Rise to the Top: The Texas Rangers

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Rise to the Top: The Texas Rangers

As a fan of the Texas Rangers since 2001 when A-Rod arrived in the MetroPlex, I've always enjoyed playing baseball games with the Rangers but have had a hard time consistently keeping the franchise going. This is where I'm going to turn to OS and hope that I can keep myself motivated by posting the stats, league leaders, rosters, and what nots. I hope that you all enjoy the thread and I'll have the first update later on today.

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Texas Rangers 2011 Schedule
DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
Apr 1	vs Boston Red Sox
Apr 2	vs Boston Red Sox
Apr 3	vs Boston Red Sox
Apr 4	vs Seattle Mariners
Apr 5	vs Seattle Mariners
Apr 6	vs Seattle Mariners
Apr 8	at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 9	at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 10	at Baltimore Orioles
Apr 11	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 12	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 13	at Detroit Tigers
Apr 15	at New York Yankees
Apr 16	at New York Yankees
Apr 17	at New York Yankees
Apr 18	vs Los Angeles Angels
Apr 19	vs Los Angeles Angels
Apr 20	vs Los Angeles Angels
Apr 22	vs Kansas City Royals
Apr 23	vs Kansas City Royals
Apr 24	vs Kansas City Royals
Apr 25	vs Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 26	vs Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 27	vs Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 28	vs Toronto Blue Jays
Apr 29	at Oakland Athletics
Apr 30	at Oakland Athletics

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2011 Texas Rangers
#	PITCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
47	Dave Bush	RP	R/R	31	6'2	204
30	Neftali Feliz	CP	R/R	22	6'3	215
39	Scott Feldman	SP	L/R	28	6'6	230
45	Derek Holland	RP	S/L	24	6'2	195
35	Tommy Hunter	SP	R/R	24	6'3	280
48	Colby Lewis	SP	R/R	31	6'4	230
57	Mark Lowe	RP	L/R	27	6'3	210
56	Darren O'Day	RP	R/R	28	6'4	220
28	Darren Oliver	RP	R/L	40	6'2	200
53	Arthur Rhodes	RP	L/L	41	6'2	220
33	Brandon Webb	SP	R/R	31	6'3	228
36	C.J. Wilson	SP	L/L	30	6'1	215
#	CATCHERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
25	Mike Napoli	C	R/R	29	6'0	215
8	Yorvit Torrealba	C	R/R	32	5'11	200
#	INFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
1	Elvis Andrus	SS	R/R	22	6'0	200
29	Adrian Beltre	3B	R/R	31	5'11	220
3	Andres Blanco	2B	S/R	26	5'10	190
5	Ian Kinsler	2B	R/R	28	6'0	200
18	Mitch Moreland	1B	L/L	25	6'2	230
#	OUTFIELDERS	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
20	Julio Borbon	CF	L/L	25	6'1	180
9	Endy Chavez	CF	L/L	33	6'0	170
17	Nelson Cruz	RF	R/R	30	6'2	240
32	Josh Hamilton	LF	L/L	29	6'4	235
7	David Murphy	LF	L/L	29	6'4	205
#	DESIGNATED HITTER	POS	B/T	AGE	HT	WT	SALARY
10	Michael Young	DH	R/R	34	6'1	200

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POST RESERVED FOR YEARLY RESULTS

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Boston Red Sox @ Texas Rangers
April 1-3, 2011 - Rangers Ballpark in Arlington - Arlington, TX
Series #1 Preview - Games #1-3

Pitching Probables:

Friday April 1, 2011 - 3:05 PM
Jon Lester (0-0, 0.00) vs. Brandon Webb (0-0, 0.00)

Saturday April 2, 2011 - 7:05 PM
Josh Beckett (0-0, 0.00) vs. C.J. Wilson (0-0, 0.00)

Sunday April 3, 2011 - 2:05 PM
Clay Bucholz (0-0, 0.00) vs. Colby Lewis (0-0, 0.00)

Series Notes:

The Boston Red Sox will debut their new off-season acquisitions in Arlington, Texas this weekend as they visit the Rangers to open up the 2011 season. The Red Sox have highly touted free agent signings from the 2010 off-season in OF Carl Crawford and 1B Adrian Gonzalez. The Red Sox are certainly the pre-season favorites to make a run at the World Series but they will have no easy task this weekend as they take on the defending American League Champions and the 2010 AL MVP, Josh Hamilton. The Rangers will debut their newest acquisition on Opening Day as Brandon Webb, former Diamondback and Cy Young Winner, will take the mound for the first time since Opening Day 2009. The Rangers hope that Webb will return to his pre-injury form and if so the Rangers certainly could be back in the Fall Classic this year.

