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Article: Tex messaging: Teixeira lifts Rangers, 7-6, in 12.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- August 4, 2006
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Byline: Evan Grant
Aug. 4--ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Hello, AL West, it's Mark Teixeira calling.
Long distance.
As the race began in earnest Thursday, Teixeira continued to dial things up a bit. His ringing homer off Kevin Gregg in the 12th inning pushed the Rangers to a 7-6 win over Los Angeles and helped avert a disastrous start to the final third of the season.
The homer deep into the seats in right field was Teixeira's third homer in the last two games and his 10th in the last 30 days. It's quite a change in production for Teixeira, who struggled to just eight homers in the first three months.
Thursday's homer might have been ...