ARLINGTON -- Josh Hamilton went 5 for 5 with two long homers and five RBIs, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 16-8 Friday night in a wild Lone Star Series opener.

Ian Kinsler scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on a close play that led to the ejection of Astros manager Cecil Cooper.

Hamilton's second homer, a three-run shot off the facade of the second deck of seats in right, gave Texas an 8-2 lead in the fourth. After Houston rallied to tie it, Kinsler drew a two-out walk in the seventh, stole second base and came home on Michael Young's single, scoring just ahead of the tag by catcher J.R. Towles.

Cooper was ejected after coming out to argue the call. Hamilton followed with an RBI triple off Wesley Wright (3-1) to make it 10-8.

Jarrod Saltalamacchia, David Murphy, Chris Shelton and Young also homered for the Rangers (21-22), who have won 14 of 20 since coming home from a miserable trip three weeks ago with the worst record in the majors.

Houston has been the NL's best team during that stretch, and still has won 17 of 24.

The Rangers added six runs in the eighth, when Murphy and Shelton had solo homers before Kinsler tripled off the left-field wall and Young homered.

Phillies 10, Blue Jays 3: PHILADELPHIA -- Jayson Werth homered in his first three at-bats and tied a Philadelphia Phillies record with eight RBIs.

Werth had a chance to tie the major league record of four homers in a game in the seventh inning. But with most of the 36,600 fans still in the stands despite the lopsided score and brisk weather, he fouled out to first base on a 3-2 pitch off Brian Tallet.

The homers and eight RBIs were career highs for Werth.

Rays 3, Cardinals 1: ST. LOUIS -- Andy Sonnanstine carried a shutout into the eighth inning and added two singles to a 12-hit outburst that helped the streaking Rays win again.

Akinori Iwamura had three hits and an RBI for the AL East leaders, who are eight games above .500 for the first time in franchise history. The Rays (25-17) have won eight of nine.

Albert Pujols was 0 for 4, ending his streak of reaching base in all 42 games to start the season.

Royals 7, Marlins 6: MIAMI -- Brett Tomko pitched six innings for his first victory in nearly six weeks, and two unearned runs helped Kansas City extend its winning streak to five games.

Closer Joakim Soria allowed a run for the first time this season when he gave up a two-run homer to Jeremy Hermida on an 0-2 pitch with one out in the ninth. Soria then struck out Hanley Ramirez and Jorge Cantu for his 11th save.

The Royals' win streak is their longest since last June.

Reds 4, Indians 3: CINCINNATI -- Adam Dunn homered and drew a tiebreaking walk with the bases loaded in the eighth inning, sending Cincinnati to its season-high fourth straight win.

The Reds got homers from Brandon Phillips and Dunn, then won it after Joey Votto's double, a pair of walks from Jensen Lewis (0-2), and the full-count walk to Dunn.

David Weathers (1-2) escaped a threat in the eighth, forcing the Indians to strand a runner at third.

Orioles 5, Nationals 3: BALTIMORE -- Luke Scott homered, Melvin Mora hit a tiebreaking double in the fifth inning and the Orioles won for the sixth time in seven games.

Left-hander Garrett Olson (3-0) struggled through five innings but is undefeated in four starts since being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. He allowed three runs and nine hits.

Braves 3, Athletics 2: ATLANTA -- Mark Kotsay knocked in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a two-out RBI double, and Atlanta won its eighth straight at home.

The loss was a season-high fourth in a row for the A's, who have dropped six of seven on their current nine-game road trip. The Braves have the best home record in the majors at 15-4, and the worst record away from home at 6-16.

Padres 6, Mariners 4: SEATTLE -- Brian Giles had his third four-hit game of the season, Tadahito Iguchi had a homer among his three hits.

San Diego rebounded from being shut out for the fourth time this season on Thursday against the Cubs, by jumping on Seattle starter Miguel Batista for three runs in the first and another in the second on Iguchi's solo homer.

Giles' four-hit night included a pair of doubles and two RBIs.

Twins 4, Rockies 2: DENVER -- Nick Blackburn pitched seven strong innings and Delmon Young doubled twice and scored two runs before Joe Nathan remained perfect in 13 save opportunities.

Blackburn (4-2) struck out five without a walk to help the Twins end a three-game skid.

The game was tied 2-2 when Young started the rally with a leadoff double in the sixth. He moved to third on a flyout by Mike Lamb and scored on a sacrifice fly by Adam Everett.

White Sox 2, Giants 0: SAN FRANCISCO -- Alexei Ramirez hit his first major league homer, a two-run shot in the seventh inning.

San Francisco had a baserunner aboard in every inning against White Sox starter Gavin Floyd (4-2), who withstood each threat and bounced back from a May 11 loss at Seattle in which he lasted only 3 2-3 innings.

The right-hander allowed four hits over six innings and didn't give up an earned run for the fourth time in eight outings this year.

Angels 4, Dodgers 2: ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Joe Saunders bounced back from his lone loss of the year and Vladimir Guerrero drove in two runs without a hit.

Joe Torre, who had a losing record against the Angels during his tenure as manager of the New York Yankees, lost again in his first matchup with them as Dodgers manager.

Saunders (7-1) held the Dodgers to two runs -- on Andre Ethier's two-run homer in the seventh -- in 71/3 innings.

Diamondbacks 4, Tigers 3: PHOENIX -- Eric Byrnes broke out of a monthlong slump with a homer and two RBIs, Dan Haren pitched seven innings.

Haren (5-2) scattered six hits and allowed three runs for the Diamondbacks, who came back from a 3-1 deficit with three runs in the seventh en route to their fourth straight victory. They scored the go-ahead run on a two-out throwing error by third baseman Carlos Guillen.

Cubs 7, Pirates 4: CHICAGO -- Alfonso Soriano homered in his first two at-bats, Geovany Soto and Mark DeRosa went deep and the surging Cubs won for the seventh time in eight games.

Soriano connected on the first pitch from Tom Gorzelanny for his third leadoff home run in four games. Soriano launched a three-run shot in the second inning that made it 6-0, giving him five homers this week and eight this season. He has 15 hits in his last 32 at-bats.

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