April 11, 2021 Bullpen shines as Padres blank Rangers for 3-game sweep Trent Grisham and Manny Machado homered, Craig Stammen led a parade of six effective San Diego relievers after starter Adrian Morejon left early with an injury, and the Padres beat the Texas Rangers 2-0 on Sunday for a three-game sweep.
April 11, 2021 Padres follow up 1st no-no with 7-4 victory over Rangers Trent Grisham hit a go-ahead homer for San Diego in the seventh inning and the Padres followed up the franchise's first no-hitter with a 7-4 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
April 10, 2021 Padres' Joe Musgrove throws franchise's first-ever no-hitter The San Diego Padres recorded their first no-hitter after 53 years.
April 7, 2021 Gibson strong rebound for Rangers in 2-1 win over Blue Jays Kyle Gibson rebounded from a horrendous opening day start for Texas by striking out eight over six scoreless innings, and the Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 2-1 in the rubber game of their three-game series Wednesday.
April 5, 2021 Texas Rangers fans pack Globe Life Park for team's home-opener after capacity limits lifted Videos and pictures showed a packed house a Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, the home of Major League Baseball’s Texas Rangers on Monday to play in front of a big-time crowd since the pandemic started last year.
April 5, 2021 Blue Jays spoil Rangers home opener before largest MLB crowd Steven Matz struck out nine in his Toronto debut, Marcus Semien and Cavan Biggio hit back-to-back homers and the Blue Jays won 6-2 in the home opener for the Texas Rangers on Monday before the largest MLB crowd since the pandemic.
April 5, 2021 Rangers fill stands with fans, who accept 'calculated risk' Susanna Frare said her family decided to take a “calculated risk” attending the home opener of the Texas Rangers, the first major U.S. pro sports event to approach capacity in a stadium since the coronavirus shutdown more than a year ago.
April 5, 2021 Abbott won't throw pitch, in rebuff to MLB voting stance Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he won’t throw the ceremonial first pitch as planned at the Texas Rangers’ home opener — the latest jab in a fight that’s pushing corporate America into the political battle over voting rights.
April 4, 2021 Lowe hits towering HR, Texas tops Royals to avoid sweep Nate Lowe hit a towering, three-run homer and the Texas Rangers figured how to hold onto a big lead, beating the Kansas City Royals 7-3 Sunday for their first win of the season.
April 2, 2021 Royals outslug Rangers 14-10 in wild season opener Much of the attention on the Kansas City Royals this offseason centered around the acquisitions of first baseman Carlos Santana and left fielder Andrew Benintendi.