Wilson, Beltre lift Rangers sweep of Royals

Monday, April 25, 2011

ARLINGTON, Texas - the Texas Rangers put together a winning formula: a couple of performances of solid release, a few more home runs and a pair of 40 - something left-handed save games.


Richard Durrett and the team of ESPNDallas.com have the inside scoop from the Rangers, the American League and major league baseball. C.J. Wilson struck out 10 in seven innings, Adrian Beltre hit one of three Homers for Texas and 41 years Arthur Rhodes had kept as the Rangers completed a sweep of weekend of three games on the Royals with a victory of 8-7 on Sunday. "Now, we're playing very well," said David Murphy, who had a streak of three double that turned out to be the difference. "A few days ago we were up and down." It is good to return to the track. "We must continue." Kansas City (12-10) has lost eight straight on the road against the Rangers, dating from the 2009 season. The Royals arrived in Texas as the only team in major league baseball who had not lost a series of this season. Mike Napoli and Andrew White also homered for Texas (14-7), which also has the best record in the American League. The Rangers had lost six of eight before this series. Rhodes got the final out of his save from 2008 to become the oldest pitcher to save Texas. Came only a day after 40 years Darren Oliver set that mark closing a 3-1 victory that boot freshman Alexi Ogando not renounce a run until the seventh inning. With Neftali Feliz more regular in the list of persons due to inflammation of the shoulder, the Rangers goes by the Committee. Texas won the opener of the series with five home runs in a victory of 11-6 on Friday night. Wilson (3-0) overcame to give up their first home runs two of the season with his third double-digit game labeled a race. The crafty Southpaw walking only a batter while eight hits and four runs in a windy day at Rangers Ballpark and is still less satisfied. "I have to tone much better." ... I am not anywhere near where I want to be, ", said Wilson." "I am giving too many hits." Wilson had not allowed a homer in 35 entries begins at six dating to last season before only two out of Jeff Francoeur shot in the fourth that hit high off the Pole on the left field line. Mike Aviles linking game 409 feet Homer landed on the Hill in the Centre of an entry by a pitch from 85 mph Wilson later said that he left for the center of the plate. "We must go out there and keep his team in the game when you don't have your best stuff, and that is what made", said manager Ron Washington. "We could put some races on the scoreboard to give a small cushion." Fought them all day. This team there can swing the bat. They keep coming and keep coming and keep coming, see what they were doing there in the ninth inning. Aviles homered twice, including a three-run shot with two outs in the ninth against Brett Tomko, who laid the foundations for Rhodes. The home runs three Texas left Bruce Chen (3 - 1), that he had won seven consecutive decisions on his previous 11 starts. The left-handed gave up six runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He said that "it wasn't strong today, but he fought against really," Manager Ned Yost. "He was there only compete with everything he had, they couldn't get the ball." Napoli led off the second with his fifth homer of the season. Beltre led off the fourth with his seventh, tying the lead and put the Rangers 2-1 and collect his 20th RBI leader in the League. After the royalty it was tied in the Quinta's first homer of Aviles, Texas sent 10 batters to the plate while scoring six times in the bottom half. "I felt good," said Chen. "They are a very good team, very hard." The outbreak of Rangers began with a rare homer in white, the infielder utility playing only his fourth game this season. He released the first release of the entry into the field at the left, a shot of 348-foot line only his second Homer in 203 games of major league baseball. It was the first in two seasons with Texas. After a couple of walks, Michael Young extended his hitting streak to 14 games with an RBI single that made 4-2 and chased Chen. Palliative Jeremy Jeffress walked two batters again, including Napoli with the bases loaded before the Murphy cleared them with a double in the left Center gap. Francoeur Homer extended his hitting streak to 14 games. Alex Gordon has an 18-game hitting streak after a double direction in the eighth. Aviles lined up in the second release of the game in field to the left of a single sharp before Wilson struck out three batters. Kansas City had two second before Alcides Escobar lined a double play. The Royals with two runs in the seventh when no. 9 hitter Chris Getz had an RBI only after doubles by Wilson Betemit and Escobar. Tomko took Wilson's starting the eighth for his first major league appearance on September 14, 2009, when it launched a money laundering five hits for Oakland at Rangers Ballpark. The right-handed had been recovering from a nerve problem in his arm. Tomko was this year with Texas in a spring training minor league contract and had his contract purchased from Round Rock 2004 on Wednesday. Games notes
His career of Wilson is 12 strikeouts, against Baltimore last August 20. ... The Rangers are 10-2 at home. Their four games are home against Toronto. ... It was the first career multihomer for Aviles. ... White played for Texas SS Elvis Andrus, who had a day after errors in three consecutive games. ... Another white major league Homer came on July 29, 2009, for the Cubs in Chicago at Wrigley Field. ... Francoeur was ejected after arguing a strike call third that ended in the eighth inning.



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