Smith started at third base and went 0-for-2 with a walk in Monday's 7-0 loss to the Cubs.

The Texas Rangers are onto their third-string third baseman less than three games into the season. Interim third baseman Josh Smith exited Saturday’s game vs. the Boston Red Sox at Globe Life Field with a left quad contusion after he collided with a wall in foul territory trying to catch a Triston Casas pop fly in the first inning.

Rangers third baseman Josh Jung began a rehab assignment with Double-A Frisco on Saturday, when he slotted in at designated hitter and went 1-for-3 with two RBIs in the Roughriders’ win. He followed it up with three scheduled plate appearances on Sunday,

Smith went 3-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored in Sunday's 4-3 win over Tampa Bay.

ARLINGTON — Josh Smith played six different positions during spring training exhibitions, started at shortstop on opening day and was given a trophy larger than his torso to lug around on his first regular season off day. The guy just doesn’t get a break. Not that he’d ask for one.

But always a possibility,” Bochy said before the Rangers played Boston. “It's gone back to where it was when it first came up, and obviously that had us a little concerned there, so we'll see. ... We'll see where we're at tomorrow.” Josh Smith ...

Smith was getting the start at third base and batting seventh, and he figures to see the bulk of the playing time at the hot corner while Josh Jung (neck) is sidelined. Through seven appearances this season,

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