Lewis feels great, is unconcerned by rough start

OAKLAND — Colby Lewis said he felt great. That’s all that seemed to matter Sunday afternoon, even if he did equal the shortest outing of his career.

Lewis gave up seven runs in a 7-1 loss to the Athletics on Sunday afternoon. Lewis threw 52 pitches before being pulled after 1 1/3 innings for the third time in his career. The last time was June 11, 2011.

“I felt great,” Lewis said. “That’s the best I’ve felt in a long time. I couldn’t be more happy with the way my body felt. The results stunk, but that’s the way it goes.”

All seven runs scored in the second inning.

“It was situation where there wasn’t a lot of swing-and-miss for him,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “He threw a lot of strikes, we just couldn’t get the outs needed to get him out of the inning. There were still a lot of positives. The ball was coming out clean and his arm felt good.”

This was Lewis’ third start since coming off the disabled list on Sept 11. He missed two months with a strained muscle in the …

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