In a tweet, Passan announced that the Texas Rangers have acquired left-handed pitcher Danny Coulombe from the Minnesota Twins. Coulombe, this season has appeared in 40 games, striking out 31 in 31 innings with a 1-0. record.

The one consistent source of excellent performance by this maddeningly inconsistent Twins team has been the bullpen. The linchpin and leader of that group, diminutive southpaw Danny Coulombe, is now the third member to be traded in the runup to the deadline.

Heuer becomes the fourth relief pitcher to be acquired by the Tigers before the MLB trade deadline. In addition to acquiring Sewald and Heuer, the Tigers also acquired Atlanta Braves relief pitcher Rafael Montero and Washington Nationals reliever Kyle Finnegan.

Cal Raleigh homered again, rookie Cole Young also went deep and George Kirby pitched six strong innings as the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 6-0 on Thursday night. Raleigh hit his major league-leading 42nd home run in the fifth inning, two batters after Young hit his third, to give Seattle a 3-0 lead.

The Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers battle in an American League West showdown on Thursday evening. The Rangers are coming off a 6-3 win over the Angels last night, while the Mariners fell to the Athletics 5-4 on Wednesday.