Rangers Take Another Series With 6-2 Win Over Red Sox
ARLINGTON, Texas - The Texas Rangers jumped on Boston starter Clay Buchholz for three runs before he retired a batter and eased to a 6-2 victory over the Red Sox.
The win moved Texas 22 games over the .500 mark for the first time since the end of the 2011 season, and it is now 11-0-1 in its last 12 series.
Texas opened the first inning with four straight singles off Buchholz (3-8), with Nomar Mazara and Adrian Beltre each collecting an RBI with hits. Rougned Odor brought in another run with a bloop single as the Rangers had five hits in the inning.
That was plenty of support for lefty Martin Perez (7-4), who won his sixth straight decision after allowing one run in six innings. That run came in the sixth as the Red Sox cut the Texas lead to 3-1 on the first career homer by Bryce Brentz.
But the Rangers got that run back plus one in the bottom of the sixth when designated hitter Prince Fielder lined a two-run homer to right. Buchholz was charged with five runs (four earned) in 5 1/3 innings on seven hits.
Texas pushed the lead to 6-1 with another run-scoring single from Beltre in the sixth inning. The Rangers finished with 10 hits, as Shin-Soo Choo went 3-for-4 and scored a pair of runs. Boston tallied 10 hits, with Mookie Betts and Brentz each collecting two.
David Ortiz, playing in his last regular-season game at Globe Life Park, pinch hit in the eighth inning and drove in the final Boston run with a single.
