Orioles sweep four-game set with Texas

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07/11/2010 - Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Jake Arrieta threw into the seventh inning to help the Baltimore Orioles complete a four-game sweep of the Texas Rangers with a 4-1 win.

Arrieta (3-2) went 6 1/3 innings and was charged with just one run on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts for the Orioles, who swept a four-game road series for the first time since July 6-9, 1995 against the White Sox.

Miguel Tejada hit a solo home run, while Corey Patterson drove in a pair for Baltimore, which is 29-59 at the break, the worst mark in the majors.

Ian Kinsler's solo home run accounted for the offense for the Rangers, who go into the All-Star break having dropped six of eight.

C.J. Wilson (7-5) got the loss as he was charged with three runs on three hits with five walks and five strikeouts over 4 2/3 innings for Texas, which is 50-38 at the break and sits atop the AL West.

Texas got on the board in the first inning when Kinsler hit a two-out blast to left for a 1-0 lead.

Baltimore, though, answered with a three-run second. Adam Jones led off with a double and Craig Tatum later walked with one away. A double from Julio Lugo scored one, and Patterson later doubled to bring home two more runners for a 3-1 lead.

The Rangers put men on first and second with one out in the fifth, but Michael Young hit into a double play to end the inning.

In the seventh, Chris Davis walked with one out and Josh Hamilton followed with a pinch-hit single. Jason Berken, though, took the mound and got Joaquin Arias and Young both to fly out and end the threat.

Miguel Tejada added a solo homer in the ninth to give Baltimore a three-run lead, while Alfredo Simon kept the Rangers from scoring in the ninth to pick up his 13th save of the season.

Game Notes

It was Baltimore first four-game sweep in Texas since June 17-20, 1976 and first four-game sweep, overall, since April 4-7, 2008 against Seattle...Baltimore hosts Toronto after the break for a three-game set starting on Friday...Texas plays in Boston for four games starting on Thursday.

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