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Choo gets three hits as Rangers win 6-3

April 20, 2014 - 19:29 By Korea Herald
Texas Rangers DH Choo Shin-soo (right) is congratulated by teammate Prince Fielder after scoring a run in the first inning. (AFP-Yonhap)
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Colby Lewis pitched into the sixth inning for his first win in nearly two years, Prince Fielder homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Saturday night.

Lewis (1-1) struck out four while allowing only one run over 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander, the first known major league pitcher to return from a unique hip procedure, won for the first time since June 17, 2012.

Choo Shin-soo and Alex Rios each had three hits for the Rangers, who won their fifth consecutive game. Kevin Kouzmanoff homered leading off the eighth, giving him a 10-game hitting streak to start his Rangers career. Texas went ahead to stay on Fielder’s high-arching blast to right leading off the fourth for a 2-1 lead. It was only his second homer in his 18 games with Texas.

Jose Quintana (1-1) allowed five runs and nine hits over five innings, and the White Sox lost their fourth straight.

Before his season debut Monday night, a home loss to Seattle, Lewis hadn’t made a major league start since July 18, 2012. The 34-year-old right-hander had surgery to repair a torn flexor tendon in his right elbow, and was still rehabbing from that last August when he had right hip resurfacing surgery, a procedure to remove bone spurs without a full hip replacement.

Joakim Soria, the fifth Texas reliever, worked a perfect ninth for his third save in four chances.

Dayan Viciedo’s two-run single in the eighth got the White Sox within 5-3 before Alexei Ramirez, who entered the game with a AL-leading .379 batting average, grounded into an inning-ending double play.

Ramirez finished 0 for 4 to snap his 21-game hitting streak, the longest hitting streak by a White Sox player since Carlos Lee’s franchise-record 28 in a row 10 years ago, and drop his average to .357.

Josh Wilson had a two-run single in the fourth for Texas before Choo’s RBI-double made it 5-1.

Ethier’s HR propels Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― Andre Ethier hit a three-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied from an early four-run deficit to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-6 on Saturday.

Dan Haren (3-0) was charged with five runs ― two earned ― and seven hits over 7 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out five in his fourth start of the season, six days after his 8-6 victory over the Diamondbacks at Phoenix.

Haren departed with an 8-4 lead and was replaced by Brian Wilson, who gave up a two-run double by Martin Prado before retiring Chris Owings on a grounder with runners at the corners to end the eighth. Kenley Jansen pitched a scoreless ninth for his sixth save.

Mike Bolsinger (0-1) made his first major league start and was charged with seven runs ― six earned ― and seven hits in four-plus innings. He struck out five of the first 11 batters he faced.

The 26-year-old righty was inserted into the rotation after Trevor Cahill, who went 0-4 with a 9.17 ERA before earning his first career save on Friday.

Toronto 5, Cleveland 0

St. Louis 4, Washington 3

Detroit 5, LA Angels 2

Boston 4, Baltimore 2

Kansas City 5, Minnesota 4

Chicago Cubs 8, Cincinnati 4

Oakland 4, Houston 3

Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 7

Atlanta 7, NY Mets 5

Miami 7, Seattle 0

Tampa Bay 16, NY Yankees 1

Colorado 3, Philadelphia 1

San Diego 3, San Francisco 1