The National Hockey League announced Wednesday changes to its draft lottery, which will be phased in over a two-year period, beginning with the Draft Lottery in 2015. According to the NHL, the odds of winning the first overall selection in the NHL Draft for the 14 non-playoff teams will be adjusted to more appropriately reflect the current state of competitive balance. The league will implement a more evenly-balanced allocation of odds, with the 10 highest-finishing non-playoff qualifying teams receiving better odds than they received previously and the four lowest-finishing teams receiving worse odds. The revised set of odds will remain in effect year-to-year in the future. The league added that beginning in 2016, the lottery will be utilized to assign the top three drafting slots in the draft, an expansion over previous years when the lottery was used to determine the winner of the first overall selection only. Three draws will be held - the first lottery draw will determine the club selecting first overall, the second lottery draw will determine the club selecting second overall and the third draw will determine the club selecting third overall. As a result of this change, the team earning the fewest points during the regular season will no longer be guaranteed, at worst, the second overall pick. That club could fall as low as fourth overall. The allocation of odds for the first lottery draw will be the same as outlined above for the 2015 NHL Draft Lottery. The odds for the remaining teams will increase on a proportionate basis for the second lottery draw, based on which club wins the first lottery draw and again for the third lottery draw, based on which club wins the second Lottery draw. The 11 clubs not selected in the lottery will be assigned draft selections 4 through 14, in inverse order of regular season points. 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He went into the game 0-6 in eight starts at Globe Life Park in Arlington and 0-10 in 14 starts at night.Both runs scored in the fourth inning, on a 405-foot home run to centre field by Robinson Chirinos and an RBI single by David Robertson.The Rangers have won three straight and 10 of their last 11.To go ahead and have a good string of games right here at the end gets their confidence going, Rangers interim manager Tim Bogar said.The Astros, already assured of their best finish since 2010, have dropped six of their last eight. Interim manager Tom Lawless said his team might be pressing but shows no quit.Twenty-seven outs are in that game, Lawless said. Were going to play 27 outs.Martinez has a 2.12 earned run average over his last five starts. 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Rangers RHP Lisalverto Bonilla (2-0) will try to become the first Rangers pitcher to win his first three career starts since Alexi Ogando in April 2011. Bonilla took a no-hitter into the fifth inning of his most recent start. ' ' '