OAKLAND -- The Rangers used a reliever to "open" Sunday's game against the Athletics. Or did they?
Left-hander Jeffrey Springs is officially listed as a reliever by the Rangers, but that could change easily, as circumstances alter cases. Springs certainly looked like a guy capable of starting when he delivered three scoreless innings on Sunday before the Rangers went on to a 7-3 loss to Oakland at the Coliseum.
Springs was opening for Ariel Jurado, after the two combined for six scoreless innings against the Angels last Monday.