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Beltre’s milestone RBIs help Rangers back Yu
- Updated: May 29, 2016
ARLINGTON — The Rangers gave Yu Darvish plenty of run support in his 2016 debut, scoring four runs during the right-hander’s five innings of work in Saturday’s 5-2 win over the Pirates.
Prince Fielder drove in the first run of the game in the first inning on a groundout to shortstop Jordy Mercer, scoring Jurickson Profar.
Then Adrian Beltre stepped up and hit a two-run homer to straightaway center field, giving the Rangers a 3-0 lead. The homer put Beltre at 1,501 RBIs for his career. He’s just the 54th player in Major League history to accumulate that many, and is just the fourth third baseman.
“Huge accomplishment,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “He is a great player, and he has been a great player for a long time. It’s incredible.”
“It just means I’ve been playing for a long time,” Beltre said. “When you play for a long time, you get to accumulate numbers like that.”
All was then quiet until …
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