Seattle: Bartolo Colon pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings as the Texas Rangers defeated the host Seattle Mariners 5-1.
Delino DeShields Jr broke a scoreless tie with a two-out double in the top of the eighth inning as the Rangers earned a split of the two-game series.
Colon (2-1), a right-hander who turns 45 on May 24, earned his 242nd career victory, one behind former San Francisco Giants great Juan Marichal for the most by a Dominican-born pitcher. Colon also improved to 14-1 at Safeco Field, the best winning percentage for any pitcher with 10 or more starts at the stadium.
The scariest moment for Colon came in the fourth inning, when Seattle’s Jean Segura hit a 102mph liner back to the mound. The portly Colon couldn’t get his glove on the ball, which hit him in the stomach.
Colon picked the ball up and threw out Segura, then laughed it off when manager Jeff Banister and the training staff came out to the field to check on him.
