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Choo Shin-soo hits fifth HR of the year

May 21, 2014
Texas Rangers' Shin-Soo Choo of South Korea and Seattle Mariners catcher John Buck, left, watch the flight of Choo's solo home run off a pitch from Mariners starter Chris Young in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers’ Shin-Soo Choo of South Korea and Seattle Mariners catcher John Buck, left, watch the flight of Choo’s solo home run off a pitch from Mariners starter Chris Young in the fifth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, May 21, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

By Lee Kyutae

Choo Shin-soo hit a tie-breaking home run to propel the Texas Rangers (22-24) to a 4-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners (22-23) on Wednesday.

Choo led off the fifth inning with his fifth home run of the year into the bullpen in left-center off the 6-foot-10 Princeton grad pitcher Chris Young.

It was his second home run against his former team this year. Choo also added a single in his first at-bat.

Choo’s batting average, which had gone up to 0.370 on May 6, had dropped to 0.302 on Tuesday after going 0-4, but rebounded to 0.310 today.

The Rangers had lost five of their previous six games.