We're trying to improve Conversations.
Please take a brief survey and help us out.

Borbon, Byrd lead charge as Rangers sweep Indians in doubleheader, series

Associated Press

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CLEVELAND -- The Texas Rangers' offense limped into a doubleheader against the Cleveland Indians having gone scoreless in 15 straight innings. The Indians' pitching cured that quickly. Rookie Julio Borbon homered twice in the first game and Marlon Byrd set a franchise record with seven hits in the doubleheader to help Texas complete the two-game sweep over Cleveland on Tuesday night. Texas won the first game 11-9 and the nightcap 10-5 to pull within two games of Boston for the AL wild card. T ...

Read full story | Create Your Profile

Activate your ESPN Profile!

Sort comments by: Most Recent | First Posted

Comments that include profanity, or personal attacks, or antisocial behavior such as "spamming" or "trolling," or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. We will take steps to block users who violate any of our terms of use. You are fully responsible for the content that you post.


Conversations in Real-Time

CONTESTS & PROMOTIONS

ESPN Fantasy Salary Cap
Create your own fantasy game day living room and win BIG!
Heisman Vote 2009
Vote for the next Heisman winner and enter for a chance to win a trip to the awards show. Mor
Engineered to Win Challenge
Test your football smarts by playing NFL trivia and enter each week for a chance to win a 2010 GMC Sierra.