ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) -- Mitch Moreland had a two-run homer after an earlier hit off the top of the wall, Prince Fielder had two more singles and the Texas Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.After Moreland lined a double off the top of the right-field wall in the second that produced the first Texas run, his drive estimated at 407 feet in the sixth just cleared the wall in center and made it 4-1.Nick Martinez (3-0) allowed one run in five innings for his first victory in six starts since winning his first two games this season. The right-hander struck out six, but walked five (one intentionally) and hit a batter.Carlos Carrasco (4-4) struck out nine in eight innings, the first complete game for a Cleveland pitcher this season. He threw 77 of his 114 pitches for strikes. 
The much-maligned Rangers bullpen came through with four scoreless innings. Shawn Tolleson allowed a hit in the ninth after Ross Ohlendorf (one inning) and Tanner Scheppers (two innings) combined to retire all nine batters they faced before that.Scheppers and Ohlendorf joined the team earlier Sunday from Triple-A Round Rock.Texas went ahead to stay in the first after Moreland's liner in the second that ricocheted off the wall. Adrian Beltre scored from first, coming home on right fielder Nick Swisher's throwing error after getting the ball.Shin-Soo Choo drew a one-out walk in the third and came home on Fielder's bloop single to center. Fielder had another bloop hit in the sixth before scoring on Moreland's second homer of the season.Fielder is hitting .344 through 38 games, with 39 of his 52 hits being singles. He also has eight doubles and five home runs.Michael Brantley had an RBI double in the fifth for Cleveland, which left nine runners on base in five innings against Martinez.
The much-maligned Rangers bullpen came through with four scoreless innings. Shawn Tolleson allowed a hit in the ninth after Ross Ohlendorf (one inning) and Tanner Scheppers (two innings) combined to retire all nine batters they faced before that.Scheppers and Ohlendorf joined the team earlier Sunday from Triple-A Round Rock.Texas went ahead to stay in the first after Moreland's liner in the second that ricocheted off the wall. Adrian Beltre scored from first, coming home on right fielder Nick Swisher's throwing error after getting the ball.Shin-Soo Choo drew a one-out walk in the third and came home on Fielder's bloop single to center. Fielder had another bloop hit in the sixth before scoring on Moreland's second homer of the season.Fielder is hitting .344 through 38 games, with 39 of his 52 hits being singles. He also has eight doubles and five home runs.Michael Brantley had an RBI double in the fifth for Cleveland, which left nine runners on base in five innings against Martinez.
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