Stock Watch: Ian Kinsler up; Mike Adams down

September, 28, 2012
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ARLINGTON, Texas -- It's Friday and that means our weekly stock report. Let's take a look at who's trending up and who's trending down for Texas:

Streaking
STOCK UP

Ian Kinsler: He had a leadoff homer in one of the club's biggest games this season (Thursday) and set the tone. Texas is 23-4 when Kinsler hits a leadoff home run.

Adrian Beltre: He continues to collect big hits at the most important times and did so again Monday to give the Rangers a win in the opening game of the four-game set with Oakland.
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Koji Uehara: The reliever has become a staple on this stock report this month, but his splitter has made life difficult for hitters, particularly lefties.

STOCK DOWN

Mike Adams: He's not feeling 100 percent with the tight muscle in his shoulder and he gave up three solo home runs Thursday to make that game a lot tighter than it should have been.
Slumping

Martin Perez: The young starter couldn't make it out of the first inning Wednesday, forcing the bullpen to pick him up. Texas lost the game. Perez needs to have a short memory as he's slated to pitch Monday in Oakland.

Mark Lowe: He gave up a home run in extra innings to George Kottaras on Tuesday to give Oakland a 3-2 win. He's struggled to find consistency, and part of that is he hasn't pitched much this month. But it's unlikely he'll be on the postseason roster.
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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TEAM LEADERS

WINS LEADER
Yu Darvish
WINS ERA SO IP
7 2.84 91 66
OTHER LEADERS
BAI. Kinsler .302
HRN. Cruz 11
RBIN. Cruz 33
RE. Andrus 29
OPSM. Moreland .905
ERAY. Darvish 2.84
SOY. Darvish 91

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