RANGERS-INDIANS
Rangers’ Lewis throws 6 shutout innings in 7-3 win
CLEVELAND (AP) – Colby Lewis allowed two hits over six shutout innings, leading the Texas Rangers over the Cleveland Indians 7-3 on Tuesday night and improving to 5-0 for the first time in his major league career.
Bryan Holaday and Jurickson Profar homered off Corey Kluber (4-6), and the AL West-leading Rangers won for the ninth time in their last 11 games.
Lewis has won his last three starts and has pitched at least six innings in 10 of 11 outings this season. The 36-year-old right-hander gave up singles to Lonnie Chisenhall and Rajai Davis in the third. He is 3-0 and has allowed five earned runs over 26 innings in five road starts.
Sam Dyson got two outs for his sixth save.
ASTROS-DIAMONDBACKS
Springer sparks Astros to 8-5 win over Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) – George Springer finished a triple shy of the cycle and had four RBIs to spark Houston from the leadoff spot, lifting the Astros to an 8-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.
Springer has excelled in eight games since moving into the leadoff spot, going 17 for 35 with three home runs. He doubled on the first pitch of Tuesday’s game, hit a three-run homer off Patrick Corbin (2-5) in the second inning and added a run-scoring single off the left-hander in the fourth.
Springer scored twice and Luis Valbuena homered for the Astros, who had 12 hits to win for the seventh time in eight games.
Lance McCullers (2-1) had control issues at times, but limited the damage in five innings.
Jean Segura hit a two-run double off Scott Feldman in the ninth inning, but Luke Gregerson struck out the side for his 13th save.
NCAA MEN
Oregon, Texas advance to NCAA championship final
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) – Beau Hossler injured his left shoulder and still managed to close out his match Tuesday to send top-seeded Texas into the NCAA championship final against Oregon.
Hossler first felt pain on a 4-iron on the 15th hole, and he winced coming down the stretch at Eugene Country Club. From a bunker short of the 17th green, he used a putter to get it on the green, and then holed a 25-foot putt for a 2-and-1 victory over Andrew Levitt of Southern California.
Oregon, No. 26 in the NCAA ranking going into the championship, knocked off Illinois in the other semifinal match.
The Ducks will be going for their first national championship.
Texas coach John Fields says he’s not sure whether Hossler will be able to play in today’s final.
COWBOYS SIGNINGS
Cowboys sign picks Prescott, Tapper, leaving 1 unsigned
IRVING, Texas (AP) – The Dallas Cowboys have signed two more draft picks in quarterback Dak Prescott and defensive end Charles Tapper, leaving one unsigned rookie two weeks before minicamp.
Tapper and Prescott were fourth-round picks, with the former Oklahoma pass rusher taken 101st overall and Prescott going with the 135th pick. The unsigned Dallas draft choice is third-rounder Maliek Collins, a defensive tackle from Nebraska.
Prescott, who went to Mississippi State, was the first quarterback drafted by the Cowboys since 2009, when they also took Texas A&M’s Stephen McGee in the fourth round. He’s just the third quarterback Dallas has taken since 2001. Tony Romo, going into his 10th full season as the starter, was undrafted in 2003.
TEXAS TECH PLAYER-GUNS THEFT
Affidavit: Ex-Texas Tech player stole guns in burglary
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) – An arrest affidavit says a Texas Tech football player who was kicked off the team earlier this month stole at least seven guns after burglarizing a home in December.
The affidavit says Robert James Castaneda told investigators he broke into the Lubbock home on Dec. 20 and took a safe with seven weapons.
Investigators say they were led to Castaneda after one of the stolen weapons was found in a pawnshop.
Castaneda is free on bond after being arrested Friday on a charge of burglary of a habitation. A phone number listed for Castaneda was disconnected, and court records don’t list an attorney for him.
Lt. Ray Mendoza says Lubbock police are investigating the possible involvement of two other people and waiting to present their findings to a grand jury.
NBA RADIO-JASON TERRY
Jason Terry to host weekly show on SiriusXM NBA Radio
NEW YORK (AP) – Veteran guard Jason Terry, a confident shooter and talker, will host a weekly show on SiriusXM NBA Radio.
“The Runway with Jason ‘The Jet’ Terry will debut Wednesday at 7 p.m. EDT. The 17-year pro and co-host Justin Termine will take calls from listeners and discuss topics around the league.
Terry, now with the Houston Rockets, is third in NBA history with 2,169 3-pointers. He won an NBA championship with Dallas in 2011, an NCAA title with Arizona in 1997, and was the NBA’s Sixth Man of the Year in 2009.
Never at a loss for words, he guaranteed the Rockets would win Game 5 of their first-round series against Golden State this year, a boast that turned out to be wrong. But he was right in the 2011 finals when he said LeBron James couldn’t shut him down for an entire series, and he eventually broke out to help the Mavericks win.
SiriusXM NBA Radio is at Sirius channel 207 and XM channel 86.
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