The defending AL champions improved to 9-1, maintaining the majors' top record and matching the best 10-game start in team history.
Michael Young and Mitch Moreland hit RBI doubles in the seventh inning - giving Ogando enough support - as Texas equaled the start of its 1989 club.
Ogando (2-0) gave up just two hits, walked one, and struck four over seven innings in his second start in the majors. The converted reliever had his outing cut short by fluid under a callus on his right index finger after pitching six scoreless innings last week with a developing blister on the same finger.
Feliz finished for his fourth save in as many chances after retiring two batters and allowing Ryan Raburn to double, bringing up Cabrera.
Verlander (1-1) lost despite pitching a six-hitter. He struck out four and walked one.
Detroit fell to 3-7 after failing to make Washington's gamble backfire.
"That's the good thing about Wash - he goes with what his gut says," Young said. "Fortunately, it worked out."
Rangers 2, Tigers 0
Texas 000 000 200–2 6 0
Detroit 000 000 000–0 4 0
Texas AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Kinsler 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250
Andrus ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .188
Hamilton lf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .316
A.Beltre 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .195
Mi.Young dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .293
N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273
Moreland 1b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .304
Torrealba c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241
Borbon cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .190
Totals 32 2 6 2 1 4
Detroit AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Rhymes 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Boesch lf-rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .276
Ordonez rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .208
Raburn lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .261
Mi.Cabrera 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .382
V.Martinez dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .225
Kelly cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182
a-A.Jackson ph-cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .205
Jh.Peralta ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .344
Avila c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .250
Inge 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .242
Totals 30 0 4 0 2 6
a-singled for Kelly in the 8th. LOB: Texas 4, Detroit 5. 2B: Mi.Young (4), Moreland (3), Raburn (3), Mi.Cabrera (2). RBIs: Mi.Young (3), Moreland (3). RLSP: Texas 2 (Torrealba 2); Detroit 2 (V.Martinez 2). GI DP: Andrus. DP: Texas 1 (Andrus, Kinsler); Detroit 1 (Inge, Rhymes, Mi.Cabrera).
Texas IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Ogando (W 2-0) 7 2 0 0 1 4 79 0.00
Oliver (H 4) 1 1 0 0 0 1 13 1.59
Feliz (S 4) 1 1 0 0 1 1 24 0.00
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Verlander (L 1-1) 9 6 2 2 1 4 119 3.13
IBB: off Feliz (Mi.Cabrera). Umpires: Home, Mark Carlson; First, Tim Timmons; Second, Tim Welke; Third, Eric Cooper.
T: 2:19. A: 18,724 (41,255).
Rays 16, Red Sox 5
BOSTON - Sam Fuld went 4 for 6 with a two-run homer, drove in three runs, and fell a single shy of the cycle to help Tampa Bay bust out of an early-season slump with a win over Boston.
Johnny Damon had three hits, including a solo homer, and three RBIs. John Jaso and Reid Brignac also drove in three runs apiece.
Tampa Bay came in hitting a major-league worst .163 and had scored just 20 total runs, the fewest after nine games since the 2003 Detroit Tigers - a team that finished 43-119.
Boston's loss came in Carl Crawford's first game against his former team. Crawford, who spent 12 years in the Rays' organization, went 2 for 5, raising his average to .163.
Tampa Bay 160 113 004–16 20 1
Boston 001 100 111– 5 10 1
Tampa Bay AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Fuld lf 6 3 4 3 0 0 .321
Damon dh 5 2 3 3 1 1 .189
Joyce rf 6 1 1 0 0 1 .138
D.Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .079
S.Rodriguez 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .235
Zobrist 2b 5 2 3 2 0 1 .205
B.Upton cf 4 3 3 0 1 0 .343
F.Lopez 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267
Kotchman 1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .167
Jaso c 5 1 2 3 0 0 .150
Brignac ss 5 2 2 3 0 0 .227
Totals 45 16 20 15 3 4
Boston AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Crawford lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .163
Pedroia 2b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .368
Ad.Gonzalez 1b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .297
Lowrie 1b 1 1 1 0 1 0 .417
Youkilis 3b 3 0 1 0 2 0 .167
Ortiz dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .282
J.Drew rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .308
D.McDonald rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Saltalamacchia c 4 0 0 0 1 2 .154
Ellsbury cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .194
Scutaro ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .185
Totals 35 5 10 5 7 4
E: Brignac (1), Scutaro (1). LOB: Tampa Bay 5, Boston 11. 2B: Fuld 2 (4), Zobrist 2 (4), Jaso 2 (2), Crawford (1), Youkilis (3). 3B: Fuld (1), Ad.Gonzalez (1), Ortiz (1). HR: Damon (2), off Matsuzaka; Fuld (1), off Matsuzaka; Ellsbury (2), off Jo.Peralta. RBIs: Fuld 3 (3), Damon 3 (5), Zobrist 2 (4), Kotchman (1), Jaso 3 (3), Brignac 3 (4), Ad.Gonzalez (7), Ortiz 2 (8), J.Drew (3), Ellsbury (5). SF: Ortiz. RLSP: Tampa Bay 4 (Zobrist, Brignac, F.Lopez, Joyce); Boston 6 (Ortiz 2, Youkilis, Scutaro, D.McDonald, Saltalamacchia). RA: Damon, Joyce, D.Johnson, Ad.Gonzalez. GIDP: Jaso, Scutaro. DP: Tampa Bay 2 (Zobrist, Brignac, Kotchman), (Zobrist, Brignac); Boston 1 (Pedroia, Scutaro, Ad.Gonzalez).
