Wilson Pitches Rangers Past White Sox

ARLINGTON (AP) - C.J. Wilson pitched into the seventh inning, Ian Kinsler's RBI single produced the go-ahead run, and the Texas Rangers hung on to beat the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Wednesday.

Wilson (5-3) gave up one run and five hits in 6 1-3 innings to help the Rangers win for the third time in four games. The left-hander struck out five.

Neftali Feliz issued consecutive one-out walks in the ninth, but got A.J. Pierzynski to fly out with runners on first and third for his 10th save in 12 chances as Texas took the deciding game of the three-game series.

Wilson gave up a single to Juan Pierre leading off the game, then recorded the next 16 outs before Gordon Beckham's one-out single in the sixth.

Brent Morel, the next batter, bounced into a double play.

Wilson carried a two-hit shutout into the seventh before the White Sox broke through.

Chicago put runners on first and third on one-out singles by Alexei Ramirez and Carlos Quentin. Paul Konerko's RBI single ended the shutout bid, and ended Wilson's 103-pitch outing.

Reliever Mark Lowe got Alex Rios to ground into an inning-ending double play.

The White Sox threatened again in the eighth with runners on first and third and one out. Lefty Darren Oliver came on to strike out pinch hitter Adam Dunn, and retire Pierre on a forceout.

Both teams had reasons to be tired.

The game got under way less than 12 hours after the White Sox earned an 8-6 victory in a game that started early Tuesday night and ended at 1:27 Wednesday morning following a rain delay of almost three hours.

Those storms passed through the area, and Wednesday's game was played under sunny skies.

In the third inning on Wednesday, David Murphy's leadoff grounder off Gavin Floyd (5-4) kicked off the glove of Beckham at second base for an error, and Murphy took third on Yorvit Torrealba's ground-rule double.

Murphy came home on Mitch Moreland's sacrifice fly, and Kinsler followed with an RBI single to make it 2-0.

Floyd allowed two runs and three hits with five strikeouts and one walk in seven-plus innings and 110 pitches.

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