ARLINGTON Justin Bour Jersey , Texas (AP) — Shawn Kelley knew the Texas bullpen was a little short-handed, so Rangers‘ closer shut down a late White Sox rally with his first four-out save in three years, and Texas beat Chicago 7-4 Sunday.Kelley had bullpen coach Oscar Marin inform the dugout that he was prepared to get four outs, particularly since fellow relievers José Leclerc and Chris Martin weren’t available.Article continues below ...“I’m not the freshest I’ve ever been,” said Kelley, 35, who took over the closer’s role from Leclerc in mid-April, “but I felt like I could get four outs if we needed.”Kelley struck out Tim Anderson to strand runners at second and third in the eighth after the White Sox had scored three runs to pull to 5-4. He pitched a scoreless ninth for his 10th save, preserving the win for rookie Adrian Sampson (6-4).The 25 pitches were the most that Kelley has thrown this season.“We like to keep his pitch total down,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “He’s so max on every pitch that it’s not in his best interest or ours to keep him out there for too long.”Tim Federowicz and Danny Santana hit two-out, two-run homers in the second inning to help the Rangers win for the third time in four games. They took two of three from the White Sox and have either won or split eight straight series.Sampson, who earned his first major league win on May 17, allowed one run and seven hits in seven innings http://www.marlinsfanproshop.com/authentic-starlin-castro-jersey , struck out four and walked one. He gave up the run on three straight singles to begin the fifth inning, Eloy Jiménez scoring on an opposite-field hit by Anderson. Sampson retired the next three batters without allowing the ball out of the infield.Ivan Nova (3-6) gave up three earned runs in six innings for Chicago. Nova is 0-2 in his last six starts.“The guys obviously at the end chipped away a little bit, having the tying and winning runs on second and third, had a couple opportunities,” White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. “We weren’t able to get anything across, but we still continued to battle.”In Chicago’s eighth, Pete Fairbanks, the first of three Texas relievers, allowed all four batters he faced to reach, walking James McCann with the bases loaded with none out.Brett Martin came on and got Jiménez to hit a fly ball to center. Delino DeShields broke in two steps, then retreated, the ball caroming off his glove and rolling toward the fence with two runs scoring on the play.“In our ballpark, when that wind starts blowing Nick Wittgren Jersey , it has a little extra carry to it,” Woodward said. “I don’t know if anybody in his exact shoes would have caught that ball.”SHORT HOPSAnderson celebrated his 26th birthday. … Nova had gone 3-0 in his previous five road starts with a 2.97 ERA. … McCann has reached base in 11 straight games. … DeShields went 3 for 3 with three RBI, including one in the eighth, and is hitting .355 since being recalled for the second time this season from Triple-A Nashville on June 2 after hitting .182 before then.TRAINER’S ROOMWhite Sox: RHP Dylan Covey (shoulder inflammation) pitched a side session on Sunday, and Renteria will decide on Covey’s status during the next series in Boston.Rangers: 1B Ronald Guzman was back in the lineup after leaving Saturday night’s game in the eighth inning with heel soreness. He went 0 for 3 with an RBI.UP NEXTWhite Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (10-2, 2.74) will open the three-game series against the Red Sox on Monday. Giolito shares the American League lead in wins but allowed a season-high six earned runs in a 7-3 loss to the Cubs last Wednesday, his first loss in 12 starts.Rangers RHP Jesse Chavez (2-2, 3.18) will make his first start since 2017 (not counting being an opener for four games this season) to begin a three-game series at Detroit on Tuesday. Chavez has made 34 appearances this season, most recently pitching five innings last Wednesday. HOUSTON (AP) — Cleveland Indians ace Corey Kluber insisted Friday’s loss had nothing to do with his playoff woes last season.It just looked that way, a lot.A year after he was hit hard in a pair of postseason starts, it happened all over. The Houston Astros tagged him for three home runs and roughed up the Indians 7-2 in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.“I don’t think they’re related,” Kluber said. “I don’t think that the starts from last postseason had any bearing on today. I just made a few mistakes to the wrong guys.”Kluber’s performance followed a strong regular season in which he won a career-best 20 games, posting a 2.89 ERA across an AL-leading 215 innings.Last season Julio Urias Jersey , Kluber went 18-4 with an MLB-best 2.25 ERA in the regular season to earn his second AL Cy Young Award. In the playoffs, however, Kluber’s ERA jumped to 12.79 in two starts after he allowed nine runs and four homers in two ALDS tries against the New York Yankees.Kluber has enjoyed success at this time of year, too, nearly pitching the Indians to the 2016 championship. Cleveland hasn’t won the World Series since 1948, and was counting on Kluber to take them far.Like the right-hander, Indians manager Terry Francona also said Kluber’s 2017 postseason was unrelated to his 2018 playoff debut.“Last year has nothing to do with today,” Francona said. “They’re a good team. He made a couple mistakes. They made him pay for it.”When asked if he believes Kluber is healthy, Francona — seemingly surprised by the question — replied: “Kluber? Oh, yeah.”Kluber struggled with his location early, hitting two batters after plunking only three in the regular season. But he didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning when Alex Bregman homered. After walking Yuli Gurriel, Kluber gave up two-out singles to Tyler White and Josh Reddick that produced another run.George Springer led off the fifth inning with a 402-foot homer. Two pitches later, Jose Altuve also connected http://www.dodgersfanproshop.com/authentic-max-muncy-jersey , sending a drive a drive to the Crawford Boxes in left field that put Houston up 4-0.“I really just left the ball elevated over the plate and picked the wrong three guys to do that to,” Kluber said. “You’ve got to be able to keep the ball in the ballpark in these games.”Marwin Gonzalez chased Kluber with a single in the fifth inning. In 4 2/3 innings, Kluber allowed four runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.Kluber faced the Astros twice this season, both in May. In the first start in Houston, Kluber gave up two runs and six hits and struck out 10 in seven innings of a 5-4 win. Six days later, he held the Astros scoreless in 6 1/3 innings in an 11-2 loss.“We have a lot of respect for him and we all know how good he is,” Altuve said. “We all were aware of that. Sometimes when you’re facing a guy like him, the only thing you can control is to swing the bat. That was our mindset. We were pretty good since the first pitch and good things happened today.”Astros manager AJ Hinch said finding success against Kluber meant staying patient and capitalizing on mistakes.“He’s not an easy guy to center up, so you’ve got to be disciplined about what side of the plate you’re going to pick and which of his pitches that move all over the place that you’re going to focus on,” Hinch said. “And don’t miss the one or two or three mistakes he might make from time to time.”