Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 15, Florida 5
When: 8:05 PM ET, Friday, July 1, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 96°
Umpires: Home - Angel Campos, 1B - Joe West, 2B - Lance Barrett, 3B - Angel Hernandez
Attendance: 32474

Nelson Cruz drove in six runs and Adrian Beltre added four RBIs in support of Alexi Ogando as the Texas Rangers pounded the visiting Florida Marlins 15-5 on Friday.

Cruz hit his 19th home run - a three-run shot off Marlins starter Anibal Sanchez - in the third and added a three-run triple in the eighth for the second six-RBI game of his career (April 15, 2009 against Baltimore).

Beltre had an RBI single in the third, a two-run double in the fourth and an RBI double in the sixth for his third four-RBI game of the season and first since April 17.

Ogando (8-3) earned his first win since June 8 and recorded a season-high eight strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings. He didn't allow a hit until Greg Dobbs' double with two outs in the fifth. After starting 7-0, Ogando was 0-3 with a 9.31 ERA in his previous three starts before Friday.

Sanchez (6-2) lost for the first time since April 10. He allowed a season-high seven runs in 3 2/3 innings.

The Marlins had their modest two-game winning streak snapped and were denied their first three-game winning streak since May 24-26 at San Francisco.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Florida   Texas
Anibal Sanchez Player Alexi Ogando
Loss W/L Win
3.2 IP 6.2
4 Strikeouts 8
7 Hits 5
17.18 ERA 2.70
Hitting
Florida   Texas
Wes Helms Player Adrian Beltre
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 4
0 HR 0
1 TB 5
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Florida 9 1 15 .243 12 13 4 2 0 1
Texas 15 2 28 .385 18 6 15 6 1 2