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The opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Texas Rangers carries an eye-popping pitching matchup with Yoshinobu Yamamoto opposing Jacob deGrom. Only Yamamoto comes into Friday with ace-like numbers. DeGrom dealt with a decent bit of struggles in his last two starts.

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The Rangers have now won nine straight games at home and remain in first place in the American League West as Seager hit his 100th homer in a Rangers uniform. Thery swept the Los Angeles Angels.

Corey Seager and Jake Burger each had three hits, and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 3-1 on Wednesday night. Seager also drove in two runs in Texas' seventh consecutive home win. It was Burger's first multihit game with the Rangers.

Kumar Rocker, a first-round pick in both the 2021 and ’22 drafts, won for the first time in the major leagues Thursday night. Rocker struck out a career-best eight in seven innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-3 to complete a three-game sweep.

Kumar Rocker put together a solid outing to earn his first career win as the Texas Rangers downed the slumping Los Angeles Angels 5-3 to finish a three-game sweep in Arlington, Texas. The former No. 3 overall draft pick allowed three runs on five hits over seven innings to improve to 1-2 on the season for Texas.