With the Texas Rangers' luck this season calling up position players from the minor leagues and seeing major league performances, Taylor Teagarden's week shouldn't be so surprising.

Monday the catcher played in the 2008 XM All-Star Futures Game at Yankee Stadium.

Wednesday the University of Texas and Carrollton Creekview High School product was named to the 2008 United States Olympic Baseball Team.

Friday he was called up to the Rangers from Triple-A Oklahoma and made his first start.

The Sunday he got his first major league hit, a solo home run, that broke up a perfect-game bid by Scott Baker in the sixth and was the only run in the Rangers 1-0 win, their first since the All-Star break.

At this pace Tuesday should be very good for Teagarden.

Read the game stor on the Rangers 1-0 win over the Twins here.

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