Andruw Jones homered in each of his first three at bats Wednesday, powering Texas to an 8-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. Jones had two chances to become the 16th player in major league history to record four home runs in a game, but he just got under a fast ball down the middle and popped out in the sixth before striking out in the ninth. He was trying to add his name to a list that includes Lou Gehrig, Gil Hodges and Willie Mays. The Rangers defeated the Angels for the seventh time in nine meetings this year and moved a game ahead of Los Angeles into first place in the American League West.

Andruw Jones hit a three-run homer and finished with four RBI and Michael Young drove in three Saturday in the Texas Rangers' 12-4 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays. Jones's 10th homer this season gave Texas a 3-0 lead with one out in the bottom of the first.

Matt Kemp's two-run homer Saturday led the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 3-1 inter-league win over the Texas Rangers. Kemp's second hit of the contest, and eighth home run this season, snapped a 1-1 tie with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. Rafael Furcal had one RBI and Orlando Hudson added two hits for the Dodgers, who have split their last four games. The winner was reliever Cory Wade (2-3) after starter Randy Wolf gave up two hits in five scoreless innings. Closer Jonathan Broxton, the last of five pitchers, earned his 15th save with a 1-2-3 ninth. Texas scored its run on a sixth-inning homer by Andruw Jones.

Texas Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton will be out four to six weeks after surgery to repair an abdominal muscle tear, the team said Monday. The procedure is scheduled for Tuesday. Hamilton, who hit .304 with 32 home runs and 130 RBI in 156 games in 2008, has been on the disabled list twice this season after running into outfield walls on two separate occasions.

Andruw Jones and Nelson Cruz homered in the eighth inning Friday to lead Texas to a 6-3 win over Oakland in the first game of a doubleheader. Jones hit a two-run shot to break a 3-3 tie with no outs in the eighth and Cruz followed with a solo blast. Cruz had two hits, including a two-run first-inning double, for three RBI in all. Jones also had two hits, while Marlon Byrd added a solo seventh-inning homer for the Rangers, who had lost two of three. The winner was reliever C.J.