Hot Dog! Rangers lineup for Opening Day

April, 6, 2012

4/06/12

9:42

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Here's the Opening Day lineup for the Texas Rangers. Manager Ron Washington gave plenty of hints Thursday, but this is the official list:

2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
CF Josh Hamilton
3B Adrian Beltre
DH Michael Young
RF Nelson Cruz
1B Mike Napoli
C Yorvit Torrealba
LF David Murphy

RHP Colby Lewis will be on the mound.

Richard Durrett joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009. He writes about colleges, the Dallas Stars and the Texas Rangers. Richard spent nine years at The Dallas Morning News covering the Rangers, Stars, colleges, motorsports and high schools.

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UPCOMING GAMES

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	30-17	15-7	15-10	W1
SEA	20-27	11-9	9-18	L6

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	30-17	15-7	15-10	W1
SEA	20-27	11-9	9-18	L6

	W-L	HM	AW	STK	L10
TEX	30-17	15-7	15-10	W1
SEA	20-27	11-9	9-18	L6

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TEAM LEADERS

BA LEADER

Ian Kinsler

BA	HR	RBI	R
.302	7	20	24

OTHER LEADERS

RBI

OPS

.905

ERA

2.84

MAY 2013

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1 CHW L 2 - 5	2 CHW L 1 - 3	3 BOS W 7 - 0	4 BOS W 5 - 1
5 BOS W 4 - 3	6 @CHC L 2 - 9	7 @MIL L 3 - 6	8 @MIL W 4 - 1	9	10 @HOU W 4 - 2	11 @HOU W 8 - 7
12 @HOU W 12 - 7	13 @OAK L 1 - 5	14 @OAK W 6 - 5	15 @OAK W 6 - 2	16 DET W 10 - 4	17 DET L 1 - 2	18 DET W 7 - 2
19 DET W 11 - 8	20 OAK L 2 - 9	21 OAK L 0 - 1	22 OAK W 3 - 1	23	24 @SEA 9:10 PM CT	25 @SEA 9:10 PM CT
26 @SEA 3:10 PM CT	27 @ARI 2:40 PM CT	28	29 ARI 7:05 PM CT	30 ARI 1:05 PM CT	31 KC 7:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
						1 KC 3:05 PM CT
2 KC 2:05 PM CT	3	4 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	5 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	6 @BOS 6:10 PM CT	7 @TOR 6:07 PM CT	8 @TOR 12:07 PM CT
9 @TOR 12:07 PM CT	10 CLE 7:05 PM CT	11 CLE 7:05 PM CT	12 CLE 7:05 PM CT	13 TOR 7:05 PM CT	14 TOR 7:05 PM CT	15 TOR 3:05 PM CT
16 TOR 2:05 PM CT	17 OAK 7:05 PM CT	18 OAK 7:05 PM CT	19 OAK 7:05 PM CT	20 OAK 1:05 PM CT	21 @STL 7:15 PM CT	22 @STL 6:15 PM CT
23 @STL 1:15 PM CT	24	25 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	26 @NYY 6:05 PM CT	27 @NYY 12:05 PM CT	28 CIN 7:05 PM CT	29 CIN 6:15 PM CT
30 CIN 2:05 PM CT

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
	1	2 SEA 7:05 PM CT	3 SEA 7:05 PM CT	4 SEA 7:05 PM CT	5 HOU 7:05 PM CT	6 HOU 6:15 PM CT
7 HOU 2:05 PM CT	8 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	9 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	10 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	11 @BAL 6:05 PM CT	12 @DET 6:08 PM CT	13 @DET 6:15 PM CT
14 @DET 12:08 PM CT	15	16	17	18	19 BAL 7:05 PM CT	20 BAL 7:05 PM CT
21 BAL 6:05 PM CT	22 NYY 7:05 PM CT	23 NYY 7:05 PM CT	24 NYY 7:05 PM CT	25 NYY 1:05 PM CT	26 @CLE 6:05 PM CT	27 @CLE 6:05 PM CT
28 @CLE 12:05 PM CT	29 LAA 7:05 PM CT	30 LAA 7:05 PM CT	31 LAA 7:05 PM CT

TEAM	W	L	GB	RS	RA
Texas	30	17	0.0	217	169
Oakland	25	23	5.5	218	209
Seattle	20	27	10.0	169	209
LA Angels	19	27	10.5	208	228
Houston	14	33	16.0	185	274

MLB

Final R H E
Athletics 1 4 0
Rangers 3 6 1

Final	R	H	E
Athletics	1	4	0
Rangers	3	6	1

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