ARLINGTON, Texas -- Early run support went a long way to helping Texas Rangers right-hander A.J. Griffin produce his best outing of the season and outpitch the best road pitcher in the major leagues this season.Mitch Morelands grand slam capped a bizarre, five-run first inning and Griffin pitched six strong innings as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Indians 7-0 Saturday night.I kind of tried to put my blinders on a little bit and execute my game plan, Griffin said of the early lead. That was a big grand slam Mitch hit, for sure.Griffin (6-3) allowed five hits while winning for the first time since Aug. 4. In making his first scoreless start of the season, Griffin didnt allow a home run for the first time in 12 starts.Griffin has routinely lost effectiveness in the middle innings but kept hitters off balance throughout his 95-pitch performance.With A.J., we understand the pitch count, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. He elevates a little bit when hes trying to go down, not as sharp. I was proud of him tonight `cause he stayed sharp.The Indians were unable to get more than one hit in any inning.If you stay close, we felt we could string a couple hits together, Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. But once they spread it out, that makes it tough.Carlos Carrasco (9-7) allowed seven runs -- four unearned in the first -- and eight hits in four innings while striking out eight. He went into the game with a 1.74 road ERA this season, the best in the majors.After Ian Desmonds one-out single in the first, Carlos Beltran snapped a career-worst 0-for-32 hitless streak with an infield single to the left side against a shift. The runners moved up on a balk when Carrasco began a pickoff throw to first base but halted because first baseman Carlos Santana was 20 feet from the bag.On Adrian Beltres sharp grounder to third, Desmond dove back and beat Jose Ramirezs tag to load the bases. Rougned Odors hard grounder to first bounced off Santanas glove for a run-scoring error and Moreland pulled a first-pitch slider just inside the right-field foul pole with two out for his second career slam.Elvis Andrus doubled in two runs in the third inning after Moreland was intentionally walked with two out.Texas has the American Leagues best record, two games ahead of Cleveland. The Rangers increased their West lead to 7 1/2 games.A BLOOP AND NO BLASTBeltran also dumped an opposite-field hit just inside the left-field line that eluded Ramirez and left fielder Abraham Almonte. Before the game, Banister lamented that the 39-year-old was hitting in bad luck during the hitless streak that tied a franchise record.Hey, anything can happen when you put the baseball in play, Banister said. That gets him back on that positive train.DARVISHS BAT TAKING A RESTRangers RHP Yu Darvish is scheduled to start Monday at home vs. Seattle after hitting his first big-league home run in his previous start last Wednesday in Cincinnati. Darvish said he wont lobby to bat in the AL game.I dont want to get tired, Darvish said. So, no, thank you for that.SHORT HOPSRHP Jeremy Jeffress spent his second day on the restricted list as Major League Baseball continued to look into the pitchers arrest on a drunken driving charge early Friday morning in Dallas. ... OF Carlos Gomez is 0-for-11 with six strikeouts since homering in his Texas debut at-bat on Thursday.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: Manager Terry Francona said theres no timetable for when C Yan Gomes (right shoulder separation) will begin a rehab session.Rangers: RHP Colby Lewis (right lat strain) is scheduled to make his second rehab start on Monday for Double-A Frisco. He last appeared in a major league game on June 21.UP NEXTIndians: RHP Danny Salazar (11-5) has compiled a 10.41 ERA over six starts in July and August, lasting only 11 total innings in his last four outings.Rangers: LHP Derek Holland (5-6) returned from the disabled list last Tuesday, allowing one run on four hits in six innings in a loss at Cincinnati. Wholesale Air Jordan 6 Australia . With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position. Air Jordan 6 Cheap Australia . Canada is now down to its 22-player limit, although but players wont be registered until Christmas Day. Changes could still be made as a result of a suspension or injury. http://www.airjordan6australia.com/ . Capitals head coach Adam Oates said Ovechkin was injured in the first period against the Vancouver Canucks on Monday and clarified it was not a head injury. Air Jordan 6 Australia . -- In one brief spurt, Brazil turned a close game into a rout and proved again it will be a strong World Cup favourite. Air Jordan 6 Retro Australia .com) - The Montreal Canadiens will try to halt their longest losing streak of the season when they host the struggling New York Islanders in tonights clash at the Bell Centre. HOUSTON -- New Houston coach Major Applewhites contract will pay him $7.5 million over a five-year period, athletic director Hunter Yurachek said on Monday.Applewhites contract calls for a $1.5 million annual base salary and includes six-figure performance incentives if he leads the Cougars to nine regular-season wins or more. Applewhite, who was named Houstons head coach on Friday, gets an additional $100,000 for his ninth win in a season and an additional $100,000 for each regular-season victory up to 12, meaning a 12-0 regular season would net Applewhite a minimum of $1.9 million.If Applewhite leaves before the contract expires, hell owe Houston the full remaining value of the contract, Yurachek said. That buyout increases by 50 percent if Applewhite were to leave for another program in the state of Texas.A significant buyout clause was critical for Houston in its search for a new coach after Tom Herman left for Texas following only two seasons at the school. Herman owes Houston a $2.5 million buyout, and Yurachek and Houston board of regents chairman Tilman Fertitta made it clear that theyy want to make it difficult for coaches to leave so soon.ddddddddddddf a school in the state of Texas wants to come and take another one of [our] coaches, its going to cost them a little to do that, Yurachek said.In the last 10 years, Houston lost Art Briles to Baylor, Kevin Sumlin to Texas A&M and Herman to Texas.Yurachek said he gave Texas the option to mitigate Hermans buyout in exchange for a home-and-home series in football and mens basketball. Yurachek said Texas athletic director Mike Perrin called him and told him, That is not an option thats on the table any longer, and that Texas will pay Houston the $2.5 million for Hermans buyout.The Cougars promoted Applewhite from offensive coordinator -- the position he held the last two seasons -- to head coach last week after a nearly two-week-long search. Houston has averaged 39.3 points per game -- the ninth-best scoring average in the country -- in the two seasons that Applewhite served as offensive coordinator. ' ' '