ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Colby Lewis acquired the very best involving Tampa Bay ace David Price .
Lewis occupying four hits more than actions innings, Elvis Andrus had a pair of RBIs along with the beat your Rays 3-0 upon Wednesday.
Mon, May 30 - Final Tue, May 31 - Final Wed, Jun 1 - FinalIt was a very good battle having several great pitchers, Texas office manager Ron Washington said. (Lewis) pitched truly well, particularly struggling with a guy like Price. Very good win.
Price (6-5) authorized some runs, five hits, one walk in addition to struck away eight inside eight innings.
Anytime you go alongside No. 1, he s undoubtedly executing his or her job, and all I ended up being making an attempt to undertake seemed to be fall out generally there and match him, Lewis said.
Lewis (5-5) struck away eight plus walked two. Neftali Feliz allowed your leadoff single to be able to Ben Zobrist in that ninth just before all in all his or her 11th save as well as finishing the actual shutout.
He appeared to be unquestionably far more aggressive, Rangers catcher stated connected with Feliz, who's struggled recently.
Nelson Cruz place the Rangers onward 1-0 over a fifth-inning RBI single, and also Andrus managed to get 3-0 from the eighth as soon as this individual hit a new two-out single to help quickly Price a single try to sell immediately after Ian Kinsler pulled off of a 2 bottle steal to get into scoring position.
If the athletes are definitely not on second plus next there, that shot Elvis reach is just a normal out, Washington said. Since we all had runners on next as well as third, the factors was required to can be found in and also all of us delivered a little something go away them.
Gentry had your double, even though Kinsler drew really the only stroll off Price in the eighth. Texas stole four bases general throughout the inning.
The Rangers took two involving some from the Rays and therefore are 7-3 over the last twelve games, when this Rays have missing eight involving 12 and after this head out of with a good 11-game, 12-day highway visit that begins Thursday nights at Seattle.
We frequency good enough in addition to trialled good enough to be able to win, Tampa Bay supervisor Joe Maddon said. But all of us didn t make and the s been recently some of our problem.
Price faced the Rangers with the beginer seeing that sacrificing the two connected with his starts in recently utes American League Divisional Series. In four previous regular-season outings in opposition to Texas, the actual left-hander gone 0-2 using a 7.45 ERA.
Price was putting the particular ball well, and Lewis has been awesome, Rangers DH Michael Young said.
Zobrist doubled while in the very first and also visited next together with a couple of outs using a handed down ball, but was quit stranded when Rays slugger struck out. No other Tampa Bay runner reached second put faitth on over the future six innings.
Tampa Bay azines Sam Fuld singled plus stole subsequent with two outs inside eighth. The Rays did not cash in when John Jaso hit your fly shot for you to left.
You can certainly t earn in case you don t (score), thus this vertisements tough, Price said. Those people are in existence seeking and it also s hard intended for them.
Notes: Rangers LHP Matt Harrison (left index hand blister) mentioned following your video game that he has also been dinged from his / her scheduled start taking Thursday night from Cleveland. It ersus much better to adopt treatment regarding it now, reported Harrison, who expectation that will place off a bullpen pile this kind of weekend. Cruz has tempted in seven extends through his / her last nine games. Tampa Bay RF Matt Joyce , who seem to entered when using the major league-best .370 batting average, journeyed 0 for 4 by using two strikeouts. Texas pitching discipline Mike Maddux (daughter Lexie) as well as first bottom trainer Gary Pettis (son Kyler) will miss component to the long term four-game series together with this Indians to attend high school graduations. Rays CF was hitless with some at-bats and is particularly a few with regard to 30 with 15 strikeouts around his continue 11 games.
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