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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Yu Darvish brought the heat to win for the first time in eight starts and the Texas Rangers squeezed out a series-clinching victory. Relying heavily on his fastball, primarily a four-seamer, Darvish struck out eight in 6 2-3 scoreless innings and the Rangers scored twice on a squeeze bunt in a 3-2 victory over Mat Latos and the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. "His performance was good. He was going against another good one, and they matched zeroes," manager Ron Washington said. "Once we put the runs on the board, Darvish did what we needed him to do. Looked like the same Darvish to me." The Rangers finally scored against Latos (7-2) in the fifth when Elvis Andrus bunted. Latos made a barehanded grab and scoop in one motion. The toss home hit the earflap of Engel Beltre, who was still on the ground when Leonys Martin also scored for a 2-0 lead. "It was just a reaction. He bunted it pretty hard. I felt I could make a play," Latos said. " As I look back, I should have held on to the ball." Darvish (8-3) won for the first time since May 16, ending his longest professional winless drought -- in his two years with the Rangers or seven in Japan before that. The right-hander was 0-2 with a 2.93 ERA in those seven games, when Texas scored only 12 runs while he was on the mound. "As a starter, if the team doesnt win the day that you pitch, that can be really frustrated, so that was my thing," Darvish said through his translator, though he insisted later he wasnt overwhelmed by the winless streak. "I was thinking how I could live day by day, and nothing really special." The AL West-leading Rangers have won 10 of 13 games since a six-game losing streak. Cincinnati has lost seven of nine. Darvish threw 77 of 117 pitches for strikes on a sunny afternoon when the game-time temperature was 90 degrees-- 10 degrees cooler than at the start of Friday nights series opener. While increasing his majors-best strikeout total to 151, he walked four and scattered four hits with only one 1-2-3 inning. There was an 11-pitch at-bat in the first inning against Brandon Phillips, who didnt get a breaking ball while at the plate. The first ball didnt come until the ninth pitch, and he eventually struck out to end the inning. That set a tone for what Darvish was trying to do. "I just wanted to shut all the people up that were talking about my fastballs," Darvish said. "I love when he throws more fastballs," shortstop Andrus said. "I think that he gets a little tougher. Thats when his slider works way better too. He did a great job of keeping us in the game. ... When youve got your ace out there, you always want to win and score some runs early so he can feel better." Joe Nathan, the fifth Texas reliever, pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save in 28 chances. Latos, 21-6 in his 50 career starts for the Reds, struck out nine and walked two in 6 2-3 innings. He gave up three runs, two of them earned. Beltre led off the fifth by dragging a bunt past the mound for a hit before Martins hustling double. Martin extended his hitting streak to 14 games, matching the longest by a Rangers player this season, on the hit to right-centre when he slid inside of second base and reached back to grab it while avoiding the tag. When sliding into home, Beltre couldnt steer clear of the ball that ricocheted off his head, nor could he avoid the hard collision with catcher Devin Mesoraco trying to block the plate. "I figured Andrus would be aggressive so I called for a first-pitch slider. To his credit, he got the bunt down," Mesoraco said. "With the speed they had on the bases, it didnt have to be a perfect bunt." Martin scored and Andrus wound up at second before trainer Jamie Reed and Washington were able to check on Beltre, who got up and walked back to the dugout a couple of minutes later and stayed in the game. Martin led off the seventh with a single, stole second and scored on a bloop single by Nelson Cruz. Robbie Ross got the last out of the seventh after taking over for Darvish. Tanner Scheppers made his team-high 39th appearance, after three days off, and threw only two of his nine pitches for strikes. Scheppers walked Zack Cozart on four pitches in the eighth and gave up consecutive singles to Joey Votto and Brandon Phillips before going to a 2-0 count against Jay Bruce -- and being relieved by Neal Cotts. Jay Bruce and pinch-hitter Chris Heisey had consecutive sacrifice flies. NOTES: The Rangers are off Monday, their only off day this season that will come in the middle of a homestand. ... Texas finished June at 14-14. ... Cincinnati has played twice at Rangers Ballpark. The Reds also lost two of three games in 2002. ... The Reds sixth ended when first baseman Mitch Moreland backhanded Xavier Pauls grounder and threw to second to start a double play. 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Soukalova missed only one target and completed the 15-kilometre course in 40 minutes, 32.6 seconds for both victories in this seasons individual discipline. Darya Domracheva of Belarus was second, 34.West Brom manager Tony Pulis has agreed a one-year extension to his contract which commits him to the Hawthorns until the summer of 2018. The 58-year-olds previous deal was due to expire in June, but he can now concentrate on preparing for the visit of Premier League leaders Manchester City on Saturday.Pulis has been at the club since January 2015 and Albions new Chinese owners, led by businessman Guochuan Lai, have kept faith in the former Stoke manager. Leicester vs W Brom November 6, 2016, 4:15pm Live on Get Sky Sports Get a Sky Sports pass Pulis, who recently passed the celebrated milestone of 1,000 games as a first-team manager, told West Broms club website: This is a time of great change at Albion and when that happens you need continuity.As I have said from the outset, I want to build things here and play my part in improving the club. You cannot do these things overnight but I do believe, step by step, we are making advances.I think the bulk of our fans understand the process we embarked upon under the shadow of relegation less than two years ago. The new owners are keen to establish West Brom as a top-10 side in the Premier League We have a club which can aspire to be an established top-10 member of the football league everyone in the world wants to be part of. I want to continue to front that challenge.Pulis arrived at The Hawthorns having won the acclaim of his peers by rescuing Crystal Palace from relegation in the 2013/14 season. It was a feat which earned him the Premier League Manager of the Year award.At his pre-match news conference Pulis revealed he had spoken at length with chairman John Williams and the new Chinese owners and says he is happy with how they plan to gradually help the club grow. Premier League highlights of Liverpool 2-1 West Brom from October 22 The club wants to push forward, they want to do it in a structured way, they want it to be organised in a way that they are not going to throw hundreds of millions at it.dddddddddddd They want to do it step by step and the fact they want to do it that way is what I like doing, Pulis said. I like staying at clubs and building clubs and working them through. We have 18 months to get a stronger foundation and bring in, hopefully, better players and take the club further forward.That aim of being a top-10 Premier League club, they are very keen now to try and get to that next step if they can but they wont do it by throwing hundreds of millions of pounds at it. It has been a difficult club to manage in lots of respects because it is different the way it is set up, the way it has been run, but Ive enjoyed it. I think it is a very, very good club. Watch NOW TV Watch Sky Sports for just ￡6.99. No contract. I think it can get better, it has to get better. Given the opportunities and the chance, and speaking to the people above, that opportunity and that chance now to grow, not overnight, but gradually and doing it in the proper way appeals to me.Williams believes the new deal for Pulis is in line with the aims of the clubs new ownership group which is targeting stability, continuity and a top-10 finish in the long term.Tony has huge experience and proven know-how in one of the most demanding leagues in world football, said Williams. He brings assurance and stability at an important time, when the club is moving from one long-established ownership regime to the new leadership from China. Pulis joined West Brom in January 2015 From the outset, the takeover announcement made it clear that this new era would work to progress Albion to an established top-10 club without jeopardising continuity on and off the field.With this is mind, I am pleased we have extended Tonys contract. The board and the owner believe this extension will bring us the key dual benefits of stability and improvement.You can watch Premier League football, plus Englands tour of Bangladesh and the Mexican Grand Prix on Sky Sports. Upgrade now and enjoy six months at half price! Also See: West Brom video West Brom fixtures West Brom stats Get a ￡10 free bet! ' ' '