ARLINGTON, Texas - Yu Darvish gave the injury-riddled Texas Rangers a nice send-off on an important road trip that includes all three teams above them in the AL West standings. Leonard Fournette Youth Jersey . The Japanese aces first complete game in the major leagues — a shutout, no less — still cant hide a sobering reality. The Rangers are eight games behind Oakland and dangerously close to last-place Houston, a 100-loss team for three years running. Texas just made its 20th move on the disabled list. Four first basemen are on the DL. Left-handed starter Martin Perez wont be back until sometime during the 2015 season. Matt Harrison, another lefty that was supposed to be in the rotation, may be finished for good. Somehow the Rangers will try to find a way to gain ground starting Friday night in visits to Seattle, division-leading Oakland and the Los Angeles Angels. "At some point, weve got to start getting blessed by the baseball gods," manager Ron Washington said. "But we have to make that happen. Theyre not just going to come down and say, OK, you all have been through enough misery. Im going to take you out of it. No, youve got to pull yourself out of your misery." The Rangers have actually done it once already. They started a challenging 11-game trip last month on the biggest downer of the season: news that first baseman Prince Fielder needed neck surgery and was finished for the year. Texas took three of four from AL Central-leading Detroit and ended up winning seven games, capped by Darvishs eight shutout innings in a 2-0 win at Washington. Fielders replacement is the problem this time, with Mitch Moreland finally giving in to the need for surgery on an ailing left ankle. The first report was he would miss three months, but now theres a chance he could opt for a procedure that will reduce his absence to four weeks. Regardless, the Rangers had to give Brad Snyder a crash course on playing first at Triple-A Round Rock, and he started the final two games of the last homestand. Jim Adduci figured to follow Moreland, but he rebroke his left pinkie finger near the end of a rehab assignment and will probably miss another month. The Rangers have used 40 players, and 10 are rookies. They have a majors-leading 14 players on the DL. "I think for a little while, the training staff was like hesitant to deliver some of this news to Wash or myself," general manager Jon Daniels said. "But I think theyve gotten over that unfortunately." With the rotation crumbling around him and the Rangers carrying an AL-worst 4.53 ERA, Darvish is on the best run of his three seasons in the majors. In his last six starts, he is 5-1 with a 1.51 ERA and 59 strikeouts in 47 2-3 innings. "Of course I get comfort with Darvish out there," Washington said before the right-hander ended a four-game losing streak in a 6-0 win over Miami. "Its not just Darvish. Darvish can go out there and pitch real well and if we dont score any runs, it wont matter." Jalen Ramsey Womens Jersey . The 18-time champions, who havent won the title since 1990, moved two points behind Arsenal after the leaders were stunned 6-3 at Manchester City on Saturday. Defending champion Manchester United trails Arsenal by 10 points after winning 3-0 at Aston Villa to avoid a third successive league loss. Jalen Ramsey Youth Jersey . Tristan Jackson returned a missed field goal 129 yards early in the fourth quarter as the Roughriders beat the B.C. http://www.officialjacksonvillejaguarspro.com/Taven-bryan-jaguars-jersey/ . Nick Young scored 17 points for Los Angeles, which lost five of its last seven before trouncing the Pelicans, who beat them handily last week in New Orleans. Jodie Meeks and Xavier Henry scored 15 points apiece for the Lakers, who led by 20 points in the first half before coasting to their 12th win in their last 13 regular-season meetings with New Orleans.OTTAWA -- Bryan Murray could make his biggest move before the NHL draft even begins. The Senators general manager says he expects to know Daniel Alfredssons status for next season before the first selection is made Sunday. The 40-year-old Sens captain has returned to Sweden with his family, but met with Murray prior to leaving and said he would likely give him an answer by draft day. An unrestricted free agent, Alfredsson has been contemplating retirement or returning for another season. "I have a feeling he wants to play," said Murray. "That was certainly something he wanted to look at again further and whether that will be the final answer or not I dont know at this point." If he and Alfredsson do agree on a new deal, Murray cant officially re-sign him until the free agency window opens July 5. Murray says he expects it would only be a one-year contract. "He felt good when he talked to me," said Murray. "He said he felt healthy. He hadnt worked out much, but wanted to do that starting this week and I think thats all he was waiting for was to feel good about another summer of working hard and getting ready for a hockey season." Murray said having Alfredsson "is better than most free agents we could get." The Senators have the 17th overall selection and while they believe they can get a solid player, Murray has been trying to move up. Murray has had discussions with a number of general managers, but said nothing has materialized as of yet. Its anticipated the asking price to move up could be fairly steep. "I think it would be difficult to move up from the indications Ive gotten," said Murray. "I havent even gotten a price to move up, but as Ive been told by a couple managers its hard to move back to 17 from where (they) are." Murray has said he wouldnt shy away from moving some of the teams younger prospects if it meant he could improve the team, but its unlikely he would give up too much to just move up a few spots. If anything, Murray is looking to trade for a twenty-something player that can come inn and make an immediate impact for the club. Chris Conley Youth Jersey. The Senators have seven selections this year, but just one in the first round and one in the third. Ottawas second-round pick will go to the St. Louis Blues as the result of last years trade that sent Ben Bishop to the Senators in exchange for this pick. While the Senators say they just want to pick the best player available, it appears they have a preference. "If you go back and look at past drafts its tough to get an impact defenceman at that point so Ill let you guys figure that out," said assistant general manager Tim Murray. "I would say the percentages say it would be a forward, but maybe a D drops." The Senators have set their sights on a handful of players and in an effort to get to know them better, four were brought in a couple of weeks ago for more extensive interviews. "Most of the time at 17 the player wont play for you right away, but I think youre looking at someone in the short term that can still do something," said director of player personnel Pierre Dorion. The Senators are preparing for every possible scenario. They have studied players right from the top of the list all the way through to the 150th in the event a deal gets made. Dorion joked that the most intense discussions can often be about players ranked 78th or 79th. "That could be our third-round pick or our fourth-round pick and we have to be prepared for that scenario," he said. Dorion is also quick to add that everyone on the scouting staff has a voice and there have already been healthy discussions regarding the teams first-round pick. This will be Murrays seventh draft with the Senators and if history is any indication, its likely the Senators selections will be players from North America or Sweden. Murray has also shown an affinity for drafting local talent. "Right from the start Bryan and Tim have said if theres a good player and hes from the area then we should definitely consider him," said Dorion. "Choosing a local player is beneficial to both parties." ' ' '