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- Updated: August 3, 2016
BALTIMORE — Yu Darvish has been limited to just six starts over the past two seasons because of injuries, and as he returns to full health in 2016, he had another obstacle to overcome Tuesday. With the Rangers adding catcher Jonathan Lucroy at the non-waiver Trade Deadline on Monday, Darvish only had a brief opportunity to run through signs with him before Tuesday’s start.
Despite the unfamiliarity, the two developed a good rhythm in the Rangers’ 5-1 loss. Darvish struck out nine in 6 1/3 innings, though he surrendered three runs — all on solo homers.
“He made great progress, in my opinion, on how we threw the baseball, just how he competed and how he attacked the strike zone,” manager Jeff Banister said.
Part of how Darvish attacked was a result of the game Lucroy was calling behind the plate. Darvish doesn’t usually come inside with his two-seam fastball, but Lucroy was …
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