Darvish, Hamels set to make Sunday starts

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ARLINGTON — The Rangers are planning on having both Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels return to the mound on Sunday.

Texas has announced that Darvish will begin a medical rehabilitation assignment on Sunday with Double-A Frisco. Darvish is scheduled to pitch two innings against Corpus Christi in a game that will start at 4:05 p.m. CT in Frisco.

Hamels, who was skipped in the rotation on Monday because of a strained left groin muscle, threw a second bullpen session on Wednesday without any issues. This was the normal 40-50-pitch session Hamels throws between starts.

“It was good. … Free and easy,” Hamels said. “Nothing holding me back. I’m trying to get back in the mindset of getting ready for a series.”

Hamels has dealt with this issue before, and he was scratched from Monday’s start …

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