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HOUSTON -- Michael Choice wasnt able to get a hit in his first three games since rejoining the Texas Rangers following a stint in Triple-A. For him, the fourth game was the charm. Choice had three hits and he and Rougned Odor both hit three-run homers as the Rangers cruised to a 13-6 win over the Houston Astros on Friday night. "He just needs to relax and trust his abilities," manager Ron Washington said of Choice. "Let the ball travel like he did tonight and do his best to put the bat head on it instead of trying to force things." The Rangers were up by two in the fourth inning when Choice launched his ninth home run into the Crawford Boxes in left field to push the lead to 6-1. Odor connected in a five-run seventh inning with a shot to the seats in right field to make it 13-1. Adam Rosales and Elvis Andrus added two RBIs each for the Rangers, who have the worst record in the American League and have won just five of 14 meetings with the Astros this season. Ryan Rua made his major league debut and became the 59th player the injury-decimated Rangers have used this season, tying the major league record set by the Padres in 2002 and 2008 and Indians in 2002. He got his first hit with a single in the seventh inning. Scott Baker (3-3) allowed six hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings for his second straight win. "They swung the bat well, but Im even more happy with what Baker gave us," Washington said. "We call on that guy for many things and tonight he got into the seventh inning for us and did a tremendous job. Thats where is all started." Jason Castro hit a solo homer in the seventh inning after hitting a grand slam in Houstons 4-2 win in the series opener on Thursday night. Jose Altuve had two hits for the Astros to give him a major league-leading 184. Houston starter Brett Oberholtzer (4-10) allowed nine hits and a career-high seven runs in 4 1-3 innings, in his second-shortest start of the year. "Everything was falling, and I just wasnt hitting my spots," Oberholtzer said. "And they were putting a pretty good swing on the ball; they were being very aggressive and they put some pretty good swings on it." Houston centre fielder Dexter Fowler was shaken up a collision with right fielder Jake Marisnick in the first inning, but remained in the game. Marisnick made a nifty play for the first two outs of that inning when he caught a fly ball from Alex Rios in right field and threw to third base to pick off Andrus. Rios had a double in his return to the lineup after missing two games with a swollen right thumb. Fowler tied it at 1-all with an RBI single in the first inning, but was out at second trying to stretch it into a double. Houston added three runs in the ninth when Marwin Gonzalez hit a two-RBI double and a third run scored on an error on the play. TRAINERS ROOM Rangers: LHP Derek Holland, who has been on the disabled list all season after left knee surgery, will come off the disabled list and start on Tuesday at Kansas City. ... OF Shin-Soo Choo had arthroscopic surgery on Friday to remove a bone spur from his left elbow. He is expected to be able to return to baseball activities for workouts by Nov. 1. Astros: OF Robbie Grossman was out of the lineup after turning his left ankle on Wednesday night. Grossman said he was feeling better on Friday and theyre waiting for the swelling in his ankle to subside before he returns. ... Reliever Darin Downs (strained muscle on his right side) struck out three in a scoreless inning in the first game of a rehabilitation assignment at Double-A Corpus Christi. UP NEXT Miles Mikolas was scratched after the game from his scheduled start on Saturday with right shoulder fatigue. The Rangers will recall Robbie Ross from Triple-A Round Rock to start in his place against Scott Feldman. 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BRUINS STORM BACK TO TAKE GAME TWO The Boston Bruins rallied from a 3-1 deficit, scoring four unanswered goals, to win Game Two, 5-3 over the Montreal Canadiens.TORONTO -- The U.S., Mexico and Costa Rica have punched their ticket to the FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup in Canada this summer, with qualifying ongoing in Africa, Oceania and South America. The U-20 tournament, seen as a test run for the FIFA Womens World Cup in Canada in 2015, is set for Aug. 5-24 in Edmonton, Moncton, Montreal and Toronto. Canada, as host, qualifies automatically for the 16-team competition. Five more spots are up for grabs with Brazil, New Zealand and Nigeria favoured to earn three of them. The high-powered Americans qualified after dominating the CONCACAF Womens Under-20 Championship in the Cayman Islands. The U.S., which won the world under-20 title in 2002, 2008 and 2012, defeated Mexico 3-0 in Sundays regional final. The Americans won all five of their qualifying matches, outscoring the opposition 29-0. Costa Rica also advanced after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 7-3 to finish third in the CONCACAF tournament. The Central Americans trailed by two goals with 20 minutes left in regulation, scoring six unanswered goals. Europe will be represented in Canada by England, Finland, France and two-time world under-20 champion Germany. Qualifying took place last August at the UEFA European Womens U-19 Championship in Wales where France defeated England 2-0 in the final.dddddddddddd South Korea, North Korea and China will represent Asia by virtue of the AFC U-19 Womens Championship in October. The African representatives will be the winners of home-away ties this month between Ghana and Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria and South Africa. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela are competing this month in Uruguay to see which two South American teams qualify for Canada 2014. Brazil has won the last five CONMEBOL qualifying tournaments They will be joined from Oceania by the winner of this months OFC Womens Championship in New Zealand. The Kiwis have won every OFC U-20 Womens Championship since Australia left for the Asian Football Confederation. The FIFA U-20 Womens World Cup is scheduled to open Aug. 5 at BMO Field in Toronto. Twenty-nine matches later, the third-place game and final will take place Aug. 24 at Montreals Olympic Stadium. In 2012, Canada failed to make it to the quarter-finals after going 1-2-0 in round-robin play in Japan. The host Canadian women lost to the U.S. on a golden goal in the final before 47,784 at Edmontons Commonwealth Stadium in the inaugural 2002 competition. ' ' '