Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 8, Toronto 1
When: 7:07 PM ET, Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Where: Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Ed Rapuano, 1B - Tom Hallion, 2B - Ron Kulpa, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 10616

Derek Holland tossed five shutout innings and Ian Kinsler belted a solo home run as the Texas Rangers earned an 8-1 triumph over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday.

Jeff Francouer finished with three hits and an RBI and Nelson Cruz added a late two-run homer for Texas, which snapped a five-game losing skid, including the first two of this four-game set with Toronto.

Holland (3-3) got all the support he would need after the Rangers grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first. The 23-year-old lefty notched his first win since May 22 in scattering three hits and striking out eight. He had gone 0-3 over his previous six starts.

Bengie Molina’s ground out in the sixth and subsequent RBI single in the eighth helped make it 5-0 in favor of Texas. Cruz then connected for his 17th blast in the ninth.

The Blue Jays, who were only able to muster five hits, finally broke through in the eighth when Jose Molina, Bengie’s brother, lifted a solo homer to left.

Toronto starter Marc Rzepczynski (1-4) was dealt the loss for the third straight time after allowing three runs on seven hits over five innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Toronto
Derek Holland Player Marc Rzepczynski
Win W/L Loss
5.0 IP 5.0
8 Strikeouts 2
3 Hits 7
0.00 ERA 5.40
Hitting
Texas   Toronto
Jeff Francoeur Player Jose Molina
3 Hits 2
1 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 16 2 25 .400 16 7 7 4 1 1
Toronto 5 1 8 .161 14 10 1 3 0 2
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