World Series Game 3.Texas cut San Francisco's series lead to 2-1. Lewis, the unflappable Rangers starter who for the past two seasons pitched for the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League, improved to 3-0 with a 2.11 ERA in four postseason starts. Each of his wins has come after a Texas loss, perhaps adding to the fans' roar of appreciation when he left the game.
No longer in San Francisco's spacious AT&T Park, the offenses received a small lift from playing in the cozy Ballpark in Arlington, where a stadium record 52,419 fans saw four home runs. All six runs came via the home run.
The Rangers got their offense from lefthanded sluggers Josh Hamilton and Mitch Moreland, both of whom homered off Giants lefty starter Jonathan Sanchez, who allowed only five homers to lefties all regular season.
Moreland's blast, which came at the end of a nine-pitch at bat, brought home three runs in the bottom of the second. Hamilton added a solo homer in the fifth.
Moreland, a rookie first baseman who batted ninth, had nine home runs in 145 at bats during the regular season, though none of them came off a lefty pitcher.
Mitch Moreland got the Rangers on the board in the second inning with a three-run homer off Giants starter Jonathan Sanchez.
The Giants received solo blasts from Cody Ross and Andres Torres. It was Ross' team leading fifth home run of the postseason and Torres' first. San Francisco only managed seven baserunners all night and only once did they have two on in the same inning the first, when Lewis struck out Burrell to end the threat.
Sanchez has now failed to get past the fifth in his last two starts; he was knocked out after 4 2/3 innings in Game 3, giving up all four runs.
The Rangers found plate discipline from unexpected sources. Notorious freeswingers Bengie Molina, Jeff Francoeur and Guerrero each walked.
The story of the night, however, was Lewis. He was remarkably efficient, throwing 74 of his 103 pitches for strikes and starting 19 of the last 20 batters he faced with a first-pitch strike. During the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, he threw 28 of 32 pitches for strikes.
Lewis got outs every which way, inducing eight groundouts and seven flyouts to go along with his six strikeouts. The Rangers finally broke through with a win, with two more still to play at home.
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