Texas Rangers

Bradley has hamstring cramp

Milton Bradley left Wednesday's game with a hamstring cramp. He was originally scheduled to play in the outfield again Thursday but manager Ron Washington is now leaning towards giving him the game off.

- Anthony Andro

The wind claims another one

Gerald Laird got a ball up into the jetstream in right field and has put the Rangers back up 11-6 with his two-run homer in the seventh. The 11 runs matches a season high for Texas.

- Anthony Andro

Jamey Wright=Stopper

He struck out John Buck to end the seventh. It's still 9-6.

When is a 9-1 lead not enough?

It's now 9-6 and the Royals have two on in the seventh inning. The boos have started and Frank Francisco is getting yanked.

Perfect no more

Brandon Boggs struck out swining in the fifth inning and is now an .800 hitter.

- Anthony Andro

More on Boggs

The hits in his first four at-bats makes Brandon Boggs just the second player in Rangers history to accomplish the feat. The first was Jose Hernandez, who did it Aug. 9-10, 1991. Hernandez went on to play 15 seasons in the majors.

Send him to Cooperstown already

Brandon Boggs is now 4 for 4 as a major leaguer. Jason Botts had six hits all season before getting DFAd Tuesday.

- Anthony Andro

Hamilton moves up again

We joked with Josh Hamilton about the triple crown before the game. His grand slam Wednesday gives him 32 RBI for the month, which is second all-time in Rangers history for April behind Juan Gonzalez' 35 in 1998. Hamilton is now hitting .339 with six homers and 32 RBI. The homer total puts him one behind Carlos Quentin, who has seven. He's in the top five in batting average and has the AL RBI lead.

- Anthony Andro

Boggs is unstoppable

Brandon Boggs is now 3 for 3 with his first career homer. He ripped a Brian Bannister offering into the stands in right field in the second. Texas now leads 3-0.

- Anthony Andro

Jennings headed to DL

The Rangers will place Jason Jennings on the 15-day disabled list with muscle soreness in the right forearm. Jennings left Tuesday's start with what was initially described as an irritated ulnar nerve. After meeting with the team doctor, it was discovered that the soreness was related to last year's flexor tendon surgery. The Rangers don't expect the DL stint to last more than 15 days. A.J. Murray will start Saturday in Oakland and Scott Feldman will go Sunday.

- Anthony Andro