ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Nelson Cruz(notes) and the Texas Rangers are headed to their second straight World Series, finishing off the Detroit Tigers with a huge offensive burst to become the American League’s first repeat champion in a decade. Cruz set a postseason record with his sixth home run of the series, Michael Young(notes) hit a pair of two-run doubles in a nine-run third inning, and the Rangers romped to a 15-5 win Saturday night that won the AL pennant in six games. “It’s very sweet,” said Young, the Rangers’ longest-tenured player, in his 11th season. “We’re happy we’re going to the World Series right now. But we have a lot of work to do. Happy, but not satisfied.” They’ll open the World Series on
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Rangers Beat Justin Verlander, Tigers in Twice-Delayed Game 1 of ALCS
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Nelson Cruz broke a postseason slump with a home run, and the Texas Rangers beat Detroit's Justin Verlander 3-2 Saturday night as rain followed the Tigers ace and caused nearly two hours of delays in the AL championship series opener. The defending AL champion Rangers scored all their runs off Verlander before the game was interrupted twice for a total of 1 hour, 50 minutes in the top of the fifth. David Murphy hit an RBI single in the second and scored on Ian Kinsler's single, and Cruz's leadoff homer in the fourth made it 3-0. In between the delays, Austin Jackson doubled in a run and scored on a wild pitch by Rangers starter C.J. Wilson. Alexi Ogando, the
Rangers win 12th straight, blank Angels (AP)
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP)—The Texas Rangers came into Angel Stadium with a business-as-usual attitude. None of this “critical series” stuff. That’s for the second-place team. Alexi Ogando(notes) extended an extraordinary run by Texas pitchers with eight innings of four-hit ball and the streaking Rangers beat the sputtering Los Angeles Angels 7-0 Tuesday night for their 12 straight victory. “Our pitching staff’s done an incredible job in the last couple of weeks. And it goes without saying that we believe in our lineup,” designated hitter Michael Young(notes) said. “We know we’re playing good baseball, but in no way, shape or form are we satisfied. We’re happy right now, but we’re not satisfied. We’re capable of bigger and better things.” The defending AL champions, making their
Rangers ink C Richards for $60M, 9 years (AP)
NEW YORK (AP)—Brad Richards(notes) impatiently waited for this day, the day he could finally pick a new team from a whole slew of suitors. After a day of being wooed by teams around the NHL, Richards chose the one that was the front-runner all along—the New York Rangers. Richards, considered the biggest prize in this year’s underwhelming free-agent market, struck it rich Saturday when he agreed to a nine-year, $ 60 million deal. “The phone will probably get thrown in a lake later today and we’ll get on with just relaxing,” Richards said. “You have to respect the process but I’m not a person that likes to wait around for something to happen and it’s kind of been like that for 60,