Tampa Bay IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Hellicksn(W 1-1) 51/3 5 2 2 5 1 98 4.09
A.Russell 11/3 0 1 0 2 0 18 1.93
C.Ramos 1/3 1 0 0 0 1 7 3.38
Jo.Peralta 1 2 1 1 0 1 20 3.60
Farnsworth 1 2 1 1 0 1 22 2.70
Boston IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Matsuzaka (L 0-2) 2 8 7 7 2 2 47 12.86
Wakefield 31/3 7 5 5 1 0 64 6.75
Aceves 22/3 0 0 0 0 2 35 3.18
Wheeler 1 5 4 4 0 0 26 18.90
Matsuzaka pitched to 2 batters in the 3rd. IR-S: A.Russell 2-0, C.Ramos 2-1, Wakefield 2-0, Aceves 1-0. PB: Saltalamacchia. Umpires: Home, Tim Tschida; First, Jeff Nelson; Second, Marty Foster; 3d, Bill Welke. T: 3:29. A: 37,568 (37,493).
Athletics 2, White Sox 1
CHICAGO - In a game matching two starting pitchers with perfect games on their resumes, Kurt Suzuki hit a go-ahead home run in the 10th inning, and Oakland capitalized on Juan Pierre's dropped fly ball in the ninth to earn a victory over Chicago.
The White Sox wasted a dominant pitching performance by Mark Buehrle with their second ninth-inning implosion of the season. Buehrle was lifted after eight scoreless innings and 99 pitches. He allowed only three base runners - none past first base. Dallas Braden struck out seven for Oakland.
Matt Thorton came on for the Sox in the ninth and allowed a leadoff double to Andy LaRoche.
One out later, Daric Barton hit a deep fly that Pierre dropped in the left-field corner, allowing pinch-runner Cliff Pennington to easily score from second and tie the score at 1.
Oakland 000 000 001 1–2 5 0
Chicago 000 010 000 0–1 6 1
Oakland AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237
Barton 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .200
C.Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Willingham lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243
M.Ellis 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182
Matsui dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182
K.Suzuki c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .226
Kouzmanoff 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .182
An.LaRoche ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .417
1-Pennington pr-ss 1 1 0 0 0 0 .160
Totals 35 2 5 1 1 4
Chicago AB R H BI BB SO Avg.
Pierre lf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .267
Beckham 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .302
Rios cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .209
Konerko 1b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .421
2-Teahen pr-1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429
Quentin dh 3 0 1 0 1 2 .351
Al.Ramirez ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250
Morel 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .263
R.Castro c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .222
Lillibridge rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .333
Totals 34 1 6 1 3 13
1-ran for An.LaRoche in the 9th. 2-ran for Konerko in the 9th. E: Pierre (2). LOB: Oakland 4, Chicago 6. 2B: Kouzmanoff (2), An.LaRoche (3), Quentin (7). HR: K.Suzuki (1), off Crain; Lillibridge (1), off Braden. RBIs: K.Suzuki (2), Lillibridge (2). CS: Pierre (2), Konerko (1). RLSP: Oakland 2 (Willingham, Pennington); Chicago 4 (Al.Ramirez 2, Morel 2). RA: Al.Ramirez. GIDP: C.Jackson. DP: Oakland 1 (K.Suzuki, K.Suzuki, M.Ellis); Chicago 1 (Buehrle, Al.Ramirez, Konerko).
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Braden 6 5 1 1 2 7 95 4.15
T.Ross (W 1-0) 3 1 0 0 1 4 41 0.00
Fuentes (S 4) 1 0 0 0 0 2 15 3.18
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA
Buehrle 8 2 0 0 1 1 99 4.26
Thornton (BS 3) 1/3 1 1 0 0 0 10 2.45
Crain (L 0-1) 12/3 2 1 1 0 3 23 3.00
IR-S: Crain 1-0. Umpires: Home, Jerry Meals; First, C.B. Bucknor; Second, Dan Iassogna; Third, Dale Scott. T: 2:37. A: 20,057 (40,615).
