Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 3, Seattle 2
When: 8:05 PM ET, Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 73°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Alfonso Marquez, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Ed Rapuano
Attendance: 30953

Alexi Ogando allowed two hits in six shutout innings in his first major league start and the Texas Rangers remained unbeaten with a 3-2 victory over the visiting Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

The right-handed Ogando (1-0) struck out four and walked two as Texas improved to 5-0.

Mitch Moreland had a run-scoring triple in the second, and Josh Hamilton and Michael Young each delivered run-scoring doubles in the sixth for the Texas runs.

Neftali Feliz pitched a perfect ninth for his second save in two nights.

Seattle (2-3) scored both runs in the seventh on RBI singles by Jack Wilson and Michael Saunders after Mark Lowe replaced Ogando.

Michael Pineda (0-1) pitched well in his major-league debut for the Mariners. He gave up three runs and five hits in six innings, struck out four and walked one.

Rangers designated hitter Nelson Cruz went 0 for 2 with a walk. Cruz tied a major-league record shared by Willie Mays (1971) and Mark McGwire (1998) by homering in each of the Texas’ first four games of the season.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Seattle   Texas
Michael Pineda Player Alexi Ogando
Loss W/L Win
6.0 IP 6.0
4 Strikeouts 4
5 Hits 2
4.50 ERA 0.00
Hitting
Seattle   Texas
Adam Kennedy Player Mitch Moreland
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 5
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Seattle 6 0 7 .176 13 5 2 2 0 0
Texas 5 0 10 .179 5 5 3 1 0 1