Highlights from TEX-STL matchup from June 19, 2016
Jurickson Profar’s pinch-hit single in the 8th inning leads Texas to a 5-4 Father’s Day victory in STL
Kenny Lofton robs Adrian Beltre of a HR at Safeco Field in Seattle
Lofton would play 84 games for TEX in 2007 before being traded back to the Indians on July 27, 2007
OTD- June 1, 2007
Jurickson Profar hits a late go-ahead HR against Royals reliever J.C. Gutierrez to lead the Rangers to a 3-1 victory
Profar would finish the 2013 season with a .234 AVG, 6 HR, and 26 RBI across 85 games
June 2, 2013
Yu Darvish K’s a season high 11 Royals across 6 IP in Kansas City
Yu would finish the 2016 season with a 7-5 record and 3.41 ERA in 17 starts
July 22, 2016
@scubasteve028@FWMoy926_41 Almost 14 years ago, Phil gets some grace on this one. Hell, I had a hard time remembering what I had for dinner last night 😂
Michael Young hits HR after Kansas City plunks Nelson Cruz
Young took Royals reliever Louis Coleman deep to LCF then proceeded to sprint around the bases
Texas won the game 8-4
September 3, 2012
OTD- May 31, 2015
Josh Hamilton delivers a pinch-hit, two-out, two-RBI walk-off double to give the ballclub the victory over Boston
It was only Hamilton's 4th home game back with the Rangers, after spending the prior two seasons in Anaheim
Pudge Rodriguez throws out Royals 2B Jose Lind attempting to steal third base
Pudge would finish the shortened 1994 season throwing out 23 would-be base stealers on 37 attempts
June 12, 1994
Josh Hamilton hits two HRs in second game back in Texas
Hamilton took Boston knuckleballer Steven Wright deep twice on the night
Josh finished the 2015 season with 8 HR across 50 games
May 29, 2015
Elvis Andrus hits a walk-off single, narrowly scoring Mike Napoli to secure a 7-6 Ranger victory over Kansas City
Despite the ball beating Napoli to the plate by a sizable margin, he was able to evade the tag and slide in safely
May 29, 2011
OTD- May 28, 2016
Yu Darvish returns to start his first game since Tommy John surgery, against the Pittsburgh Pirates
Yu struck out 7 Pirates across 5 Innings of work. He would finish 2016 with a 7-5 record