Darvish wins 3rd straight, Rangers beat Blue Jays

By: Associated Press

Posted: Mon 10:21 PM, Apr 30, 2012

TORONTO (AP) - Yu Darvish won his third straight start, Mitch Moreland and Craig Gentry homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-1 Monday night.

Darvish (4-0) allowed his first home run but remained unbeaten in five major league starts. He gave up one run and four hits in seven innings, walked two and struck out nine.

In winning his past three starts, Darvish has allowed just two earned runs over 21 2-3 innings against Detroit, the New York Yankees and Toronto. His season ERA is 2.18.

Mike Adams worked the eighth and Joe Nathan finished for his sixth save in seven chances.

AL West-leading Texas won for the 17th time in April, matching the 1989 team for the second-most victories in the season's opening month. The Rangers won a record 18 April games in 1998.

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