Fielder ends HR drought as Rangers win

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ― Prince Fielder ended his Texas home run drought, and Robbie Ross finally got some help from the offense as a starter.

Fielder and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit back-to-back homers, Ross limited Seattle to five singles in seven-plus innings and the Texas Rangers beat the Mariners 5-0 Tuesday night.

Fielder ended a 13-game homerless streak to start the season with a line drive to right-center field off former Texas first-round pick Blake Beavan (0-1) to lead off the second inning. Two pitches later, Kouzmanoff went deep to left.

Told before the game that he was a game away from tying the longest drought to start a season in his career, Fielder casually figured it was about time for a long ball.

“I was just messing around,” said Fielder, in his first season with the Rangers after a trade that sent fan favorite Ian Kinsler to Detroit. “But I guess it worked.”

The Mariners didn’t get a runner past second base in their third shutout loss in a week. “Probably the first night where I was probably a little disappointed in our approach a little bit,” Mariners manager Lloyd McClendon said. “I thought we should have done better.”

Kouzmanoff also had two doubles, the second one driving in two runs to put the Rangers up 4-0 in the eighth inning. Fielder scored from first base after he was intentionally walked following a pair of

strikeouts. Ross (1-0), a former reliever, got his first win as a starter in his third try as the Rangers recorded their third straight win by shutout and fourth in seven victories overall.

Giants outlast Dodgers in 12

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ― Hector Sanchez singled home the winning run with two outs in the 12th inning and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 Tuesday night after Brandon Belt’s tying double in the ninth.

Hunter Pence had four hits for the Giants, who have won three of four.

Brandon Crawford singled off Brandon League (0-1) with one out in the 12th and advanced to second on a groundout by Brandon Hicks. His bouncer deflected off third baseman Juan Uribe to shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who threw to first for the out.

But the Dodgers were unable to get the lead runner on the play, and it cost them.

Crawford went to third on a wild pitch and Sanchez hit a sharp one-hopper that glanced off the glove of diving second baseman Justin Turner and into center field.

Turner slammed his hand on the ground in frustration. Yusmeiro Petit (1-1) worked a scoreless inning for the win in a game that took 4 hours, 54 minutes and ended after midnight on the West Coast.

Miami 11, Washington 2

Toronto 9, Minnesota 3

Pittsburgh 8, Cincinnati 7

Cincinnati 7, Pittsburgh 5

Chicago White Sox 2, Boston 1

St. Louis 6, Milwaukee 1

Kansas City 4, Houston 2

NY Mets 9, Arizona 0

Colorado 3 San Diego 2

Oakland 10, LA Angels 9

Tampa Bay at Baltimore ppd.

Chicago Cubs at NY Yankees ppd.

Atlanta at Philadelphia ppd.

Cleveland at Detroit ppd.