Jones’ Exhuberance Made Task Child’s Play for Rangers

September 30th, 2009 Athletics beat Angels 15-10 with 6-run 8th inningANAHEIM, Calif. — Jack Cust homered and doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning, Kurt Suzuki and Mark Ellis also went deep, and the Oakland Athletics rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat the Los Angeles Angels 15-10 on Saturday night.

September 24th, 2009 Blalock leads Rangers to winOAKLAND, Calif. — Hank Blalock homered and drove in four runs, leading the Texas Rangers to a 9-8 victory over the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.

September 15th, 2009 Rangers' Young running bases againARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers third baseman Michael Young is running the bases for the first time since being injured. Two weeks after he strained his left hamstring running out a grounder, Young tested himself Tuesday before the Rangers played Oakland.

September 14th, 2009 Guerrero hits record HR at new Yankee StadiumNEW YORK — The Yankee Stadium record for home runs in a season has been broken with eight games to spare. Los Angeles Angels slugger Vladimir Guerrero hit the 216th home run in 73 games at the new $1.5 billion ballpark, one more than the high set at the previous stadium in 2004.

September 8th, 2009 Rangers activate OF Andruw JonesCLEVELAND — The Texas Rangers activated outfielder Andruw Jones from the 15-day disabled list ahead of a doubleheader Tuesday against the Cleveland Indians. Jones has been sidelined since Aug.

September 7th, 2009 Hamilton has 2nd shot, out until weekendARLINGTON, Texas — Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has received a second shot for the pinched nerve in his back. He is not expected to return until at least next weekend.

August 7th, 2009 Young leads Rangers past A's, 6-4OAKLAND, Calif. — Michael Young hit his 18th homer of the season, Tommy Hunter pitched seven solid innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Thursday.

July 20th, 2009 Rangers lose HR on first replayARLINGTON, Texas — Umpires have used video replay at Rangers Ballpark for the first time Sunday night, and took a home run away from Andruw Jones. Jones pulled a pitch down the left-field line in the fourth inning off Minnesota's Francisco Liriano, which hooked near the pole.

July 8th, 2009 Rangers 8, Angels 5E_Saltalamacchia (6). DP_Texas 1, Los Angeles 1.

July 8th, 2009 Andruw Jones hits three-run homer as Texas Rangers beat Los Angeles Angels 8-5 ANAHEIM, Calif. — Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer off John Lackey in Texas' six-run fifth inning, helping the Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 on Tuesday night.

July 7th, 2009 Angels 9, Rangers 4E_Figgins (9). DP_Texas 1. LOB_Texas 4, Los Angeles 3.

July 5th, 2009 Jones, Young propel Rangers past Rays 12-4ARLINGTON, Texas — Andruw Jones homered and drove in four runs, Michael Young added a three-run double and the Texas Rangers roughed up David Price to win their fourth in a row, beating the Tampa Bay Rays 12-4 Saturday night. Nelson Cruz, who had three hits, connected for his 20th home run of the season in support of Derek Holland (2-5), who won for the first time as a starter.

July 1st, 2009 Rangers 9, Angels 5E_R.Thompson (1), Byrd (1), Andrus (12). LOB_Los Angeles 8, Texas 7.

July 1st, 2009 Byrd hits 2 of Texas' 5 homers in win over AngelsARLINGTON, Texas — Marlon Byrd homered twice to drive in five runs and the Texas Rangers again had their way at home against Joe Saunders, beating the AL West-leading Los Angeles Angels 9-5 on Tuesday night. Ian Kinsler, Nelson Cruz and David Murphy also went deep for Texas, which ended what had been one of the worst offensive months in team history with a season-high five home runs — four in 3 2-3 innings off Saunders (8-5).

May 30th, 2009 Jones hits tiebreaking HR, Rangers beat A'sARLINGTON, Texas — Andruw Jones hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers beat the Oakland Athletics 6-3 Friday in the first game of a doubleheader. With the score 3-all, Santiago Casilla (1-2) walked Josh Hamilton leading off the eighth.