That's not the only Ranger however that will be debuting as the Rangers will have a new half of the battery tandem now in Yorvit Torrealba and Mike Napoli as both men will share reigns as catchers this year. But perhaps the biggest signing for the Rangers this off season is numerous Gold Glove Winner and former Red Sox third baseman Adrian Beltre. Beltre is coming off an outstanding 2010 campaign in his lone season with the Red Sox as he hit for a .321 average and finished with 28 Home Runs and 102 RBI's putting him on his first ever MLB All Star Team last season.

Many questions surround the Rangers this season but power and offense will not be one of them. How will the Rangers fare in their opening weekend series against the Red Sox?

Upcoming Series:

April 4-6: Seattle @ Texas
April 5-7: Boston @ Cleveland

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Dallas Morning News
April 1, 2011

Rangers Ride Offense to Opening Day Victory

Arlington, TX - The Texas Rangers rode their high powered offense to a 5-3 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Opening Day 2011. The Rangers were backed by their newest pitcher in Brandon Webb as he would allow only three hits and two runs - the biggest hit being the J.D. Drew homer in the top of the seventh in what would be Webb's only runs allowed. However despite his great comeback start due to the Rangers not being able to hold the lead, Webb would not get the victory.

The Rangers would end up receiving great performances from David Murphy's two RBI's and 3B Adrian Beltre as Beltre would crush a bomb in the bottom of the eighth giving the Rangers the 4-3 lead and what would ultimately be the one that would blow things open for the Rangers. Despite having two errors in the early parts of the game, Beltre would more than enough make up for it with his long shot that put the Rangers ahead.

Neftali Feliz, the 2010 AL Rookie of the Year would immediately come into the game in the top of the ninth inning looking to shut the door and he would do so retiring the side 1-2-3 as he would earn his first save of the new campaign and close the game out for the Rangers.

Boston Red Sox at Texas Rangers
Apr 1, 2011	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Boston (0-1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0
Texas (1-0)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	x	5	14	3
W: M. Lowe (1-0) L: D. Bard (1-0) S: N. Feliz (1)

Scoring Summary
SCORING DETAILS			BOS	TEX
TEX	3	Elvis Andrus singled to center, Yorvit Torrealba scores	0	1
TEX	3	Josh Hamilton singled to center, Ian Kinsler scores	0	2
TEX	6	David Murphy singles to right, Nelson Cruz scores	0	3
BOS	7	J.D. Drew homers to right, Dustin Pedroia scores	2	3
BOS	8	Dustin Pedroia singles to left, David Ortiz scores	3	3
TEX	8	Adrian Beltre homers to left	3	4
TEX	8	David Murphy singles to left, Nelson Cruz scores	3	5

Boston Red Sox
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Crawford, LF	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Ellsbury, CF	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Gonzalez, 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	.000
Ortiz, DH	4	1	2	0	0	1	0	.500
Youkilis, 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
McDonald, PR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Lowrie, 3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Pedroia, 2B	4	1	1	1	0	1	0	.250
Drew, RF	4	1	1	2	0	1	1	.250
Saltalamacchia, C	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000
Scutaro, SS	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
TEAM TOTALS	36	3	6	3	1	9	1
BATTING: HR: Drew (1) RBI: Pedroia, Drew 2

Texas Rangers
HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	HR	AVG
Kinsler, 2B	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	.400
Andrus, SS	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	.500
Hamilton, LF	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	.333
Beltre, 3B	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	.250
Cruz, RF	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	.750
Napoli, 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000
Young, DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	.500
Murphy, CF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	.500
Torrealba, C	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.250
TEAM TOTALS	36	5	14	5	1	2	1
BATTING: HR: Beltre (1) RBI: Andrus, Hamilton, Beltre, Murphy 2 GIDP: Andrus, Torrealba
FIELDING: E: Beltre 2

Boston Red Sox
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Lester	5.0	8	3	3	1	1	0	5.40
Bard (L, 0-1)	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	1	4.50
Wheeler	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.70
Jenks	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00

Texas Rangers
PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Webb	6.2	3	2	1	1	7	1	1.35
Oliver (H,1)	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	9.00
Lowe (W, 1-0)	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00
Feliz (S,1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.00