--3B Ramon Vazquez has committed four errors this season. The Rangers committed two errors Thursday, bringing their total to nine in the last five games, four of them by Vazquez.
--SS Michael Young, dealing with a fractured right ring finger, returned to the starting lineup a day after being limited to pinch-hitting duty. Though he did drive in the game-winner Wednesday with a sac fly, Young is 0-for-9 with three strikeouts since suffering the injury. --DH Milton Bradley missed his second consecutive game with a strained left quadriceps muscle. He is expected to be ready, however, by Saturday.
--1B Chris Davis had three hits, including a pair of doubles, to raise his average to .306. Of Davis' 34 hits, 20 have gone for extra bases (nine doubles, a triple and 10 home runs). Davis is hitting .371 (26-for-70) over the last 17 games.
--RHP Tommy Hunter will become the seventh rookie to start a game for the Rangers this season when he starts Friday.
BY THE NUMBERS: 35 -- Number of the Rangers' final 57 games that will be played in Arlington. The Rangers began the season's longest homestand (11 games) on Monday. It also begins a stretch of 26 games in which 20 will be played at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I definitely don't want to be a backup. But there's nothing I can say about it. I did what I could do while I was in there; now they've made a decision to go the other way." -- C Jarrod Saltalamacchia on returning to the backup role behind Gerald Laird.
