The Texas Rangers' biggest players came up big in the first game of a big four-game series on Monday night, allowing the Rangers to move within a half-game of first place in the AL West. Prince Fielder followed Adrian Beltre's one-out single in the eighth inning with a tiebreaking, two-run home run to straight-away center field into a stuff wind to lead Texas to a 5-3 win over the first-place Houston Astros. Mitch Moreland hit his team-leading 20th home run and left-hander Cole Hamels stranded nine runners in seven innings for Texas, which has won four straight against the Astros and leads the season series 9-4.
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