ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish let out a good yell and pumped both fists before
catcher Chris Gimenez greeted him in front of the mound.
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. The Texas ace wasnt necessarily celebrating his first complete game in the
major leagues. His battery mate says he does that all the time. "He just kind of
looked at me and goes, Yeah! Thats what I said back to him," Gimenez said. "He
likes going Yes! all the time. We kind of goof around with each other about it."
This was their best reason yet to have a little fun. Darvish struck out 10 in
his six-hitter, Shin-Soo Choo broke a long hitless streak with a three-run
double and the Rangers denied Miamis bid for a record interleague winning
streak, beating the Marlins 6-0 Wednesday night. Darvish (7-2) struck out the
side in the eighth to end a streak of one baserunner in each of the first seven
innings for the Marlins. The Japanese right-hander wrapped up his 73rd career
start by getting Garrett Jones to swing at a pitch in the dirt. Gimenez had to
finish it off with a throw to first. The closest Darvish had come to a complete
game were the two times he lost a no-hitter with two outs in the ninth inning.
The first was a perfect game bid against Houston last year. The other was
against Boston a month ago, although a scoring change a few days later altered
that. "I wasnt really conscious of throwing a complete game," Darvish said
through an translator. "I thought I was going to be out of the game after the
eighth inning, but when (manager Ron Washington) told me that Im going in the
ninth inning as well, I decided to go. And I also wanted to face (Giancarlo)
Stanton again." Darvish gave up his final single to Stanton leading off the
ninth, but Casey McGehee grounded into Miamis third double play before Jones
whiffed. "I dont think we really have anybody like that," Miami manager Mike
Redmond said when asked what NL pitchers compared to Darvish, who was facing the
Marlins for the first time. The Marlins had to settle for tying the New York
Yankees (2003-04) and Tampa Bay (2004) for the longest interleague winning
streak at 13 games. It was Miamis first interleague loss since last Aug. 12 at
Kansas City. The Rangers (32-34) snapped a four-game losing streak and avoided
falling four games under .500 for the first time since 2008. Texas split the
two-game set and is now winless in eight straight series at home. Choo was in an
0-for-18 slump when he pulled a line drive past Jones at first with the bases
loaded in the third against Jacob Turner (2-4). When Stanton couldnt cut off the
ball in right field, Elvis Andrus scored easily from first for a 3-0 lead. Choo
had a single in the fifth that again brought home Andrus, who had three hits. "I
needed just one hit, one good hard it," Choo said. "I tell myself every pitch,
start over, start over, start over." Darvish, who won his fourth straight start
for the first time in Texas, blew a 4-0 lead in his last start against Cleveland
but still got the win in a 6-4 Texas victory. There were no such threats this
time, and Darvish has allowed one earned run in 37 2-3 innings over his past
five interleague starts. Marcell Ozuna helped Darvish by getting thrown out at
second base by left fielder Michael Choice after a leadoff single in the
seventh. Justin Bour followed with a walk, but Darvish started a double play on
J.T. Realmuto to end the inning. Jones had one of the singles on a 59 mph
curveball before Darvish struck out Ozuna looking on a knee-buckling slider.
Darvish, who threw 116 pitches, got Stanton swinging on another slider in the
sixth. Turner finished the fourth inning after getting hit on the right side by
a line drive from Rougned Odour, but the right-hander didnt come out for the
fifth. He gave up six hits and five earned runs. NOTES: This was the first
meeting between the Marlins and Rangers since July 2011. They play two more in
Miami on Aug. 19-20. ... The Rangers agreed to terms with top draft pick Luis
Ortiz, a high school pitcher from California. The deal for the right-hander
includes a $1.75 million signing bonus. He will report to the Arizona League
after graduating from high school Saturday.
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. NBA officials ruled the court unplayable in the Bucks final exhibition game on
Oct. 25 because players were slipping, and the game was cancelled midway through
the first period.
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. - Leon Draisaitl scored a hat trick as the Prince Albert Raiders stormed past
the Swift Current Broncos 5-2 in Western Hockey League action Tuesday.No
Canadian women made it to the Olympic womens shor track 1,500-metre final. The
last two Canadian skaters remaining, Valerie Maltais and Marie-Eve Drolet, were
eliminated from the semifinals on Saturday at the Iceberg Skating Palace in
Sochi. Chinas Zhou Yang later successfully defended her Olympic gold medal in
the final. But it was a disappointing day for Canada. Montreals Drolet, 32,
finished third in the opening semifinal group with a time of two minutes, 19.516
seconds. Only the top two skaters advanced. Maltais, a native of La Baie, Que.,
and Canadas best hope for a medal in this distance, couldnt get around defending
Olympic champion Zhou Yang of China and Koreas Suk Hee Shim. She ended up third
in her semi in 2:19.516. In the earlier 1,500m heats, Marianne St-Gelais of
Saint-Felicien, Que., failed to qualify for the semifinals after placing fourth
in her heat with a time of 2:27.071. The Saint-Felicien,, Que.
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, native was also coming off a disappointing 500m performance on Thursday when
she was unable to advance to the 500m final. The final featured some terrific
racing. Zhou and Koreas Shim Suk Hee battled throughout the race. It appeared
the younger Shim would win the event but Zhou made a beautiful move to the
inside with two laps remaining. Zhou held on from there, winning with a time of
2:19.140. Shim took the silver in 2:19.239, while Italian Arianna Fontanna won
her second medal in Sochi, earning bronze in 2:19.416. "I was nervous at the
beginning, but after I finished it I felt so thrilled," Zhou told reporters.
"Ive been through a lot during the past four years. I didnt expect I could come
back to the Olympic Games." Korean Kim Alang was disqualified for taking out Li
Jianrou, who won the gold medal in the 500m on Thursday. (With files from
Reuters)
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