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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Chad Curtis hit a two-run homer and
Kenny Rogers pitched six solid innings as the Texas Rangers beat
the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-3 Saturday night.
|  | | Chad Curtis broke out of an 0-for-15 slump with a two-run homer. |
Curtis was 0-for-15 when starting in right field before driving
a shot to center in the fourth inning.
Rogers (5-5) scattered four hits and struck out five. He has
lasted at least six innings in all 11 starts this season and has
allowed three or fewer earned runs in his last four.
John Wetteland pitched the ninth for his 14th save. He has
converted 11 straight chances, a team record.
It all added up to ruin the major league debut of Nelson
Figueroa (0-1), who was called up from Triple-A Tucson on Friday.
Figueroa, the 14th pitcher to start a game in Arizona history,
allowed four earned runs on seven hits in 6 1/3 innings. He struck
out two and walked one.
David Segui, who finished 3-for-4, drove in a run with a single
up the middle in the fourth inning, and Curtis followed with his
seventh home run to make it 3-1 for Texas. Ivan Rodriguez kept the
no-out rally going by reaching on Arizona third baseman Matt
Williams' error, but then was caught trying to steal third.
Rodriguez twice reached on errors by Williams, who came into the
game with no miscues this season.
Hanley Frias and Jay Bell had consecutive doubles in the third
inning for Arizona's first run.
Rogers retired nine of the next 10 batters before opening the
seventh inning with a four-pitch walk to Williams, followed by a
single by Steve Finley. Turner Ward then hit a run-scoring single
off reliever Tim Crabtree.
Texas scored its final run in the seventh, on Rusty Greer's
groundout to first in the seventh.
Arizona's Luis Gonzalez made it 4-3 in the eighth with a
run-scoring double off Crabtree.
Game notes
The Rangers' Jason McDonald broke an 0-for-16 slump with a
single to right in the third inning. He finished 2-for-4. ...
Williams has 12 errors the last two seasons, and five have been in
Texas. ... Bell's walk in the sixth inning was his 40th in 55
games. Bell set the team record with 82 last season.
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