Rougned Odor and Asdrubal Cabrera combined to drive in seven runs in the Rangers convincing win over the BlueJays.
Drew Smyly came off the injured list to hold Toronto to one run and two hits in four innings in his first game since April 19. He had been sidelined with mid-arm nerve tightness.Kyle Dowdy entered the game to start the fifth with a 7-1 lead and pitched two scoreless innings.
Texas won the final two games of the three-game series to move back to .500, while the Blue Jays ended their road trip at 1-5.Toronto used four relief pitchers before catcher Luke Maile made his first major league pitching appearance in the eighth. Maile retired all three batters he faced and struck out Shin-Soo-Choo, who had three singles and a walk in his first four plate appearances.
Rangers: At Pittsburgh on Tuesday, RHP Adrian Sampson , seeking his first major league win in his ninth start, will go against LHP Steven Brault , making his first start since April 27 of last year. Sampson pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings against the Pirates in his previous start on April 30.
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