Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 5, Seattle 0
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 63°
Umpires: Home - Mark Carlson, 1B - Ted Barrett, 2B - Will Little, 3B - Paul Schrieber
Attendance: 26628

Rangers 5, Mariners 0: Robbie Ross pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings in his third major-league start and Kevin Kouzmanoff went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as host Texas blanked Seattle.

Prince Fielder and Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back homers in the second inning in support of Ross (1-0). The left-hander gave up five hits without issuing a walk and struck out two.

Fielder hadn’t homered in his first 13 games - 51 at-bats - with the Rangers after being acquired from the Detroit Tigers in the offseason. That changed when he led off the second inning by hammering a 1-1 pitch off Blake Beavan (0-1) well over the center-field fence.

Two pitches later, Kouzmanoff slammed his homer to give the Rangers a 2-0 lead. Kouzmanoff, a recent call-up to play third base in place of the injured Adrian Beltre, ripped a two-run double to deep left-center field in the eighth to make it a four-run margin and scored on a single by Mitch Moreland.

Ross hit Brad Miller with a pitch with one out in the eighth and retired Robinson Cano on a fly to center before being removed by manager Ron Washington. Alexi Ogando allowed a hit by Corey Hart before retiring pinch hitter Dustin Ackley on a fly to left and Neal Cotts worked the ninth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Seattle OF Logan Morrison (hamstring) is day-to-day with a hamstring injury that forced him to leave Monday’s series opener in the first inning. … The Rangers had scored two or fewer runs in four of five games and were on the verge of adding to the total prior to the three-run eighth. … Seattle optioned LHP Lucas Luetge to Triple-A Tacoma to clear a roster spot for Beavan, who allowed two runs and six hits in four innings.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Texas
Blake Beavan Player Robbie Ross
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.2
1 Strikeouts 2
6 Hits 5
4.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Seattle   Texas
Corey Hart Player Kevin Kouzmanoff
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 3
0 HR 1
2 TB 8
.500 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 7 0 7 .206 12 2 0 0 0 0
Texas 11 2 20 .355 10 5 5 2 0 0
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