CLEVELAND (AP) -- Josh Hamilton was hitless in his return to the majors, but reached on a key error that sent the Texas Rangers over Cleveland 10-8 Monday for their sixth straight win.Hamilton, slowed this season by shoulder surgery, was 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and a walk, and scored a run.The 2010 AL MVP came up with runners on first and second and two outs in the seventh inning with the score 8-all. He hit an easy tapper back to pitcher Zach McAllister, whose throw was well over the head of first baseman Carlos Santana for a two-base error. 
Hamilton was traded from the Angels back to Texas in late April.The Indians had won six in a row.Prince Fielder hit his fourth home run in four games for the Rangers. He hit an RBI single that tied it earlier in the seventh.Elvis Andrus and Fielder each homered and drove in three runs. Adrian Beltre also connected for Texas.Santana and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians while Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley had RBI doubles.Hamilton struck out in his first at-bat on four pitches. He walked on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases in the third when Texas scored four times to take a 7-5 lead. Hamilton struck out again in the fifth.Hamilton, who finished a minor league rehab assignment on Saturday, batted fifth and started the game in left field. He was moved to right in the ninth inning.Tanner Scheppers (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the Rangers, who arrived in Cleveland at 4 a.m. after completing a three-game sweep in Yankee Stadium on Sunday night.Shawn Tolleson pitched the ninth for his fourth save.Marc Rzepczynski (1-2) also committed a throwing error in the seventh.Fielder and Adrian Beltre hit back-to-back home runs in first as Texas took a 3-0 lead.
Hamilton was traded from the Angels back to Texas in late April.The Indians had won six in a row.Prince Fielder hit his fourth home run in four games for the Rangers. He hit an RBI single that tied it earlier in the seventh.Elvis Andrus and Fielder each homered and drove in three runs. Adrian Beltre also connected for Texas.Santana and Roberto Perez homered for the Indians while Jason Kipnis and Michael Brantley had RBI doubles.Hamilton struck out in his first at-bat on four pitches. He walked on a 3-2 pitch to load the bases in the third when Texas scored four times to take a 7-5 lead. Hamilton struck out again in the fifth.Hamilton, who finished a minor league rehab assignment on Saturday, batted fifth and started the game in left field. He was moved to right in the ninth inning.Tanner Scheppers (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 innings for the Rangers, who arrived in Cleveland at 4 a.m. after completing a three-game sweep in Yankee Stadium on Sunday night.Shawn Tolleson pitched the ninth for his fourth save.Marc Rzepczynski (1-2) also committed a throwing error in the seventh.Fielder and Adrian Beltre hit back-to-back home runs in first as Texas took a 3-0 lead.
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