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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers jumped out to a big lead before Rick Porcello even threw a pitch. "We came out swinging, put some runs on the board early," manager Jim Leyland said. "That let Rick relax a little bit, and he was very good against a tremendous offensive club." Given a quick five-run lead, Porcello pitched into the seventh before allowing his only run and the Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 8-2 on Monday night in a rematch of last years AL championship series. After their first 12 batters, the Tigers had already roughed up Rangers rookie right-hander Justin Grimm (1-1) for six runs and eight hits in the 100-degree heat. They had only five runs and 15 hits while losing two of three in Pittsburgh over the weekend. Cabrera drove in three runs with a pair of doubles. His two-run double started the scoring, and his RBI double in the sixth made it 8-0. "Something Im trying to get better at every time is to control my emotions. For me, its control my tempo and delivery," said Porcello, who won for only the second time his last nine starts. "With the big lead, Im trying to keep the mindset that its a 0-0 game. If I start thinking I have a cushion, I get complacent and Im not as good in the strike zone." Porcello (5-5) struck out seven, the last an inning-ending whiff by Mike Napoli with the bases loaded in the sixth. He was out of the game after his third walk, to Leonys Martin leading off the seventh. Nine days after his impressive winning major league debut against Houston, and never pitching above Double-A before that, nothing good happened for Grimm against the Tigers. "Obviously, he got hit around by a pretty good-hitting team," manager Ron Washington said. "He threw the ball out over the plate and they hit it." Austin Jackson led off the game with a double and Quintin Berry followed with a bunt fielded by Grimm. When the pitcher turned to throw, first base was uncovered because first baseman Michael Young charged in and second baseman Ian Kinsler didnt get there. Cabrera followed with a two-run double. Delmon Young hit a run-scoring single, then Jhonny Peralta had an RBI double and scored on Ramon Santiagos single that staked Porcello to a five-run lead. "He was getting ahead of hitters, the runs helped him settle down and get in a grove," Tigers catcher Gerald Laird said of Porcello. "He got better as the game went on." Berry drew a leadoff walk to start the second, and Grimm was gone after Cabrera singled. Fielder greeted reliever Michael Kirkman with a sacrifice fly. Grimm threw 52 pitches, 40 of them in a top half of the first inning that took 23 minutes to play. Cabrera had three of Detroits 10 hits and is a .378 career hitter at Rangers Ballpark, where he has 18 doubles and 50 RBIs in 48 games. Struggling slugger Josh Hamilton hit his first homer in his last 12 games for Texas, a two-run shot in the seventh. His 23rd homer pushed his majors-best RBI total to 66. Hamilton was coming off a three-game series against Colorado when he was 1 for 12 with eight strikeouts. He was 0 for 2 with a walk Monday before his 409-foot homer in the seventh off reliever Brayan Villarreal. Porcello was gone by time Hamilton homered. The walk to Martin led to the only run against the right-hander, who scattered six hits and walked three. Fielder had a leadoff double in the fifth and scored on Peraltas grounder along the first-base line. Though the Tigers have struggled this season and still have a losing record (36-37), they have good offensive games at Rangers Ballpark. They had hit .301 with 176 runs in their previous 25 games there since April 2006. Fielder, the husky first baseman who signed a $214 million, nine-year deal with the Tigers last winter after having some talks with Texas, even had a nifty 3-5-6-3 defensive play. After Napolis leadoff double in the fifth, Fielder made a backhanded stop on Martins grounder. Fielder ran toward Napoli, who had stopped between second and third, and eventually tossed the ball to third baseman Cabrera. After a relay to shortstop Peralta, the ball went back to Fielder for the tag near third base. "I had a chance to do it earlier this year, and I kind of froze. I just wanted to be aggressive," said Fielder, who acknowledged with a grin that he doesnt often finish a defensive play on the other side of the infield. "Not too many for me." NOTES: Rangers 3B Adrian Beltre had three hits, and is hitting .512 (21 of 41) his last 11 games. ... The game time temperature was 100 degrees, the first triple-digit game of the season. ... Yu Darvish (9-4), who has won all six of his starts at Rangers Ballpark, pitches for Texas on Tuesday. Drew Smyly (2-2) comes off the DL to start for Detroit. The leftys been out since June 11 with a blister on his left middle finger. ... Berry had his 12th stolen base in 30 games. cheap jerseys . 2012 has become the worst season in franchise history. wholesale nfl jerseys . Lansford served two seasons under Tracy and the Rockies batted .274 this season, tops in the National League but they hit just .241 on the road as they finished 64-98, worst in franchise history. Dauer spent four years as the Rockies bench coach and seven seasons in the organization overall. http://www.nflcheapwholesalejerseyschina.com/ . Russell Westbrook scored 27 points, Kevin Durant added 26 and the Thunder beat the Philadelphia 76ers 109-85 on Friday night before heading out to play 11 of their next 13 games on the road. nfl Jerseys wholesale . -- Chicago Bears running back Matt Forte expects to start Sunday against the Bears despite an ankle injury suffered last week. cheap jerseys from china . 1 spot in the TSN.ca NBA Power Rankings. Its difficult for any team to catch the Thunder, who have won 11 straight, but the Los Angeles Clippers, who have won 10 straight, have moved up from seventh to third, just behind the Memphis Grizzlies.HOUSTON -- Ricardo Clark and Oscar Boniek Garcia scored in the second half to lead the Houston Dynamo to a 2-0 win over the New England Revolution on Saturday night. Houston (13-8-10) remained one point ahead of Columbus for the fifth and the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Houston extended its home unbeaten streak to 23 games, with the last home loss coming June 18, 2011, against the Crew. New England (7-16-8) is winless in its last three games. Clark gave Houston a 1-0 lead in the 77th minute, taking a chip pass from Brad Davis into the right 6-yard box and one-timing it off the far post and in. Clark had a chance to double the lead in the 81st minute, but his shot from 14 yards out in the middle was saved by New England goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth. Cam Weaver hit a shot from 14 yards out on tthe right off the near post a minute later.dddddddddddd Davis had a shot from the upper left box stopped by a diving Shuttleworth in the 89th minute. Garcia made it 2-0 in second half stoppage time, taking a cross from Warren Creavalle and volleying it inside the far post. New England had a couple chances in the 18th and 19th minutes to try to take the lead, but Benny Feilhaber had a free kick from 25 yards left of the middle batted over the crossbar by Houston goalkeeper Tally Hall. Off the ensuing corner kick, Darrius Barnes had two shots in front of the net, but Hall knocked both attempts out of the box. Will Bruin missed giving Houston a 1-0 lead in the 73rd minute, taking a ball into the left box and having his shot from 14 yards out on the left stopped by a diving save from Shuttleworth. ' ' '
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