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Texas Rangers beat the Orioles 6-0 Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Ervin Santana struck out 10 to earn his first home win of the season and Eduardo Nunez and Miguel Sano homered as Minnesota survived a ninth-inning rally by Houston to beat the Astros 7-5. Down 7-0 in the ninth, Chris Carter hit a three-run homer and Jose Altuve cracked a two-run shot for the Astros that made it 7-5 before Trevor May struck out Marwin Gonzalez to end the game...

Jake Arrieta has become baseball's first 17-game winner in most emphatic fashion.

Madison Bumgarner pitched a complete game 5-hitter to send the Giants past Houston 3-1 Tuesday night. San Francisco's Brandon Belt belted a pair of solo home runs. It's the fourth loss in a row and seventh in eight games for the 'Stros. Houston remains a game in front of the Angels and four-and-a-half games ahead of Texas, who dropped a 3-2 decision in Minnesota...

OAKLAND --- Coming off being swept by Texas, the Houston Astros needed something positive to happen in their series opener in Oakland. Third baseman, Jed Lowrie's two-run error in the bottom of the ninth was not what Houston needed. His miscue allowed the A's to tie the game and force extra innings...

The Texas Rangers completed a three-game sweep of division leading Houston with a 4-3 win Wednesday night in Arlington.  Texas scored three unearned runs off Scott Kazmir in the first inning and added a run in the second on Chris Gimenez' solo home run...

Adrian Beltre tied a major league baseball record by hitting for the cycle for the third time in his career, powering Texas past Houston Monday night in Arlington, 12-9.  Beltre's big night got started with a two-run triple in the first inning that helped send Lance McCullers to the showers after just one-third of an inning...

Josh Hamilton's sixth-inning two-run homer was all the offense the Rangers needed to get past the defending World Series champion San Francisco Giants, 2-1 Sunday. Martin Perez gave up just two hits in 8.1 innings to claim his first win since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2014...

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Cole Hamels' locker was still intact in Philadelphia's clubhouse, as was Matt Harrison's in Texas' locker room. An expected deal that would send ace left-hander Hamels and reliever Jake Diekman to the Rangers for Harrison and a package of prospects still wasn't announced Thursday...

HOUSTON (AP) — The Astros have added another bat to their lineup as they make a push for the postseason by acquiring two-time All-Star outfielder Carlos Gomez from, the Milwaukee Brewers. Houston, which also received right-hander Mike Fiers in the deal, sent four prospects to the Brewers: left-hander Josh Hader, right-hander Adrian Houser and outfielders Brett Phillips and Domingo Santana... Read

First there was a deal. Then there wasn't. And a player was caught in the middle, on camera in front of millions.

Houston climbed into a first place tie with the Angels in the American League West with a 10-5 win over Los Angeles last night in Minute Maid Park.