RHP Nick Martinez (1-3) struggled early for the Rangers before settling down and pitching through the fifth. He allowed four runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking two. Martinez has walked only nine batters in seven starts.

RHP Nick Martinez, coming off his first win of the season, faces the Red Sox in Thursday night's series finale in Boston. Martinez, 1-2 with a 4.33 ERA in six starts this season, went five innings and allowed four hits and an unearned run in beating the Detroit Tigers last Friday. He gets an extra day's rest as he faces a team he hasn't beaten, going 0-2 with a 6.23 ERA in three starts. He allowed a career-high 11 hits in his only career start at Fenway Park.

RHP Nick Martinez is just the kind of pitcher who can give power teams like Detroit problems when he's on. Martinez does not rely on a high-velocity fastball but instead likes to keep hitters off balance by hitting spots and using off-speed pitches to spoil the timing of players who key off the fastball. Friday night Martinez lasted just five innings but only allowed one unearned run. "He was able to make some big pitches in the fifth to get himself out of a jam," manager Jeff Banister said. "We felt like the fastball/curveball combo was huge for him. A lot of foul balls led to a high pitch count. He really did what he's supposed to do out of that fifth starter spot, manage the game for us, allow our guys to put some runs on the board." He allowed four hits, struck out four and walked only one.

RHP Nick Martinez was looking for his first win Saturday night, and thanks to another Texas rally avoided his third loss. He did make a quality start by going six innings and allowing three earned runs on seven hits.

P Nick Martinez was starting in A.J. Griffin's spot in the rotation on Friday night. Griffin, who is coming back from inflammation in his left ankle, threw 37 pitches in a rehab start with Triple-A Round Rock. It is unclear whether Martinez will get another start when Griffin comes back.

RHP Nick Martinez (0-0, 1.29 ERA) is making what could be his last spot start for some time Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. He was effective in his last outing, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings against Kansas City on April 22. Martinez was filling in for RHP A.J. Griffin, who's on the disabled list.

RHP Nick Martinez notched his first start of at least seven innings and one or fewer runs allowed since April 14, 2015 (vs. the Angels) on Saturday against the Royals. He retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced before Drew Butera broke up his no-hit bid with one out in the sixth inning. Martinez admitted he started thinking about a no-hit possibility. "It creeped in there a little bit and then I gave up the hit," Martinez said.

RHP Nick Martinez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock and will make the start Saturday. It will be the first appearance for Martinez with the Rangers this season. He was 1-0 with a 5.00 ERA in two starts for Round Rock.

RHP Nick Martinez was called up from Triple-A Round Rock. He had been sent down on Aug. 23 when the Rangers activated LHP Derek Holland from the disabled list. With Texas this year, he's 1-3 with a 7.16 ERA. In 18 games at Round Rock, he's 7-6 with a 3.91 ERA.

RHP Nick Martinez was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Tuesday when the Rangers activated LHP Derek Holland from the disabled list.

RHP Nick Martinez was optioned to Triple-A Round Rock on Monday. In eight games (five starts) for Texas this year, Martinez is 1-3 with a 7.16 ERA.

RHP Nick Martinez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday. Martinez, who has a 3.09 ERA in his last six appearances with Round Rock, will work in long relief and might not be up long as LHP Derek Holland is poised to return from the DL.

RHP Nick Martinez was sent to Triple-A Round Rock to make room for newly acquired LHP Dario Alvarez. Martinez, who was 1-3 with a 7.18 ERA in seven starts with Texas, would have been in line to start Sunday for the Rangers. The club hasn't named a Sunday starter yet.

RHP Nick Martinez was optioned to Triple-A Triple-A Round Rock.

RHP Nick Martinez was recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to make a spot start Tuesday against the Athletics. Since Martinez was optioned to Double-A Frisco after the game on July 8, he was 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in three games for Round Rock and Frisco. In those three games, has held opponents to a .200 (11-for-55) average. He was 1-2 with a 6.45 ERA earlier this season for Texas.

RHP Nick Martinez (1-2, 6.45 ERA) will be recalled from Triple-A Round Rock to start Tuesday's game against the Athletics. Since Martinez was optioned to Double-A Frisco after the game on July 8, he has gone 0-1 with a 1.69 ERA in three games for Round Rock and Frisco. In those three games, has held opponents to a .200 (11-for-55) average. He was scratched from his scheduled start on Sunday in anticipation of his start against Oakland.

RHP Nick Martinez has been optioned to Double-A Frisco. Martinez was originally scheduled to start Saturday against Minnesota.

RHP Nick Martinez, staked to a 4-0 lead by his teammates in the top of the first inning Monday, couldn't stand prosperity and turned in an unimpressive start in the 12-5 loss. He lasted 4 1/3 innings, allowing 11 hits (plus some loud outs) and six runs, throwing 108 pitches during his stay.

RHP Nick Martinez will try to end a year's worth of struggles on the road Wednesday when he pitches against the Yankees. Martinez is 0-5 with a 7.82 ERA in his last seven road starts since June 20. One of Martinez's road wins before this stretch occurred May 23, 2015 in New York when he allowed two runs and five hits over seven innings during a 15-4 win. Martinez will likely have some friends and family in the crowd as he was the Rangers' 18th-round pick in 2011 from Fordham University in the Bronx.

RHP Nick Martinez recorded 10 ground-ball outs and induced two double-play grounders Friday in his second start with the Rangers this season. Martinez allowed four runs, with both of them coming on two-run homers with two strikes. Still he felt like he pitched well in his six innings. "We had a great gameplan and (catcher) Bobby (Wilson) did a great job keeping me on that gameplan even when things got a little shaky," Martinez said. "I felt good. My body felt great."