Taiwanese hurler Wang Chien-ming, signed by Toronto this month to bolster a banged-up pitching staff, picked up his first Major League Baseball win in more than a year on Sunday.
Wang gave up seven hits in seven scoreless innings, struck out five and walked two. He was backed by three Toronto home runs in a 7-2 victory that completed the Blue Jays’ four-game series sweep of the Rangers.
Adam Lind hit a three-run homer, JP Arencibia added a two-run shot and Colby Rasmus also went deep for Toronto, who have won five in a row.
The Rangers, meanwhile, have lost six straight for the first time since April of 2010.
Wang, in his second start of the year, stranded a runner in scoring position in the second, fourth, fifth and seventh innings.
The right-hander from Taiwan won 55 games over five years for the New York Yankees from 2005 before injuries disrupted his career.