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ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas left-hander Derek Holland needed only 11 pitches to strike out the first three batters of the game. Rangers leadoff hitter Elvis Andrus then singled on the second pitch he saw. That was about as good as it got for ...

SEATTLE - Expectations have hounded Derek Holland since he made his major-league debut as a prized prospect in 2009. But the expectations of Texas Rangers fans hoping he would develop into a front-of-the-rotation starter and help lift the franchise ...

On June 9, Kenny Barron turns 70 — and he's celebrating in style. The pianist, composer and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master has booked a week-long residency with his quartet at the Village Vanguard in New York and a live WBGO/NPR ...

Texas: Derek Holland worked eight strong innings and Adrian Beltre went 4-for-5 with three RBIs as Texas handed visiting Boston a rare loss. Ian Kinsler and Mitch Moreland each had three of the Rangers 18 hits while Elvis Andrus and Nelson Cruz ...

Texas manager Ron Washington made the decision that when David Murphy was in the lineup, he'd be put higher in the order. Washington's hope was to get Murphy involved in the game quicker, just as he did on Saturday night when Murphy hit second.

SEATTLE — Even Seattle's "King" couldn't stop the Mariners' slide. In fact, the problems just keep building for the Mariners. Nelson Cruz hit his 12th homer of the season, David Murphy drove in three runs and the Texas Rangers roughed up Seattle ...

To paraphrase WH Auden, we live in an age when the daubs of schoolchildren are ranked above the great masterpieces, but this hasn't dissuaded the geniuses from their toil. Take Jason Rebello, a man who, when he first came to the attention of the ...

Cousins Jason Waterhouse and Lisa Darmanin have won Australia's first medal in one of sailing's new Olympic disciplines. The former youth world champions finished second in the new Nacra 17 catamaran class at the Eurosaf Champions Sailing Cup on ...

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