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Friday, Aug. 4 7:05pm ET
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TORONTO (AP) -- Darrin Fletcher couldn't help but give himself some credit Friday night. Fletcher hit a tiebreaking, two-run double in the eighth inning to lead the Toronto Blue Jays over the Texas Rangers 10-8. "I'd don't want to pat myself on the back, but it was one of my best at-bats of the season," he said. With the score 8-all, Tony Batista singled off Mike Venafro (1-1) with two outs in the eighth, Jose Cruz Jr. was hit by pitch and Fletcher, a lefty, doubled down the left-field line, giving him three RBIs. "I'd rather not face him. He's a lefty, and he throws from the side. I'm not supposed to get a hit there," Fletcher said. "He's a tough assignment, but I got the hit." Paul Quantrill (2-5) got the final out of the eighth, and Billy Koch pitched a perfect ninth for his 26th save in 30 chances. Texas trailed 8-5 in the eighth but tied it on Rafael Palmeirio's homer off Lance Painter, Rickey Ledee's RBI single off Mark Guthrie and Royce Clayton's run-scoring single off Quantrill. Steve Trachsel, making his Blue Jays' debut, gave up five runs -- four earned -- and six hits in 6 1-3 innings. Trachsel was acquired Monday from Tampa Bay. "I was kind of nervous, and I wasn't quite as sharp as I would have liked to have been," Trachsel said. Texas starter Matt Perisho allowed five runs -- three earned -- and eight hits in six-plus innings. "We had a lead, but we let them off the hook," Perisho said. Bill Haselman's two-run homer, his second of the season, put Texas ahead in the second and Frank Catalanotto's RBI single in the third made it 3-0. Alex Gonzalez homered for Toronto in the bottom half, but Frank Catalanotto added an RBI grounder in the fifth for a 4-1 lead. Run-scoring singles by Brad Fullmer and Cruz cut the lead to a run in the bottom half, but the Rangers took a 5-3 lead in the seventh when second baseman Chris Woodward made a throwing error on a potential double play. Toronto scored five runs in the bottom half on an error by reliever Francisco Cordero, Fletcher's RBI single and Shannon Stewart's three-run double. Game notesActress Lauren Holly was in attendance. ... Gabe Kapler has an 18-game hitting streak. ... Royce Clayton has an 11 game hitting streak. ... To make room for Trachsel, the Blue Jays optioned RHP Roy Halladay to Triple-A Syracuse. | ALSO SEE Baseball Scoreboard Texas Clubhouse Toronto Clubhouse Traded to Toronto, OF Martinez ties record by joining 4th team this season
RECAPS Boston 5 Kansas City 4
Toronto 10
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