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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The Minnesota Twins had another good outing against All-Star pitcher Cole Hamels. But they didnt get a second victory in a week against the Texas left-hander.After the Twins twice overcame two-run deficits, reliever Ryan Pressly gave up consecutive extra-base hits to the first two batters he faced in the sixth. Bobby Wilson then hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly as the Rangers won 6-5 on Friday night, ending their three-game skid against the ALs worst team.Winnable game, manager Paul Molitor said. We kind of beat ourselves the second half of the game.Minnesota had five hits and five runs in 4 1/3 innings against Hamels, who matched a career high with six walks. After Miguel Sano hit a three-run homer in the fifth for a 5-4 lead, Hamels faced only three more batters -- walking the last two before leaving after his 109th pitch.We made Hamels work, Molitor said. I dont think hell say he was as sharp as hes been the last couple starts, but you get a guy up that high in pitch count through five, you did a nice job.Tony Barnette (6-3) worked 2 2/3 scoreless innings in relief of Hamels, who went only four innings Sunday in a loss at Minnesota. Sam Dyson worked a perfect ninth for his 18th save.Rougned Odor and Elvis Andrus had RBI triples for the Rangers, who won for only the third time in 10 games but still have the ALs best record at 54-34.Texas finally went ahead to stay in the sixth. Nomar Mazara leadoff double against reliever Ryan Pressly (2-5) before Andrus tripled and scored the go-ahead run on Wilsons sacrifice fly.Minnesota got even at 2-all in the second when All-Star third baseman Eduardo Nunez had an RBI infield single.Shin-Soo Choo and Desmond had consecutive two-out RBI singles in the fourth to make it 4-2.Team effort, Andrus said. Really glad we got this win.BANGED-UP BUXTONTwins center fielder Byron Buxton left the game with a bruised right knee after crashing into the outfield wall in the first inning when going after Odors triple. Buxton, who initially walked back to his position before sitting on the ground, was taken off the field on a motorized cart. He will get an MRI on Saturday.The knee just kind of gave out on me out there. Things happen, Buxton said. I never experienced something like that, so it just kind of made me panic a little bit more.Buxton said hes was pretty confident that it was just a bone bruise.He banged that knee the other day, he banged it again, Molitor said. Hes doing a lot better postgame than he was after the collision with the wall, so theres some optimism there.SHORT HOPSTwins starter Kyle Gibson struck out six but allowed four runs in five innings, his shortest outing in his last six starts. ... Hamels had six walks for the third time in his career. 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Watch highlights of Catalans victory at Batley The Dragons had done the hard work running up the hill in the opening 40 minutes, though, and they were out of sight within seven minutes of the restart courtesy of Duports second try and Richie Mylers simple finish.dddddddddddd.Batley did get on the scoresheet with 15 minutes remaining through Alex Brown but Catalans ran out convincing 40-4 winners.Play the video at the top of the page to watch John Kears instructions to his players.Also See:Catalans crush BatleyRL on SkyRL fixtures/resultsFollow @SkySportsRL ' ' '