TORONTO -- Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Ricky Romero was expected to need six weeks of recovery time after undergoing arthroscopic left elbow surgery. The routine procedure was performed by Dr. Lewis Yocum after the regular season ended to clean up the left elbow area, the team said Tuesday in a release. Romero also received PRP (platelet-rich plasma) treatments to both knees to enhance the recovery of his quadriceps tendinitis. The 27-year-old southpaw struggled last season. He finished with a 9-14 record and 5.77 earned-run average. Romero left his last start of the season on Sept. 30 after only three innings due to a left leg injury. His off-season throwing program and readiness for spring training were not expected to be affected by the procedures, the team said. cheap nfl jerseys . 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Mad about walks that cost him a win last weekend, Holland struck out eight with no bases on ball Thursday in the Texas Rangers 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners. "Im not going to worry too much about a previous game," Holland said. "My mentality is I want to be the starter and the closer. I always try to go out there and go as long as I can." Michael Young hit a two-run homer and had four RBIs for the Rangers. Holland (1-0) allowed two runs and five hits in 7 1-3 innings. After two key walks that helped the Chicago White Sox rally for a 4-3 win in his first start, Holland (1-0) had a much sharper outing. Following Ichiro Suzukis two-out single in the first, the only runner he allowed in a span of 14 batters was on a throwing error by second baseman Ian Kinsler the first error by the Texas infield this year after 108 clean chances. Holland extended a scoreless streak by Texas starters to 22 2-3 innings before Alex Liddis RBI single in the sixth. Kyle Seager added a 438-foot homer into the right-field upper deck in the seventh, but Holland bounced back with a strikeout of Miguel Olivo and got a flyout from Casper Wells. Already at 102 pitches after seven innings, Holland struck out Brendan Ryan starting the eighth, then allowed Chone Figgins double and was replaced after 115 pitches by Koji Uehara. "When he got into the sixth inning, he started elevating his pitches," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "He fought through the seventh, and it looked like he might get us three outs in the eighth but it didnt work out." Young put Texas ahead with an RBI single in the first. Then with the Rangers leading 1-0 in the fifth inning for the third straight game, Young hit an opposite-field homer into the first row in right for a 3-0 lead against Jason Vargas (1-1). Young added a run-scoring single in the eighth off Erasmo Ramirez. "All Michael does is hit," said Washington, who moved Young up to second in the order from his usual No. 5 spot to give shortstop Elvis Andrus a day off. "I just happened to have him in the perfect spot hitting second, and he came through huge for uus today.ddddddddddddquot; Kinsler had three hits for Texas, including a two-out RBI double in the seventh that gave the Rangers a 4-2 cushion with closer Joe Nathan unavailable after pitching on consecutive days. "We definitely fed off Holland," Young said. "Everything started to click offensively." Mike Adams filled in for Nathan, giving up Olivos two-out RBI double in the ninth before retiring Michael Saunders on a grounder for his second save with the Rangers and the fourth of his career. Vargas retired nine in a row before faltering in the fifth. He allowed four runs and seven hits in 6 2-3 innings with six strikeouts and one walk. "Vargo was really good today," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "He was up a little bit early, but he found it. He gave us every opportunity to win." Seattle finally is headed home two months and a day after reporting to spring training in Arizona. Upon landing, the Mariners will have travelled more than 15,000 miles and started their regular season twice -- first in Japan and then Oakland. "Youd be lying if you said it wasnt wearing on you a little bit," said Ryan, who was benched for a game after a rough night in the series opener. "Itll be nice to unpack." NOTES: The Rangers Nos. 3-6 hitters combined to go 0 for 14 against Vargas and Ramirez. Mike Napoli was among them, going 0 for 3 as his average dropped to .077. ... Nathan entered Thursday as one of two relievers with two losses this season. The other was Bostons Mark Melancon. Nathan allowed four of the first five runs surrendered by the Texas bullpen. The only other Rangers reliever to lose twice within the first six games was Frank Francisco in 2010. He was replaced as closer by Neftali Feliz, who saved 72 games in Texas back-to-back World Series seasons. ... Kinsler hit three homers in the Rangers first six games for the second straight season. Nelson Cruz did it in 2010-11. ... Seattles bullpen has given up eight homers in eight games after leading the AL with just 32 allowed last season. ... The Rangers announced Thursday they have sold 2 million tickets, and they lead the AL with an average of 39,133 fans through eight games. ' ' '