Colon tops Marichal with DR record 244th W

Colon picks off Merrifield KANSAS CITY -- Rangers starter Bartolo Colon is now the winningest pitcher from the Dominican Republic.

Colon passed Juan Marichal for that honor when he held the Royals to three runs in six innings in the Rangers' 6-3 victory on Monday night at Kauffman Stadium. The win was Colon's 244th of his career.

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Colon still has one more milestone to go. He needs one more win to tie Dennis Martinez, who was from Nicaragua, for the most by a pitcher from Latin America.

Colon wasn't at his sharpest while allowing nine hits and a walk with just one strikeout. He faced 27 hitters and threw just 13 first-pitch strikes. That was below his season average of…