TORONTO – Yu Darvish continued to live up to the hype as the Texas Rangers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 on Monday.
Darvish held the Blue Jays to four hits and one run while striking out nine in seven innings, improving to 4-0 in five starts.
Toronto designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion homered for the fourth consecutive game in the fourth inning and singled in the seventh against Darvish, who was signed by the Rangers from Japan in the off-season.
It was the first homer allowed this season by Darvish. The right-hander’s earned-run average is 2.18.
In his previous start on April 24, he held the New York Yankees to seven hits and no runs over 8 1/3 innings while striking out 10.
Mitch Moreland and Craig Gentry hit home runs for Texas against left-handed reliever Evan Crawford in the seventh.
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Darvish outduels Drabek in pitching exhibition as Rangers beat Jays 4-1
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