Texas Rangers News

Five-time Gold Glove outfielder Gary Pettis has been hired to be the Texas Rangers' first base coach, completing first-time manager Ron Washington's staff. Pettis' hiring was announced Monday, when the Rangers formally filled out Washington's staff. The staff includes former major league manager Art Howe, who was hired as bench coach two weeks ago. Don Wakamatsu, the bench coach the past four seasons and a finalist for the managerial job, ...

Free-agent outfielder Frank Catalanotto has agreed to a US$13-million, three-year deal to return to the Texas Rangers after playing the last four seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays. The deal includes a team option for a fourth year, and was confirmed by a Rangers official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract is pending a physical that is expected to be conducted Tuesday. Catalanotto hit .300 and scored ...

Oakland Athletics third base coach Ron Washington will be the first of at least five candidates interviewed for the Texas Rangers' managerial vacancy. Washington, a coach with the A's the past 11 seasons, will interview Tuesday. Oakland was swept by Detroit in the AL championship series. General manager Jon Daniels plans to talk Thursday with minor league manager John Russell, a former Ranger who was the International League Manager of ...

Rudy Jaramillo won't be a candidate for manager of the Texas Rangers, telling general manager Jon Daniels that he prefers to remain the team's hitting coach. ``Rudy told me ... that's where his heart is,'' Daniels said Monday. ``As such, he won't be interviewed in our search.'' Daniels is looking to replace Buck Showalter, who was fired last week. Daniels is in the early stages of his hunt, with several ...

Buck Showalter has been fired as manager of the Texas Rangers, ending four seasons in which he was never able to get a team with several young all-stars high than third place in the American League West Division. Texas was 80-82 this season, its sixth losing record in seven years since last making the playoffs in 1999. Showalter was 319-329 with the Rangers, his third managerial job, and still had ...

Texas Rangers third baseman Hank Blalock had arthroscopic surgery on his sore right shoulder Monday. Blalock's shoulder started bothering him in July. He didn't start at third base after Sept. 14 because it hurt when he threw, and his last 12 starts were as the designated hitter. Blalock, a two-time all-star, hit .266 with 16 home runs and 89 RBIs, both career lows. He hit only .168 (16-of-95) with one ...

Major league hits leader Ichiro Suzuki got two more on Sunday, including a leadoff home run, to jump start the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 win over the Texas Rangers in the season finale. Richie Sexson added his 34th home run in the second inning off Robinson Tejada. Adrian Beltre then singled after Yuniesky Betancourt doubled to break a 2-2 tie in the third. Suzuki finished with 224 hits, the ...

Adrian Beltre homered twice and Felix Hernandez pitched seven strong innings as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Texas Rangers 3-1 Saturday. Hernandez (12-14) allowed four hits and faced only one batter over the minimum through the first 6 1-3 innings. He struck out five. Joel Pineiro pitched the eighth and J.J. Putz worked the ninth for his 35th save in 42 opportunities. Beltre hit a two-run homer with two outs ...

Michael Young doubled twice to set a franchise record for two-base hits in a season, and drove in two runs to lead the Texas Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Friday night. Young hit his 51st double in the first inning to break Juan Gonzalez's club record set in 1998. His more damaging hit came in the sixth, snapping a 3-3 tie with a two-out, two-run ...

Robinson Tejeda pitched 6 2-3 strong innings, Mark Teixeira hit a two-run homer and the Texas Rangers put the Los Angeles Angels on the verge of playoff elimination with a 5-2 victory Tuesday night. The Angels had knocked a game off Oakland's lead in the AL West for three consecutive days with a three-game winning streak, but things unravelled quickly against the Rangers. Kelvim Escobar (11-14) allowed five runs on ...