Times wires
Friday, June 3, 2011
CLEVELAND — Alexi Ogando won his sixth game without a loss, Josh Hamilton and Nelson Cruz homered in a five-run seventh inning and the Rangers routed the Indians 11-2 on Friday night.
Ogando held the Indians to one run and four hits in eight innings. He has allowed two runs or fewer in nine of his 11 starts while pitching at least six innings in each outing.
The victory continued the Rangers' dominance of the Indians over the past three seasons. Texas has beaten Cleveland 14 times in the past 17 meetings.
The Indians have the best record in the American League but are 13-14 since May 3.
Texas took a 2-1 lead into the seventh before putting the game away with homers off reliever Tony Sipp. Hamilton hit a three-run drive on an 0-and-2 pitch. After Adrian Beltre's fly ball fell between outfielders Michael Brantley and Shin-Soo Choo for a double, Cruz homered on Sipp's next pitch.
The Rangers had 19 hits, one short of their season high.