Rangers' Power Surge Jolts Hendrickson, O's

Rangers 6, Orioles 5

BALTIMORE, April 25 -- Ian Kinsler homered twice and the Texas Rangers led off the first three innings with home runs against Mark Hendrickson in a 6-5 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.

Andruw Jones and Chris Davis also connected against Hendrickson (1-3), who lasted only 4 1/3 innings.

"In baseball, stuff like that happens. One guy can kill you and I hope I can be that guy," Kinsler said. "It gets them in a hole in a hurry."

The Rangers, who have won four of six, lead the majors with 35 homers and have hit two or more 13 times this season.

Scott Feldman (1-0), starting in place of injured right-hander Kris Benson, allowed a run and four hits over five innings in his first start this season.

Frank Francisco got the final two outs for his fourth save after César Izturis's RBI double off C.J. Wilson made it 6-3 in the ninth. Francisco yielded a two-run single to Adam Jones, then fanned Nick Markakis and retired Aubrey Huff on a fly to left.

Ty Wigginton homered and drove in two runs for the Orioles.

Texas center fielder Josh Hamilton left the game after 4 1/2 innings with inflammation near the left side of his rib cage.

Kinsler hit Hendrickson's 2-2 pitch in the first inning into the Baltimore bullpen for his sixth homer of the season and sixth career leadoff home run. It was the start of a trend: Rangers leadoff men got hits in the first six innings.

Davis ripped Hendrickson's first pitch of the second into the left field stands for a 2-0 lead. Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled and was erased on Elvis Andrus's fielder's choice before Kinsler hit a two-run shot.

Andruw Jones made it three straight innings with a leadoff homer in the third.

"You leave it over the heart of the plate with this lineup, especially, and they're kind of free swingers," Hendrickson said. "It's a little bit all or nothing with their lineup."