Prince Fielder was hitting .287 but he was supposed to get the night off against the three-time Cy Young winner. That plan changed when Kyle Blanks was scratched from the lineup with inflammation in both Achilles tendons.
That left the Rangers with five left-handed hitters in the lineup against the toughest left-handed pitcher in baseball. But Fielder, Gallo and Odor all had big hits off Kershaw and combined for all the Rangers' RBIs in Wednesday night's 5-3 victory.
"Outstanding," Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. "You don't see a lot of teams roll out that many left-handers against that guy.