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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Although Tomo Ohka wasn't overly pleased
with his control, he was still good enough Sunday night to get his
first victory as a major league starter.
Ohka (1-2), on his second recall from Triple-A Pawtucket this
season, gave up two runs on five hits in 5 2/3 innings as the
Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 4-2.
|  | | Texas Rangers runner Frank Catalanotto (27) knocks the ball loose from Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek to score a run during the fourth inning Sunday. However, it was not enough as Boston prevailed, 4-2. |
"I was no good, but I was happy to get the win," Ohka said in
Japanese through a translator. "On the other hand, I was not very
good."
Ohka indicated that he was disappointed with his four walks,
including two straight with two outs in the sixth inning that
loaded the bases for Texas and forced him out of the game. He threw
98 pitches, 52 for strikes.
"He pitched good for us. I don't really know if he ran out of
gas," Boston manger Jimy Williams said. "I think it was just time
to take him out. The bottom line is he had done his job and it was
time to turn it over to somebody else."
The 5 2/3 innings was the longest stint for Ohka in 12 major
league appearances the past two seasons for Boston. He gave up five
hits and struck out five.
At Pawtucket on June 1, Ohka threw a perfect game on just 77
pitches, 59 strikes.
Derek Lowe pitched the ninth for his 26th save in 31
opportunities.
Nomar Garciaparra and Jason Varitek each hit two-run singles in
the third inning when the Red Sox scored all of their runs.
Gabe Kapler extended the major leagues' longest hitting streak
this season to 26 games with a sixth-inning single, but Texas had
only six hits. The Rangers have been held to seven hits or less in
four straight games.
The Rangers couldn't overcome Boston's four-run burst off Kenny
Rogers (11-10).
Rogers struck out three of the four previous batters, including
Brian Daubach to start the third, before Boston loaded the bases on
an infield hit, a walk and a single.
Carl Everett lined out before Garciaparra singled with two
strikes. Varitek's hit came after Troy O'Leary was hit by a pitch.
"It seems I'm always just one pitch away. The inning started
like any other ... then they extended the inning and got hits when
they needed them," said Rogers, 2-5 in his last eight starts. "I
probably cost myself a couple of runs at the end. The pitch to
Varitek, I just left it out over the plate."
Boston's third inning ended when shortstop Royce Clayton made a
diving stab of Bernard Gilkey's hard grounder up the middle and
used a backhand flip to second for the final out.
Rogers gave up seven hits -- only three coming outside the third
inning. He struck out five and walked one.
After Ohka's consecutive two-out walks in the sixth, Rich Garces
relieved and got Mike Lamb to foul out to end the inning.
Boston third baseman Ed Sprague ran down Lamb's popup, using a
full arm extension to make the grab before falling into the Red Sox
dugout and being caught by teammate Israel Alcantara.
The Rangers got two runs off Ohka after loading the bases with
no outs in the fourth. Kapler hit a sacrifice fly to center and
Ricky Ledee followed with an RBI single on a high bouncer over
second baseman Mike Lansing.
Game notes
Rafael Palmeiro drew a walk in the fourth, his seventh base
on balls in the three-game series vs. Boston. ... In his 26-game
hitting streak, Kapler is hitting .371 (39-for-105) with six homers
and 21 RBIs. He finished 1-for-3. ... O'Leary went 0-for-3 and has
just three hits in 26 at-bats. ... Garciaparra is 15-for-29 (.517)
lifetime against Rogers after getting two hits Sunday. ... Lamb
snapped an 0-for-18 streak with a ninth-inning single for Texas.
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