‘I got beat’: Lewis dinged early in Game 3 start

TORONTO — Colby Lewis has won more postseason games than any Rangers pitcher in franchise history, but the 37-year-old right-hander got rocked early in Sunday’s 7-6, series-deciding loss in Game 3 of the American League Division Series as Texas’ troubling trend for its starters was too much to overcome.

Lewis was pulled by manager Jeff Banister after giving up five hits and five runs in two-plus innings. Combined with Cole Hamels and Yu Darvish, the Rangers’ three starters allowed 16 hits and 17 runs (16 earned) in 10 1/3 innings in the three straight losses, for a 13.94 ERA.

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The Rangers rallied back from a 5-2 deficit to push the game to 10 innings, but lost on a throwing error by Rougned Odor as they were eliminated in the ALDS by Toronto for a second straight year, this time despite the best regular-season record in the AL.

“It’s disappointing,” Lewis said. “What we accomplished during the year doesn’t take the bite out of what happened the last three games. They got hot at the right time. We’ve seen it in the past, especially with the Giants and stuff like that. It’s a three-game series, you can get hot at the right time and get momentum and that’s what …

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