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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- If the Boston Red Sox are to remain in
contention for postseason play, they'll need more of what they got
from Carl Everett on Friday night.
|  | | Carl Everett slammed two home runs and drove in five Red Sox. |
Everett homered twice and matched a season high with five RBI, leading the Red Sox over the Texas Rangers 7-3.
"He came through with the big offense," Red Sox manager Jimy Williams said. "The important thing was his home runs were with runners on base."
Boston had scored only seven runs in its previous four games,
but Everett gave the Red Sox a lift with a two-run homer in the
fourth and a three-run drive in the fifth, both off rookie Ryan Glynn (3-2).
Everett, who had his 11th multihomer game, including two this season, refused to speak with reporters after the game.
He has 29 homers this season, but just seven homers in his previous 42 games.
"We need him, but we need everybody to come up big for us down
the stretch," Boston's Nomar Garciaparra said.
On a night with a gametime temperature of 98, Glynn briefly lost
consciousness in the dugout during the fifth inning was taken to a
hospital.
The rookie right-hander was down for about five minutes, then regained consciousness as he was wheeled from the dugout strapped to a gurney and taken to an ambulance. The game was halted for 10 minutes.
Glynn, who threw 95 pitches, allowed seven runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings. He was being kept in the hospital overnight for observation. The Rangers said they would have no additional news on Glynn's condition until Saturday.
"When (pitching coach Dick) Bosman approached the mound to talk
to him, he said he was fine," Rangers manager Johnny Oates said.
"We always joke around at my house, how high the pollen and fungus
is, and that could have been the cause tonight."
Boston has won two straight after losing four in a row.
Texas' Gabe Kapler stretched his hitting streak to 24 games with
an eighth-inning single under the glove of Garciaparra, matching
the club record set by Mickey Rivers in 1980. Kapler, who went
1-for-5, also matched Arizona's Tony Womack for the longest streak
in the majors this season.
"I think Nomar gets that ball seven out of 10 times," Kapler
said. "It was a good pitch to hit. I'm not feeling any pressure
now. There's excitement, not pressure."
Rolando Arrojo (1-1) won for the first time in eight starts
since June 26, when he was with the Colorado Rockies. Arrojo
allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings. He had lost his
last four decisions for the Rockies and his first for the Red Sox.
"I worked more with concentration and focusing on the strike
zone than I did the last two times out," said Arrojo through
teammate Rich Garces, who served as interpreter. "After we scored seven runs, I went right at the first batter in each inning."
Bill Haselman's homer put Texas ahead in the second, but Boston
took a 3-1 lead in the fourth on Everett's homer and Brian
Daubach's run-scoring, double-play grounder.
Boston made it 7-1 in the fifth on Trot Nixon's RBI single and
Everett's second homer.
Royce Clayton tripled in the bottom half and scored on Luis
Alicea's groundout. Ricky Ledee hit an RBI single in the eighth.
Game notes
The Rangers returned home from a 2-5 road trip. ... Texas
is seven games under .500 for the first time since April 29. ... Everett's career high is six RBI. ... Rangers closer John Wetteland pitched the ninth in his first appearance since Aug. 1. He hasn't gotten a save since July 25.
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