Rangers Rout Indians
|The Texas Rangers routed the Cleveland Indians 11-2 Friday night for their 9th win in the last 12 games.
Rangers starting pitcher Alexi Ogando improves to 6-0 and is the only remaining undefeated starter in the American League. Ogando pitched 8 innings, giving up just 1 run on 4 hits while striking out 6. Even Cleveland manager Manny Acta praised the performance, “Ogando overmatched us, pretty much.”
Yoshinori Tateyama pitched the final inning for the Rangers, giving up a home run to Asdrubal Cabrera.
Texas scored 5 runs in the 7th inning when both Josh Hamilton hit a 3-run homer to right field and Nelson Cruz blasted another for 2-runs. Hamilton went 3-for-4 on the night.
For the 3rd straight game, the Rangers had a player with 4 hits, this time it was Elvis Andrus, who went 4-for-5 with 3 RBI’s and scoring twice. Endy Chavez had another big night at the plate, going 3-for-5, scoring once and 2 runs batted in.
Texas and Cleveland play again tonight.