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MLB: Texas 5, Houston 4 (11 innings)

ARLINGTON, Texas, June 22 (UPI) -- Mitch Moreland led off the bottom of the 11th Tuesday with a home run that gave the Texas Rangers a 5-4 win over Houston.

Moreland sent Enerio Del Rosario's (0-2) first pitch into the upper deck in right field and sent Texas to its fourth win in five games.

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The Rangers' Josh Hamilton tied the game in the eighth with a solo home run. Michael Young and Nelson Cruz also homered for the Rangers.

Michael Bourn and Jeff Keppinger each had two RBI for the Astros.

Yoshinori Tateyama (1-0) pitched a scoreless 11th and got the win.

Texas starter C.J. Wilson plowed through 6 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on 11 hits and striking out four. He did not walk a batter.

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