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Article: Leading off suits Kinsler as Rangers stop Mariners.
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- The Dallas Morning News (Dallas, TX)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2007
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Byline: Evan Grant
ARLINGTON, Texas _ The more Ian Kinsler leads off, the more he thinks he might just like doing it full time.
And with his results lately, who wouldn't. On Saturday, he hit a three-run homer and scored a huge run on a squeeze play. On Sunday, he led off three innings with hits and scored all three times in the Rangers' 5-3 win over Seattle.
"When I first started hitting leadoff, I was a little uncomfortable there," said Kinsler, who is hitting .367 in the leadoff spot since being shifted back to the top spot after Kenny Lofton was traded. "I think I approached my first at-bat the wrong way. I made my first at-bat into my whole ...