Ivan's 2 Homers Lifts Texas
Ivan Rodriguez and Rusty Greer each homered twice as the Texas Rangers snapped their four-game losing streak, beating the Chicago White Sox 10-0 Sunday.
Greer led off the third with a home run and then hit another, his 13th, in the eighth following Rodriguez's first shot. It was Greer's first multihomer game this season and seventh of his career. Greer went 3-for-5 on the day.
Rodriguez extended a career-high with his 26th homer, a two-run shot, with two outs in the ninth. He has fourth multihomer games this year and eight in his career.
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The Rangers maintained a 4 1/2 game lead over Oakland, which beat Toronto on Sunday, in the AL West.
Rodriguez scored on John Snyder's bases-loaded wild pitch in the first, and Tom Goodwin hit an RBI double in the second to go ahead 2-0.
After Greer's leadoff homer in the third, Royce Clayton hit an RBI single to make it 4-0.
Juan Gonzalez added an RBI single in the fourth to chase Snyder (9-8). Snyder gave up five runs on eight hits and three walks over 3 2-3 innings.
Goodwin's sacrifice fly scored Todd Zeile to make it 6-0.
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