Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 9, Cleveland 1
When: 7:05 PM ET, Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 95°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Mike DiMuro, 2B - Scott Barry, 3B - Lazaro Diaz
Attendance: 38710

Josh Hamilton's grand slam highlighted Texas' eight-run fourth inning as the Rangers defeated the visiting Cleveland Indians 9-1 on Wednesday.

Texas, which leads Los Angeles by three games in the American League West, is 8-1 against Cleveland this season. The Indians fell to 72-74, the first time they've been two games below .500 since they were 0-2.

The game was scoreless before the Rangers sent 11 men to the plate in the fourth against David Huff (2-5) in their biggest inning of the season. Mike Napoli hit a two-run homer to put Texas ahead.

Texas had six hits in the inning. A two-out fielding error by third baseman Lonnie Chisenhall made five of the runs off Huff unearned.

Ian Kinsler hit a solo homer in the sixth for the Rangers, who have hit seven home runs in the first two games of the series.

Elvis Andrus had a fourth-inning single and has hit safely in all 22 career games against Cleveland. He is batting .388 (33-for-85) lifetime against the Indians.

Adrian Beltre extended his hitting streak to 18 games with a second-inning double.

Derek Holland (14-5) allowed one run in seven innings. Chisenhall hit a solo homer in the fifth.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Texas
David Huff Player Derek Holland
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 6
8 Hits 6
6.75 ERA 1.29
Hitting
Cleveland   Texas
Trevor Crowe Player Mike Napoli
1 Hits 2
0 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 5
.333 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 6 1 10 .188 12 10 1 3 0 1
Texas 12 3 24 .324 13 4 9 2 2 0