series, the Astros (16-9) concluded the opening month with the most wins in the American League. The next step for Houston is reversing a two-year trend of failure against the Rangers (11-14), who might be middling but have dominated the Astros of late. Continue to Article

May 01, 2017 2:15:am EST