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HOUSTON -- Rougned Odor has had a rough start to his Major League career. Things quickly turned around for him on Monday night. The rookie second baseman collected his first home run and drove in his first two runs as Colby Lewis threw 5 2-3 shutout innings, and Adrian Beltre also homered to lead the Texas Rangers to a 4-0 win over the Houston Astros. Odor, who entered Monday just 2 for 12, had two hits, including a run-scoring single in the fourth and a homer in the sixth -- a solo shot into the upper deck in right field -- to make it 4-0. "He swung the bat well, especially that base hit he got up the middle," Texas manager Ron Washington said. "He (Brad Peacock) threw him a fastball away and he stayed on the pitch and didnt try to do much with it but hit it where it was. And then he went up there and took a chance that he was going to throw him a first-pitch fastball and got the head out." Washington said one thing about Odor was that he walked up to plate confident and not scared. Odour said through a translator that he felt good. "Im not scared because its the same as down in the minor leagues," Odor said. "I take it in that perspective." Lewis (3-2) struck out a season-high eight and allowed seven hits to improve to 4-0 in his career at Minute Maid Park. The right-hander bounced back from a poor outing against Colorado on Wednesday where he allowed seven runs in less than four innings. Lewis said he was able to flip the breaking ball for strikes, and when that pitch is sharp, you can use it to get a couple more outs. "Thats kind of what you want as a starting pitcher," Lewis said. "You want to have at least three of the four working for you and when you have four of the four pitches working for you it makes for an easier night. I was able to flip breaking balls in there when I needed to early. The slider was sharp. The change-up got me some quick outs a couple times and that was beneficial for sure." Beltre, who snapped a 0 for 11 slump, had two hits, including a two-run home run to left in the third. Prince Fielder also had two hits. "Its always nice to help your ballclub win games," Beltre said. "I know that I need to be doing that more often and hopefully thatll be the start of something better." Brad Peacock (0-4) struck out a career-high 11 but allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings. Peacocks previous career-high for strikeouts was 10 at Minnesota on Aug. 4, 2013. "From the get-go, I wanted to try to attack these guys and try to keep the ball down and mix in my other pitches," Peacock said. "I was able to do that for the most part. I felt good tonight." Jose Altuve had three hits, and Matt Dominguez and George Springer each had two hits for the Astros, who left 12 runners on base in losing for the eighth time in the last 10 games. "Look at the number of hits we had and baserunners, we had guys who were getting hits and getting on base," Houston manager Bo Porter said. "We just were not getting the big hit that would plate runs in those situations." Lewis exited after singles by Dominguez and Springer, combined with a Mitch Moreland error, put runners on second and third with two outs in the sixth, but Nick Martinez induced a Chris Carter groundout to end the threat. The Astros threatened again in the eighth, putting runners on the corners with one out after singles by Dominguez and Springer, but Neal Cotts struck out Carter and Jesus Guzman to end the inning. NOTES: Washington said he would not know until Wednesday whether lefty Martin Perez lands on the disabled list. "Right now, our thought is to wait until Wednesday and see what more information we have and then well make a decision," Washington said. "If its just for him to miss a start, then we have to do something else. If it gets to that point where he has to go on the DL, we dont have to make the decision until Wednesday." 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Amare Stoudemire had 22 points and 10 rebounds, Carmelo Anthony scored 21 and the New York Knicks won their eighth straight game, 93-92 over Philadelphia on Friday night, sending the Sixers to their 23rd straight loss.MILAN - Roma has been in something of a free fall since the start of 2015 and is slowly seeing its title dreams fade away.After kicking off the year with a highly controversial win at Udinese and cutting the gap to Serie A leader Juventus to one point, Roma drew the next three matches to slip seven points behind the defending champion.Rudi Garcias team now faces relegation-threatened Empoli, which will also be motivated by revenge after a hotly debatable penalty saw it lose 2-1 at Roma in the Italian Cup, after taking the capital side to extra time.Roma also has somewhat of a crisis in midfield with Daniele De Rossi and Kevin Strootman joining the list of injury absentees and Seydou Keita away at the African Cup of Nations, along with star striker Gervinho.Strootman had only recently returned to full fitness after a serious knee injury which forced him to miss the World Cup and sidelined him for several months, but took a blow to the same knee last weekend and has flown to Holland for tests.Empoli come into Saturdays match desperate for points, as it sits just one above the bottom three and knows that each point could mean the difference between safety and relegation.It has drawn six of its past eight league matches.Here are some of the things to know about this weekends games:___JUVE EYEING A TREBLEJuventus could be on course for an incredible treble according to their players.While even the most ardent Juventus fan would struggle to believe its side has a realistic chance of beating the likes of Bayern Munich and Real Madrid to the Champions League trophy, a domestic double of the Italian Cup and a fourth successive league title is very much on the cards.Juventus has a seven-point advantage in the league over Roma, which it could also face in the cup semifinals after it beat Parma 1-0 on Wednesday to progress.Roma plays Fiorentina next week in its quarterfinal.We want to win every competition were involved in and I think weve got what it takes to do so, said Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, who scored the late winner.Juventus visits Udinese on Sunday.dddddddddddd__CRISIS MEETS CRISISAt Christmas, AC Milan appeared to be realistic contenders for the final Champions League place but a sudden slump has sent it tumbling down the table.Since the start of the year, Milan has lost three of its four league matches and slipped to 11th in Serie A, 10 points off third spot.Filippo Inzaghis team suffered its third successive defeat midweek as it crashed out of the Italian Cup, losing 1-0 at home to 10-man Lazio.However, Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani has said that unless there is a catastrophe of biblical proportions Inzaghi will remain in charge until the end of the season and then well see.Galliani made these comments when he was caught out by a prank phone call from a radio station with someone imitating Sampdoria President Massimo Ferrero.Milan hosts Parma on Sunday night and defeat to the leagues bottom side could very well be considered a catastrophe, especially as it would be the sides third straight loss at San Siro.Milan will be boosted by the signing of Mattia Destro on loan from Roma, and the Italy forward could go straight into the starting lineup.Parma is in turmoil on and off the pitch. A last-minute goal saw it lose 2-1 to Cesena last weekend in a relegation battle, with Cesena moving three points above it in the bottom three.Star striker Antonio Cassano terminated his contract by mutual consent on Monday after receiving no wages for six months.___SEVENTH HEAVEN FOR INTER AGAIN?Sassuolo must be dreading hosting Inter Milan on Sunday.Just a point separates the two sides, but in two of their last three meetings, Sassuolo lost 7-0 — including back in September.You can get a thrashing like that once in life, but we got two, Sassuolo defender Paolo Cannavaro said. Of course there is a desire for revenge, but we must not think only of the 7-0 because sometimes when you are too charged up in the build up to the match you risk a drop before the start.Sassuolo has also never scored against Inter in its two seasons in the top flight, losing the other match 1-0. ' ' '