Wilson outduels Felix as Rangers move to 6-0

JustinVerlander35 · Apr 6, 2011

Six months ago, the Rangers soared into their first World Series. They were at their hottest in the American League playoffs, winning a Game 5 against the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series and then obliterating the New York Yankees in five games in the AL Championship Series.

Six games into the new season, it's as if the Rangers have picked up right up where they left off.

All they did Wednesday afternoon was beat last year's AL Cy Young Award winner, Felix Hernandez, and the Seattle Mariners, 7-3, before 25,049 at Rangers Ballpark.

The Rangers did it with their starter, C.J. Wilson, pitching with "no energy," and the wizardry of Adrian Beltre at third base. Toss in Mitch Moreland's go-ahead double off Hernandez in the bottom of the seventh and two tack-on runs provided by the always-hot-in-April bat of right fielder Nelson Cruz in the bottom of the eighth, and the Rangers finished off a perfect homestand.

They are the first Major League team to start a season 6-0 since Kansas City began with a 9-0 record and San Francisco a 7-0 record in 2003. The Rangers can match their best start ever -- in 1996 -- with a win Friday at Baltimore in their road opener.

Basically, it's a strong start.

"That's it. 6-0," second baseman Ian Kinsler said. "There's nothing really else to say."

Once again, the Rangers showed off their depth. Wilson has gone from No. 3 starter to the staff ace with Cliff Lee in Philadelphia, and he hasn't skipped a beat. Wilson lost a win late in the season opener against Boston -- the Rangers won 9-5 -- and he hung in there just long enough Wednesday to get his first victory.

He did it despite not feeling 100 percent and having "my worst bullpen [session] in two years." Wilson worked around six hits and two walks. He got a crucial double-play ball in the sixth, and then with two runners on in the seventh with the score tied at 3, he got Chone Figgins to bounce out to the mound.
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