Texas 4, Toronto 2
When: 7:07 PM ET, Thursday, September 9, 2010
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Tom Hallion, 1B -
Ron Kulpa, 2B -
Lance Barksdale, 3B -
Ed Rapuano
Attendance:
10658
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Colby Lewis pitched into the seventh inning to pick up his first victory in nearly two months as the Texas Rangers earned a split of a four-game series with a 4-2 triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Thursday.
Lewis (10-12) limited the Toronto offense to a single run over 6 2/3 innings, allowing five hits with two walks while striking out eight. It was his first victory since July 16, ending a personal seven-game losing streak.
Mitch Moreland did the majority of the damage for Texas with a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and a two-run double in the sixth. The Rangers have won two straight following a five-game losing skid, and moved 7 1/2 games ahead of idle Oakland in the American League West race.
Neftali Feliz pitched a perfect ninth inning for his 35th save of the season.
Jose Bautista belted his league-leading 44th home run while Lyle Overbay added a solo shot to account for the rest of the Toronto offense.
Shawn Hill (0-1) allowed four runs, three earned, in 5 1/3 innings in his first major-league start since April 2009.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas |
|
Toronto |
Colby Lewis
|
Player |
Shawn Hill |
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
6.1 |
IP |
5.1 |
8 |
Strikeouts |
2 |
5 |
Hits |
8 |
1.42 |
ERA |
5.06 |
Hitting
Texas |
|
Toronto |
Vladimir Guerrero | Player |
Jose Bautista
|
3 |
Hits |
2 |
0 |
RBI |
1 |
0 |
HR |
1 |
3 |
TB |
5 |
.750 |
Avg |
.667 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Texas
|
10 |
0 |
13 |
.294 |
16 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
Toronto
|
6 |
2 |
12 |
.188 |
10 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |