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Apologies to uggs sale John Burkett, but Cliff Lee pitched the biggest victory in Texas Rangers history Wednesday. Lee's dominant performance -- five hits and 10 strikeouts over seven innings -- doubled the franchise's post-season victory total. Burkett had the only other win, a two-run, 10-hit complete game at Yankee Stadium in Game 1 of the 1996 Division Series. Texas lost the next three games in that series and were swept by the Yankees in 1998 and '99. "I know we'll all say it's just one win," says Rangers outfielder Jeff Francoeur. "But for a team that doesn't have a lot of post-season experience, this is huge." Now, there's less pressure on Texas manager Ron Washington to consider pitcher Lee on short rest in Game 4, unless the Rays win the next two. Now, manager Joe Maddon's decision to start struggling James Shields (6.68 ERA over his last 11 starts) for Tampa Bay in Game 2 carries much more risk. The Rays insisted they got some good swings against Lee, but they face another tough lefty Thursday in C.J. Wilson. "Everybody talks about Lee," says Rays left fielder Carl Crawford. "But this guy's no slouch either. He throws harder." Maddon could switch from the batting order that had lefty Carlos Pena hitting fifth and DH Rocco Baldelli sixth against Lee. Those two combined for half of Lee's strikeouts. "I'm still considering some other things," Maddon said after Wednesday's game. "C.J. Wilson is very, very difficult on left-handed hitters. ... Coming into this series, we've had UGG Lo Pro Button boots a difficult time scoring. ... We're not swinging the bats particularly well but I thought we did today." Another boost for the Rangers was getting closer Neftali Feliz, who set a rookie record with 40 saves this season, into his first post-season game with a cushion. Protecting a 5-1 lead, he walked the first two batters of the ninth, but retired the next three after a visit from pitching coach Mike Maddux, who quickly gave way to catcher Bengie Molina. "I went out there with my Spenglish," Maddux said. "Then, Bengie kicked into real Spanish. I just left." "I sensed he was trying to do too much," Molina said of Feliz. "I told him he's a thrower, not a pitcher. I wanted him to get his mind off the two runners, the fans yelling, and to think about what we're doing here." What the Rangers could be doing was described by Washington: "Whatever happens from this point on UGG Sundance II Boots will be in Texas Rangers folklore."