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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 4, Houston 1
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, May 18, 2012
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Marvin Hudson, 1B - Tim McClelland, 2B - Brian Runge, 3B - Ted Barrett
Attendance: 34715

Rangers 4, Astros 1: Adrian Beltre homered and drove in a pair of runs and four Texas pitchers limited Houston to four hits in their intrastate series opener.

The Rangers took a two-run lead in the top of the third on a Beltre sacrifice fly and an RBI single by Nelson Cruz. Jed Lowrie singled home a run in the bottom of the inning to get Houston on the board, but Texas rebuilt its two-run lead in the fifth on Michael Young’s RBI double and tacked on another run in the seventh when Beltre drilled a two-out solo homer.

Texas starter Neftali Feliz held the Astros to one run on three hits but he was lifted after just 4 2/3 innings, having thrown 101 pitches. Feliz struck out six but handed out five walks.

Robbie Ross (5-0) worked 2 1/3 innings of one-hit relief before turning the ball over to Koji Uehara and Joe Nathan for the final two innings. Nathan tossed a 1-2-3 inning for his ninth save.

Wandy Rodriguez (3-4) took the loss for Houston, yielding three runs and a season-high 10 hits in six innings. He finished with four strikeouts and two walks.

GAME NOTEBOOK
: Nathan pitched for the fourth time in four days. ... Ian Kinsler had three hits for the Rangers. ... Texas is 19-6 in its last 25 Friday games.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Houston
Neftali Feliz Player Wandy Rodriguez
No Decision W/L Loss
4.2 IP 6.0
6 Strikeouts 4
3 Hits 10
1.93 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Texas   Houston
Ian Kinsler Player Chris Johnson
3 Hits 1
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
4 TB 1
.600 Avg .333
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 11 1 17 .314 15 9 4 2 2 0
Houston 4 0 4 .133 18 9 1 5 2 0