Topic: AL West

Derek Holland pitched 8 1/3 shutout innings and Mike Napoli blasted a three-run homer as the Texas Rangers defeated the St. Louis Cardinals 4-0 to level the 107th World Series at two games each.Josh Hamilton also had a run-scoring double in the ...

Temperamental Holland keeps cool, ices Cards' hitters

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Temperamental pitcher Derek Holland kept his emotions in check and the result put the Texas Rangers back in the hunt for their first World Series title.Holland shut down the Cardinals on two hits over eight and one-third innings ...

Expanding use of replays a hot-button issue again

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct 23 (Reuters ) - An umpire's blown call during a St. Louis Cardinals victory over the Texas Rangers in the World Series has once again ignited calls for wider use of instant replay in baseball.Texas first baseman Mike Napoli ...

Rangers' Wilson hopes for return to regular-season form

ARLINGTON, Texas, Oct 23 (Reuters ) - With free agency on the horizon and the Texas Rangers fighting to claim their first World Series title, C.J. Wilson is hoping for a quick return to his regular-season form.The 30-year-old left-hander won 16 games ...

Cardinals power past Rangers at MLB World Series

Albert Pujols blasted three homers and drove in six runs as the St. Louis Cardinals smacked 15 hits and routed the Texas Rangers 16-7 in game three of the World Series.The Rangers took a 2-1 series lead as both teams' offenses went ...

Cardinals crush Rangers to take 2-1 World Series lead

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals clobbered the Texas Rangers 16-7 with Albert Pujols blasting three home runs to take a 2-1 lead Saturday in the best-of-seven World Series at Rangers Ballpark.The Cardinals erupted for 13 runs between the fourth ...

Holland aims to erase memory of 2010 World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Texas Rangers left-hander Derek Holland recalls playing in his first World Series for all the wrong reasons."I joke about it," he told reporters Saturday. "You know what happened. I went out there, threw 13 pitches, two for strikes. ...

Elvis making name for himself at World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Elvis Andrus grew up idolizing fellow-Venezuelan Omar Vizquel and his dazzling Major League Baseball skills at shortstop.Now, playing in his second World Series, the 23-year-old Texas Rangers shortstop may be inspiring MLB's next generation of slick fielders.His spectacular ...

Hitless Pujols expects to be a factor in World Series

ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Albert Pujols is hitless in the World Series and committed a costly error in a Game Two loss to the Texas Rangers yet the St. Louis Cardinals slugger insists it is too early to say he is in ...

Rangers hope rally carries over to Texas

The Texas Rangers offence that suffered a meltdown in game one of the World Series redeemed itself one night later with a stunning ninth-inning rally highlighted by two clutch sacrifice flies.Closing pitcher Neftali Felix posted his fifth save of the post-season and ...