ranger ramblings

Mitch Moreland is scheduled to start a rehab assignment tonight for Triple-A Round Rock as he attempts to work his way back to Texas. Mississippi State product Moreland, out a month with a hamstring injury, is expected to take some time off this week to be with his wife, Susannah, for the birth of their first child, and is reportedly targeting early next week for his return to the Rangers’ lineup. He is hitting .272 with 10 homers and 25 RBIs. Meanwhile, Holmes Community College’s Roy Oswalt was scratched from a scheduled start for the Rangers tonight because of lower back stiffness. The problem isn’t believed to be serious, according to reports, but Oswalt does have that history … . His next win, whenever that might be, will move him into second place alone on the all-time Mississippi list. He is currently tied with Claude Passeau at 162.