Texas 6, Boston 3

Rangers 6, Red Sox 3: Mike Napoli homered for the fourth time in three games and drove in four runs, and left-hander Derek Holland pitched seven sharp innings as visiting Texas won its sixth straight.

Holland (2-0) allowed two runs, four hits, walked three and struck out seven to improve to 3-1 lifetime against Boston.

Napoli had three hits and finished the two-game series sweep 6-for-9 with three homers, eight RBIs and four runs scored.

Josh Hamilton also had three hits to raise his average to .440 for the Rangers (10-2), who won for the fifth time in a row on the road.

Josh Beckett (1-2) gave up three runs, seven hits, walked one and struck out seven in seven innings.

The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the second when Kevin Youkilis drove a 2-2 pitch over the Green Monster for his first homer after David Ortiz led off the inning with a double.

Hamilton's infield hit in the third drove in Ian Kinsler before Napoli knocked a 2-0 offering into the Monster seats in the fourth with David Murphy aboard following a single.

Texas broke the game open with three runs in the eighth, the last two on Napoli's two-run double off the Monster.

Pinch hitter Ryan Sweeney had an RBI single in the ninth to make it 6-3 before pinch hitter Jarrod Saltalamacchia lined into a double play with two on to end it.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Hamilton is 8-for-17 against Beckett. ... Youkilis was 0-for-6 against Holland prior to the homer. ... Boston's Darnell McDonald went 0-for-3 and is off to a 2-for-24 start. ... The Rangers have scored 52 runs in their last five games at Fenway Park with 13 homers. ... Texas heads to Detroit for a four-game series with the Tigers in a rematch of the 2011 American League Championship Series, won by the Rangers in six games.

• Boston will play their next game at home against NY Yankees. The Red Sox have a W/L % of .400 after a win and .286 after a loss.
• Texas will play their next game on the road against Detroit. The Rangers have a W/L % of .800 after a win and 1.000 after a loss.