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Find out more in my MLB picks for Saturday, July 12. It took a while, but the Texas Rangers have finally woken up at the plate. After hitting no better than .235 in the opening three months of the season, the Rangers have posted a .286 average over their 10 games so far in July.

Two of the more recent World Series champions do battle in Texas when the Texas Rangers visit the Houston Astros in an American League West matchup. The Astros, who won the World Series in 2022, sit atop the AL West while the Rangers,

The Rangers began an incredibly important series against the Astros with another encouraging night at the plate.

The Texas Rangers play the Houston Astros after Wyatt Langford had four hits on Friday in a 7-3 win over the Astros.

Leiter, the Rangers’ rookie right-hander, held the Astros hitless into the seventh inning at Globe Life Field in May. His first batter Friday dashed any hope of a repeat. Isaac Paredes bounced a leadoff single up the middle to begin the bottom of the first. A walk and two groundouts produced Houston’s first run.

Before Friday’s game, both teams wore T-shirts honoring the victims of the tragic flood that ravaged Kerr County.

Wyatt Langford disparó un cuadrangular entre los cuatro imparables con los que igualó la mejor marca en su carrera, el cubano Adolis García

The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros are getting set to kick off a crucial three-game series at Daikin Park that will take both teams to the All-Star break. But