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Neal Cotts earns first save Saturday

Rangers pitcher Neal Cotts picked up his first save of the season Saturday, allowing one hit and striking out one in a scoreless ninth to finish off his team's 3-2 win over the Braves.

Cotts had surrendered runs in four of his previous five outings before coming in and getting the job done Saturday with no margin for error. He threw 12 of his 16 pitches for strikes. Cotts owns a 4.19 ERA and 61:22 K:BB ratio in 62 1/3 innings.

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