Texas Rangers Report

Josh Hamilton returns to starting lineup

June, 19, 2012

6/19/12

8:04

PM CT

By Sarah Trotto | ESPNDallas.com

SAN DIEGO -- Josh Hamilton is back in the Texas Rangers' lineup and starting in center field for Tuesday's game against the San Diego Padres.

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Hamilton has been recovering from an intestinal virus and hasn't started since Thursday. He entered Monday's 2-1 victory over the Padres in left field in the ninth inning.
Hamilton said he's around 80-85 percent healthy.

"I feel good, excited to get back in," he said. "I made a little appearance last night. That was fun. I tested it out yesterday. Everything went good."

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DET	23-19	13-7	10-12	L2
TEX	29-15	14-5	15-10	W2

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OAK	23-22	13-10	10-12	W3
TEX	29-15	14-5	15-10	W2

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TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER

Yu Darvish

WINS	ERA	SO	IP
7	2.97	86	60

OTHER LEADERS

.311

RBI

OPS

.920

ERA

Y. Darvish

2.97

Y. Darvish

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 7:05 PM CT	21 OAK 7:05 PM CT	22 OAK 1:05 PM CT	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	29	15	0.0	212	158
Oakland	23	22	6.5	207	204
Seattle	20	24	9.0	160	180
LA Angels	17	27	12.0	189	227
Houston	12	32	17.0	173	261

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Final R H E
Tigers 2 7 2
Rangers 7 13 0

Final	R	H	E
Tigers	2	7	2
Rangers	7	13	0

MLB

Final R H E
Tigers 8 13 1
Rangers 11 18 0

Final	R	H	E
Tigers	8	13	1
Rangers	11	18	0

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