Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead to stay

They loaded the bases with no outs in the third against Darvish without scoring. Then after Robinson Cano's leadoff double an inning later, the 25-year-old right-hander in only his fourth major league start needed only seven pitches to get two strikeouts and a groundout.

"We wasted a good start," Teixeira said. "Yu pitched well, but Kuroda pitched really, really well, too."

Ian Kinsler put the Rangers ahead to stay when he led off the first with a deep homer to left center off Kuroda (1-3), who limited Texas to two runs and five hits over 6 2-3 innings.

The 37-year-old Kuroda, a righty in his fifth season in the majors, struck out five and walked one. Of the Rangers other 15 outs against him, 12 came on grounders and there were two popups.

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The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward sustained

DENVER (AP) An unintentional elbow ended the night early for Kevin Love and sent him to the hospital.

The Minnesota Timberwolves All-Star forward sustained a mild concussion and neck strain after a hit to the head against the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday. He was kept overnight at an area hospital for precautionary reasons.

Love was helped off the floor by medical personnel following an inadvertent blow from JaVale McGee when the Nuggets center went up for a jumper in the lane. Love had missed all five of his shots in the first quarter before being knocked out of the game.