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HOUSTON -- Rougned Odor has had a rough start to his Major League career. Things quickly turned around for him on Monday night. The rookie second baseman collected his first home run and drove in his first two runs as Colby Lewis threw 5 2-3 shutout innings, and Adrian Beltre also homered to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros. Odor, who entered Monday just 2 for 12, had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the fourth and a homer in the sixth -- a solo shot into the upper deck in right field -- to make it 4-0. "He swung the bat well, especially that base hit he got up the middle," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "He (Brad Peacock) threw him a fastball away and he stayed on the pitch and didnt try to do much with it but hit it where it was. And then he went up there and took a chance that he was going to throw him a first-pitch fastball and got the head out." Washington said one thing about Odor was that he walked up to plate confident and not scared. Odour said through a translator that he felt good. "Im not scared because its the same as down in the minor leagues," Odor said. "I take it in that perspective." Lewis (3-2) struck out a season-high eight and allowed seven hits to improve to 4-0 in his career at Minute Maid Park. The right-hander bounced back from a poor outing against Colorado on Wednesday where he allowed seven runs in less than four innings. Lewis said he was able to flip the breaking ball for strikes, and when that pitch is sharp, you can use it to get a couple more outs. "Thats kind of what you want as a starting pitcher," Lewis said. "You want to have at least three of the four working for you and when you have four of the four pitches working for you it makes for an easier night. I was able to flip breaking balls in there when I needed to early. The slider was sharp. The change-up got me some quick outs a couple times and that was beneficial for sure." Beltre, who snapped a 0 for 11 slump, had two hits, including a two-run home run to left in the third. Prince Fielder also had two hits. "Its always nice to help your ballclub win games," Beltre said. "I know that I need to be doing that more often and hopefully thatll be the start of something better." Brad Peacock (0-4) struck out a career-high 11 but allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings. Peacocks previous career-high for strikeouts was 10 at Minnesota on Aug. 4, 2013. "From the get-go, I wanted to try to attack these guys and try to keep the ball down and mix in my other pitches," Peacock said. "I was able to do that for the most part. I felt good tonight." Jose Altuve had three hits, and Matt Dominguez and George Springer each had two hits for the Astros, who left 12 runners on base in losing for the eighth time in the last 10 games. "Look at the number of hits we had and baserunners, we had guys who were getting hits and getting on base," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "We just were not getting the big hit that would plate runs in those situations." Lewis exited after singles by Dominguez and Springer, combined with a Mitch Moreland error, put runners on second and third with two outs in the sixth, but Nick Martinez induced a Chris Carter groundout to end the threat. The Astros threatened again in the eighth, putting runners on the corners with one out after singles by Dominguez and Springer, but Neal Cotts struck out Carter and Jesus Guzman to end the inning. NOTES: Washington said he would not know until Wednesday whether lefty Martin Perez lands on the disabled list. "Right now, our thought is to wait until Wednesday and see what more information we have and then well make a decision," Washington said. "If its just for him to miss a start, then we have to do something else. If it gets to that point where he has to go on the DL, we dont have to make the decision until Wednesday." 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Browns owner Jimmy Haslam announced the move with Young on Monday during a speech at a Pro Football Hall of Fame luncheon. Andre Roberson Jersey .Y. -- The Buffalo Bills will head into the regular season short on experience at quarterback after trimming the roster on Friday.SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Toronto Raptors dont mind spreading the workload around while leading scorer DeMar DeRozan sits out with a torn muscle in his left leg.Thats critical because the mercurial guard has no timetable for a return.On a night the Raptors played sporadic defence, it was even more important.Kyle Lowry scored 27 points and made a pivotal jumper with 57 seconds left to lift the Raptors over the Sacramento Kings 117-109 on Tuesday.Terrence Ross matched his season high with 20 points and reserve James Johnson added 19 points and seven rebounds. Six players scored in double figures for the East-leading Raptors, who had lost two in a row.We got the start we wanted, but I am a firm believer in that you finish the way you start, Toronto coach Dwane Casey said. You cant win in this league thinking you are going to outscore people 117 points and not play defence. Thats a huge concern.The Raptors, playing their second consecutive game without DeRozan, led by as much as 15 in the first half but were clinging to a 111-107 advantage late in the fourth quarter when Lowry made a 20-foot jumper.The Kings missed two chances to cut into the lead before Johnson scored on a putback for Toronto. Lowrys two free throws sealed it.DeMar is our best defensive player so Kyle has a little more responsibilities as well as T-Ross, me and everybody else, said Grievis Vasquez, who had 12 points and seven assists. We are winning for DeMar, too. We want him back because hes a big part of our team.Rudy Gay had 20 points and a career-high 10 assists for Sacramento. The Kings have lost four straight.Five players scored in double figures for Toronto, which had not won in Sacramento since Dec. 26, 2008.It helped that the Kings were also short-handed. Leading scorer DeMarcus Cousins missed his third straight game becausee of a virus.ddddddddddddThe Raptors took full advantage and benefited from Sacramentos own sluggish defence, which continues to struggle without the 6-foot-11, 270-pound Cousins in the middle. Toronto scored 31 points in the first quarter, 35 in the third and shot an even 50 per cent from the floor.DeMarcus is the anchor of our defence and hes a central figure for our offence, Kings coach Mike Malone said. But for us to sit here and say our defence without DeMarcus ... Theres no excuse not to be able to defend at a much higher level.Lowry, who added 13 assists, went 10 of 21 while Johnson shot 9 of 13.Ross made six of his first eight shots and had 15 points in the first quarter to help Toronto go up 31-22.Sacramento chipped away at the lead and took a 45-44 lead on Omri Casspis free throw after Amir Johnson was whistled for a dead ball technical foul. The Raptors scored the next six points and didnt trail again.HAPPY RETURNSJohnson spent one season with Sacramento in 2012-13 when he battled weight problems and averaged just 5.1 points a game. He looked much better in his return and made just his third 3-pointer of the season to go with a blocked shot. This is my lucky day, Johnson said.TIP-INSRaptors: DeRozan remains inactive with a torn left adductor tendon. He was hurt during Fridays loss to Dallas and was initially diagnosed as a groin strain. No timetable has been set for his return. ... At one point Toronto had 19 assists, all of them from Lowry and Vasquez. The Raptors finished with 22 assists.Kings: Cousins continues to be sidelined by a virus that has kept him out since Nov. 26. He had a headache and was running a fever, according to Malone. ... The Kings missed 10 of their first 13 shots from the floor.UP NEXTRaptors are at Utah on Wednesday.Kings host Indiana on Friday. ' ' '