Kennedi Landry writes about Josh Jung’s successful return to the Texas Rangers in last evening’s victory over the Athletics. Shawn McFarland writes that Jung’s first at-bat homer set the tone after his sojourn in Round Rock.

The Texas Rangers have placed veteran reliever Chris Martin on the injured list, while a pair of Athletics rookies are also out of action.

El veterano relevista Chris Martin se espera que esté fuera al menos un mes para los Rangers después de ser colocado en la lista de lesionados

The Texas Rangers are monitoring Nathan Eovaldi and his back, but the right-hander appears confident his return to the rotation is imminent.

MLB broadcaster Jason Benetti cracked a Chris Martin joke Friday night in response to the controversy over the Coldplay concert and Astronomer CEO Andy Byron.

The bad: According to Tankathon’s strength of schedule index, home or away, the Rangers schedule is difficult. With their remaining opponents having a .513 composite winning percentage, the schedule ranks as the sixth toughest. The glimmer here: Boston’s is tougher at .516.

Corey Seager hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers finally got back to .500 with a 2-0 victory over Detroit on Friday night that extended the MLB-best Tigers' season-worst losing streak to five.