ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) – Daisuke Matsuzaka earned his seventh win of the season before leaving the game with a case of nausea and the Boston Red Sox beat the Texas Rangers 10-6 Friday night.

Matsuzaka (7-2) gave up home runs to Frank Catalanotto and Ramon Vazquez in a five-run fourth that put the Rangers ahead 5-4.

He struggled in the fifth, allowing the first two batters to reach base. Matsuzaka got Sammy Sosa to ground into a double play and struck out Frank Catalanotto to end the inning.

After the inning, he could be seen in the dugout clutching his stomach.

The Red Sox scored two in the fifth to take the lead and added four in the sixth to lift Matsuzaka to a win in his fourth straight start.

Sosa faced the Japanese sensation for the first time ever and went 1-for-4 with an RBI double and a strikeout in his pursuit to become the fifth player ever to hit 600 home runs. Sosa has 598.

After Texas’ big inning, Boston seized the lead for good in the fifth against reliever Wes Littleton (0-1).

Kevin Youkilis singled with one out to extend his hitting streak to 17 games. David Ortiz hit a run-scoring double to tie the game, and Manny Ramirez put the Red Sox on top 6-5 with an RBI single.

The Red Sox added four more runs in the sixth off of Texas reliever Frank Francisco.

Jason Varitek had an RBI triple, Coco Crisp hit an RBI double, and Julio Lugo and Youkilis each added RBI singles.

Texas starter Brandon McCarthy left the game after only two innings with a blister on his right middle finger. He walked four and gave up four runs on just one hit.

McCarthy was undone by a 47-pitch second inning in which he walked the first three batters of the frame.

McCarthy opened the inning by walking Ramirez, J.D. Drew and Mike Lowell. Ramirez came home on Varitek’s sacrifice fly.

After Crisp walked to reload the bases, David Pedroia lined a single to center to bring home two runs and give Boston a 3-0 lead. It was the only hit Boston had in the inning.

Crisp then scored on an unusual fielder’s choice. Lugo hit a fly ball that Sosa dropped in right field, but he recovered to throw Pedroia out at second.

Littleton relieved McCarthy to start the third.

After a one hour, 57-minute rain delay, Matsuzaka started sharp as he struck out four in the first three innings.

Sosa’s double brought Texas within 4-1. Catalanotto followed with a two-run homer – his fourth of the season- to bring Texas within 4-3. Ramon Vazquez then hit his third home run of the season to cap the inning.

Lofton scored on a wild pitch in the seventh.

Notes: Matsuzaka walked three after not walking a batter in his previous 17 innings. … Sosa and Texas 2B Ian Kinsler each misplayed foul pops in the first inning.

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