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The Texas Rangers produced a dominant 9-1 win in their series-opener against the Kansas City Royals on Friday, and a large contributor to their success was shortstop Ezequiel Duran. Duran opened his evening with a two-out,
Kumar Rocker was brilliant with six scoreless innings against the Royals on Saturday afternoon and he was even gifted a three-run cushion from his offense, a luxury that Rangers starting pitchers haven’t been afforded often.
DETROIT — Ezequiel Duran did not anticipate having to play right field on Friday against the Detroit Tigers. The Texas Rangers second baseman moved to right field after Brandon Nimmo was removed for the game as a precaution for a recurrence of right ...
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The larger stretch of sweeps started with the Chicago White Sox (May 12-14) and continued in KC’s recent homestand. The Boston Red Sox swept the Royals (May 18-20) before the New York Yankees outscored the club 26-4 during their three-game sweep.
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