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Rangers bash 5 homers in victory over Mariners

Published Jul. 31, 2009 5:54 a.m. ET

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Derek Holland was pleading to stay in for one more batter.

Texas Rangers manager Ron Washington had already decided that the rookie left-hander, who allowed only two hits while getting within one out of his first complete game, had done enough.

"It was just me begging out there, 'Come on, let me get this one guy, I've got it,"' Holland said, describing the conversation on the mound.

Holland had to settle for being the first Rangers rookie lefty with 10 strikeouts and leading Texas to a 7-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Thursday night.

"We got a real good look at what Derek Holland is capable of doing," Washington said. "His future gets brighter."

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