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Article: All-Star 2B Kinsler paces Rangers over White Sox
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- July 13, 2008
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All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler extended his majors-best hitting streak to 25 games with three hits and drove in three runs for the Texas Rangers, who held on for a wild 12-11 victory over the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox on Sunday.
Marlon Byrd hit a tiebreaking RBI double in the seventh that finally put Texas ahead to stay and Michael Young, one of four Rangers going to Yankee Stadium for the All-Star game, added a two-run single to push his hitting streak to 15 games.
The Rangers (50-46) won for the ninth time in 13 games.
Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye homered for Chicago (54-40), which had a season-high 22 hits. The White Sox maintained a 1 1/2-game ...