Jack Leiter has a 2.95 ERA in his last eight starts and has won his last three decisions. His 97 mph fastball is one of the best heaters in baseball, with opponents hitting just .200 against it. He has a 4.60 ERA on the road.

The Kansas City Royals have scratched catcher Salvador Perez from the starting lineup against the Texas Rangers due to illness.

Semien returned following a rare day off on Saturday due to right wrist soreness after he was hit by a pitch the previous night. He played through it in the opener, hitting a two-run homer in his final at-bat, but the swelling was too intense to overcome the following day, and Semien watched from the dugout as his team took a 14-2 loss.

The Texas Rangers finished a six-game week against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Toronto Blue Jays with a 2-4 record, three late-game meltdowns, two position players injured and one big bad blowout loss.

The Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers still have some work to do to make the playoffs, but if they get hot in the final month of the season, they'll be in th

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The Rangers beat the first-place Toronto Blue Jays 10-4 Sunday afternoon at the Rogers Centre to stave off a sweep and end what had been a four-game losing streak. The win, only their fifth this month, was anchored by the team’s stars.

The Texas Rangers caught fire ahead of the MLB trade deadline this year, which cemented the front office’s choice of being buyers, looking to bolster the roster