Alfredo Simon: Chapter 2. Game time is 8:05.
The last time Texas right-hander Brandon McCarthy faced Baltimore, it was his final start for 11 months.
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McCarthy pitched just 27 games the past two seasons due to an array of hand, arm and shoulder injuries.
“It sucks that’s a part of my past, but I was fortunate not to have any surgeries,” he told the Rangers’ official Web site during the exhibition season. “I’m back healthy now, it’s in the past.”
Nice talk, sugarmouth.