Tribe Falls to Texas Despite Early Lead; Rangers 4, Indians 3

The Indians ran out to a 3-0 lead, but Prince Fielder and Mitch Moreland hit home runs to help the Rangers win, 4-3, their seventh straight, on Tuesday night.

Jason Kipnis and Ryan Raburn hit first-inning homers, and Yan Gomes drove in Raburn with a sac fly. Fielder, leading the AL in hitting, hammered three-run homer in the fifth and Moreland followed with a long solo shot in the eighth.

Cleveland left the bases loaded in the fifth and two men on in the sixth and ninth. The team was 0-for-8 with runners in scoring position.

W: Keone Kela (4-1)

L: Nick Hagadone (0-1)

S: Shawn Tolleson (5)

HR: Prince Fielder (10, 5th inning off Salazar 2 on, 1 Out); Mitch Moreland (5, 8th inning off Hagadone 0 on, 1 Out); Jason Kipnis (5, 1st inning off Rodríguez 0 on, 0 Out); Ryan Raburn (2, 1st inning off Rodríguez 0 on, 2 Out)

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