Saturday, March 3, 2012

Holland pitches shutout as Rangers beat Blue Jays

TORONTO (AP) — A feisty mound meeting with manager Ron Washington sure fired up Derek Holland.

Holland pitched a four-hitter to win his fourth straight decision, Mitch Moreland and Mike Napoli homered and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 on Saturday.

"You could tell from the get-go that Holland was on his game," Moreland said.

Holland (10-4) reached double digits in victories for the first time and improved to 4-0 with a 1.64 ERA since losing to Florida on July 2. The left-hander has pitched three shutouts in that span, blanking Oakland on July 7 and following that with a shutout of Seattle on July 14.

"His stuff was great today," Napoli said. "When …

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