Texas Rangers pitcher Kyle Gibson rebounded from a terrible first start of the season to shut out the Toronto Blue Jays over six innings of work on Wednesday. The veteran right-hander allowed six hits and one walk in the 2-1 victory. He also struck out eight batters. In his previous outing versus the Kansas City Royals, Gibson failed to get out of the first innings after allowing five earned runs. He's expected to help provide stability to a rotation that has a lot of question marks as the 2021...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson had a nightmare start to the 2021 season and failed to get out of the first inning in a 14-10 loss to the Kansas City Royals. The veteran right-hander allowed five runs on four hits and three walks over just one-third of an inning on Thursday. Gibson was expected to provide stability to an unproven pitching staff but his first game of the year quickly depleted the bullpen as six relievers threw at least an inning in the messy loss. The 33-year-old is ...

Texas Rangers starter Kyle Gibson was in midseason form on Wednesday when he threw four no-hit, shutout innings against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Through two spring starts, he's allowed just one hit and a K-BB of 6-1 in 5.0 innings of no-run baseball. The veteran hurler is expected to be a stabilizing force in the Rangers' starting rotation in his second season with the club. Gibson, 33, struggled with his command in 2020 and posted a 5.38 ERA in 12 starts while he saw his strikeout rate drop ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson was named the Opening Day starter on Tuesday, according to Rangers executive vice president of communication John Blake. Gibson struggled during the 2020 season, going 2-6 while posting his worst numbers since 2017 with a 5.35 ERA and 19.3 percent strikeout rate, while setting career-worsts with a 10 percent walk rate and 26.7 percent HR/FB rate. Gibson did not face the Royals last year, but in 2019 he made six appearances (four starts) against Kansas ...

In a 10-3 loss to the Oakland A's, Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson gave up a couple of two-run home runs in the fourth and fifth innings to unravel his night. In 6 1/3 innings, Gibson allowed seven earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out six Oakland batters. Both home runs were set up by the right-handed pitcher hitting the preceding batter and then Matt Olson in the fourth, and Marcus Semien in the fifth launched balls over the outfield wall in the following ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson allowed five earned runs in five innings on Thursday night, but four of them came on an Eric Hosmer grand slam. Gibson is having a severe WHIP problem this season. He allowed nine Padres to reach base, three via walks, and that has him sitting at a 4.73 ERA and 1.54 WHIP through 26 2/3 innings this season. He started Thursday's contest on the right foot with two strikeouts, but then two walks kept the inning alive to score the first run. Gibson only ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson was not at his best on Monday night, and the Seattle Mariners made him pay. In a 10-2 loss to open the series, Gibson allowed nine hits, four earned runs, one walk, and one home run while striking out two. It was the first bad start of the 2020 season for Gibson. The righty came into the game with a 2.45 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 11 innings. The Mariners beat up most of the Rangers' pitchers on Monday, and they have quietly scored 5.75 runs per game on ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson made his second start of the season on Wednesday night and was unfortunate not to grab his first win in a Rangers uniform. Gibson pitched six innings giving up four hits, three earned runs, two home runs, and two walks while striking out nine Oakland A's. He left the game after the sixth inning with a 4-3 lead, but the Rangers bullpen could not hold on. The right-hander produced six ground ball outs and will look for that trend to continue against the ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson took the loss in a 4-1 defeat to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. Gibson pitched five innings and gave up five hits, three walks, and three unearned runs in his first start for his new ball club. All of his troubles came in the first inning. With two outs, he walked Starling Marte and then Eduardo Escobar singled before an Isiah Kiner-Falefa throwing error to first allowed them to score. The walks are still a concern for Gibson, but ...

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kyle Gibson did not have the warm-up to the regular season that he was hoping for on Tuesday night. Gibson went five innings while working on his fastball command, but the results were not great as the Rangers fell 5-1 to the Colorado Rockies. The former Twins pitcher allowed five runs, six hits and one walk while striking out four. He gave up three home runs, one each to Daniel Murphy, Nolan Arenadoand David Dahl. Gibson has a hold on a rotation spot in Texas for ...