Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 7, Houston 2
When: 3:05 PM ET, Saturday, June 26, 2010
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 95°
Umpires: Home - Bill Miller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Chad Fairchild, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 28951

Ian Kinsler hit a three-run homer and C.J. Wilson pitched seven strong innings as the Texas Rangers bounced back from a rare loss with 7-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Saturday.

Max Ramirez added an RBI double and Vladimir Guererro drove in a run for the Rangers, who have won 12 of 13 and own the second-best record in baseball at 45-29.

Josh Hamilton kept his hot streak going, singling in the sixth to push his hitting streak to an even 20 games. The former All-Star has taken baseball by storm this month, posting a .484 batting average with 27 RBIs.

Tied at 2-2 after Ramirez’s double plated Justin Smoak in the fourth, Kinsler got to a shaky Josh Banks (0-1) for a three-run shot, pushing across Ramirez and Michael Young to put Texas on top for good. Elvis Andrus added a two-run single in the fifth to put it out of reach.

Wilson (6-3) allowed two runs and five hits while striking out three and issuing four walks. The left-hander has not lost in June and has allowed two earned runs in each of his last four outings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Houston   Texas
Josh Banks Player C.J. Wilson
Loss W/L Win
4.0 IP 7.0
1 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 5
13.50 ERA 2.57
Hitting
Houston   Texas
Jason Bourgeois Player Nelson Cruz
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 5
.667 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Houston 5 1 10 .172 11 5 2 6 2 1
Texas 15 1 23 .395 28 3 7 6 1 0