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Borbon's 2 HRs, Byrd's 4 hits help Rangers outslug Indians

Associated Press

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

CLEVELAND -- Rookie Julio Borbon was known as a contact hitter with speed before joining Texas. Now he's starting to add power to his game. Borbon hit two of Texas' four homers, Marlon Byrd went 4 for 4, including a three-run homer in the seventh, and the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-9 on Tuesday in front of a sparse crowd in the first game of a doubleheader. Borbon now has three homers in 70 major league at-bats this season after hitting just nine in 1,091 career minor league at-bat ...

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