Maholm, Baxter Boost Dodgers In Tie With Rangers

 

Maholm allowed one run on three hits in three innings as a Dodgers split squad and the Texas Rangers tied 5-5 Saturday. The game was halted after nine innings.

 

Shin-Soo Choo, signed by the Rangers to a seven-year, $130 million contract, went 0 for 2 with a strikeout, dropping his average to .176 with one extra-base hit in seven games. Choo did drive in a run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly.

 

"Getting better," Choo said. "The first couple of games, I was swinging late, but now I'm hitting the ball more in the middle of the park. Every game I play, I'm getting better timing and consistency. In spring training, I try to see the most pitches I can. Sometimes I get to two strikes to get into a two-strike approach. I try not to swing at a ball."

 

 

Rangers: Tanner Scheppers, who is a candidate for the rotation, labored through 2 2-3 innings. He threw 57 pitches to 12 batters before being yanked after walking Adrian Gonzalez with the bases loaded.