The Twins are sending reliever Danny Coulombe to the Rangers, ESPN's Jeff Passan reported on Thursday. By trading Coulombe, Minnesota continues to part ways with many of their players before the trade deadline this year.

This is Nathan Eovaldi's favorite time of the year. “August to September,” he said. “You’re into the hunt. It’s the build-up for the postseason. We’ve been playing really good baseball.” Mostly good baseball -- notwithstanding the first two games of the Rangers’ road trip,

The Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers battle in an American League West showdown on Thursday evening. The Rangers are coming off a 6-3 win over the Angels last night, while the Mariners fell to the Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday.

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] Texas Rangers (56-52, third in the AL West) vs. Los Angeles Angels (53-55, fourth in the AL West) Anaheim, California; Wednesday, 9:38 p.