Lewis Throws 8 Scoreless Innings As Rangers Top Rays
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Colby Lewis scattered four hits over eight innings, Elvis Andrus had two RBIs and the Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Wednesday.
Lewis (5-5) struck out eight and walked two. Neftali Feliz allowed a leadoff single to Ben Zobrist in the ninth before wrapping up his 11th save and completing the shutout.
Nelson Cruz put the Rangers ahead 1-0 on a fifth-inning RBI single, and Andrus made it 3-0 in the eighth when he hit a two-out single off David Price -- one pitch after Craig Gentry and Ian Kinsler pulled off a double steal to get into scoring position.
The Rangers took two of three from the Rays and are 7-3 over the last 10 games.
Price (6-5) allowed three runs, five hits, one walk and struck out eight in eight innings.
The Rays have lost eight of 12 and now head off on an 11-game, 12-day road trip that begins Thursday night at Seattle.
Price faced the Rangers for the first time since losing both of his starts in last year's American League Divisional Series. In four previous regular-season outings against Texas, the left-hander went 0-2 with a 7.45 ERA.
Zobrist doubled in the first and went to third with two outs on a passed ball, but was left stranded when Rays' slugger Evan Longoria struck out. No other Tampa Bay runner reached second base over the next six innings.
Tampa Bay's Sam Fuld singled and stole second with two outs in the eighth. The Rays failed to capitalize when John Jaso hit a fly ball to left.
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