Salazar fans 10, but Indians are edged by Texas

ARLINGTON — If the Indians and Rangers see each other again this season, it will be under the bright October lights with much more on the line. For now, Texas will have to settle for finishing off a successful season series against the Tribe with a 2-1 victory Sunday at Globe Life Park.

With the win, the American League West-leading Rangers took three of four in this set to wrap up a 5-2 showing against the AL Central’s top team. In Sunday’s finale, lefty Derek Holland led the way with six solid innings, left fielder Carlos Gomez made a pair of key catches and both Ian Desmond and Jonathan Lucroy drove in runs.

Holland ended with five strikeouts and four hits scattered, picking up his sixth win of the year.

The Indians received an encouraging start from righty Danny Salazar, who pushed some recent woes aside with a 10-strikeout showing against Texas. The starter logged 5 1/3 innings, holding the Rangers to two runs on five hits with two walks. Unfortunately for Salazar, Jason Kipnis’ RBI single in the sixth was the lone run of support from the Tribe’s struggling offense.

MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDDefense backs Holland: Holland entered Saturday allowing a .936 OPS to opponents the second time through the order this season. He limited the Indians to a 1-for-8 showing their second time through with the help of some quality defense in the fifth. Gomez took extra bases away from Jose Ramirez with a leaping, wall-banging catch in left for the inning’s second out. For the final out, Lucroy pounced on a wild pitch and threw out Brandon Guyer, who tried to sprint to second on the play.

Living up in the zone: Salazar made progress over his recent outings (10.41 ERA in his last six turns), but still struggled with elevating his fastball at times. With a …

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