Yu Darvish struck out eight batters in six-plus innings of shut-out baseball to push the Texas Rangers past the Cincinnati Reds 3-2. The Houston Astros hung tough with the Los Angeles Angels Sunday, but fell short in the late innings 3-1.
A.J. Pierzynski hit a tiebreaking homer with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied from a late three-run deficit for a 7-6 win over the Los Angeles Angels while Felix Hernandez pitched six scoreless innings for his 100th career win and Seattle homered three times to back him up in a 7-1 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday night.