Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish earned his first win since Aug. 12 Thursday but walked six batters for the second time in his last four starts in his team's 8-2 win over the Rays. Darvish surrendered two earned runs on five hits and six walks while striking out four in five innings to move to 13-9.
Darvish also struck out just four batters while giving up five hits in his last six-walk outing earlier in September, but he managed to allow just two earned runs this time around after giving up five in that Sept. 4 game. He takes a 2.81 ERA, 1.06 WHIP and 260:74 K:BB ratio into Tuesday's start against the Astros.