Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 6, Seattle 3
When: 3:10 PM ET, Saturday, May 1, 2010
Where: Safeco Field, Seattle, Washington
Temperature: 50°
Umpires: Home - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Jim Joyce, 2B - Marvin Hudson, 3B - Jim Wolf
Attendance: 30225

Elvis Andrus had a two-run double and Josh Hamilton homered as the Texas Rangers got to Felix Hernandez early in a 6-3 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday.

Hernandez (2-2) went just 4 1/3 innings, his shortest outing since throwing four innings last May 9 in a 9-6 loss to Minnesota. He allowed five runs on eight hits and struck out five and walked four.

Hernandez was chased after allowing Hamilton’s opposite-field homer and issuing consecutive walks in the fifth. Justin Smoak followed with an RBI single to make it 5-2.

Matt Harrison (1-1) threw a career-high 127 pitches over six innings in the win, allowing three runs - two earned - on seven hits, all singles.

Frank Francisco made it interesting in the ninth, walking the first two batters on nine pitches before earning his second save.

Every Ranger had a hit and the top third of the order – Andrus, Michael Young and Hamilton – each had two hits and drove in at least one run.

Jose Lopez and Milton Bradley had run-scoring singles in the third as Seattle got to within 3-2. Lopez added a run on a groundout in the eighth to cut it to 5-3.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Seattle
Matt Harrison Player Felix Hernandez
Win W/L Loss
6.0 IP 4.1
3 Strikeouts 5
7 Hits 8
3.00 ERA 10.38
Hitting
Texas   Seattle
Ian Kinsler Player Milton Bradley
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 2
.667 Avg .400
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 13 1 17 .342 23 8 6 5 0 2
Seattle 8 0 8 .235 25 4 3 6 0 0