ARLINGTON, Texas - Ron Washington was in a grateful mood after his 500th win as manager of the Texas Rangers. Josh Hamilton had five RBIs and Mitch Moreland doubled in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning that carried Texas to a 10-6 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. "I think you have to give a lot of credit to the organization, the players, the coaches and everyone," said Washington, in his sixth season as a manager -- all with the Rangers. "We got there fast. I didnt get there alone. "I just hope I can be here and win 500 more." Adrian Beltre had three hits, including his fourth homer in two days, and scored the tiebreaking run on Morelands drive to left-centre. Minnesota starter Scott Diamond was ejected in the third by plate umpire Wally Bell after throwing a pitch behind Hamiltons head. Twins manager Ron Gardenhire also was tossed after immediately protesting Bells decision. "Anytime in an umpires judgment they go in the head area, we have to take care of business. I felt at the time that he had to be ejected for it," Bell said. Rangers starter Roy Oswalt had hit slugger Joe Mauer in the back in the preceding half-inning. "Im not going to get into that," Gardenhire said. "Everybody saw that, so I dont have to say anything about it. "Ive never seen it happen like that before." A pair of Twins errors led to five unearned runs in the eighth as the AL West leaders sent 11 batters to the plate to break a 4-all tie. Geovany Soto, Ian Kinsler and Elvis Andrus also had RBIs in the inning. Moreland entered in the sixth to replace designated hitter Michael Young, who left to witness the birth of his third son. Beltre is hitting .529 with four home runs, two doubles and six RBIs in his last four games. He homered three times Wednesday night, twice in a nine-run fourth inning, and had five RBIs during a 12-3 victory over Baltimore. Jared Burton (1-1) took the loss after giving up six runs on three hits and two walks in two-thirds of an inning. Mike Adams (3-3) worked a scoreless eighth for the win. Joe Nathan entered in the ninth after Tanner Scheppers gave up two runs with two outs and converted his 22nd consecutive save opportunity and 25th of the season. Minnesota left 14 runners on base. Andrus error on Denard Spans grounder to shortstop let in the first runs the Rangers bullpen had given up in 18 innings. Beltre hit a one-out double in the eighth and Nelson Cruz reached on third baseman Trevor Plouffes error, setting the stage for Morelands clutch hit. David Murphy was intentionally walked to bring up Soto, who hit a grounder that shortstop Pedro Florimon bobbled for an error. Soto was credited with an RBI. Kinsler drew a bases-loaded walk, Andrus knocked in a run with an infield single and Hamilton added a two-run single. Oswalt started in place of Yu Darvish, skipped because of tightness in his right quadriceps. The right-hander gave up four runs and seven hits over 5 1-3 innings. Diamond worked 2 1-3 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks. The Rangers took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on Beltres 23rd home run and Hamiltons RBI single that scored Kinsler. Oswalt was pulled after giving up successive hits to Matt Carson and Plouffe in the sixth. Rangers reliever Michael Kirkman, who had retired 10 consecutive batters over his past three appearances, couldnt keep Oswalts runners from scoring. Carson came home on Florimons groundout and Span tied it with a single. Hamiltons double in the first scored Kinsler and Andrus to give Texas a 2-1 lead. The 2010 AL MVP is hitting .345 with 17 RBIs in the past 16 games. "Down the stretch, he is our horse," Washington said. "So is Beltre, so is Moreland, so is Murphy. Weve got a pretty good team." 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Bynum scored 36 points after missing a game with a sprained left ankle, Bryant added 31 and the Lakers won 113-108 on Wednesday night to widen their Pacific Division lead to 2 1/2 games over the second-place Clippers. The Lakers also snapped the Clippers winning streak at six, the franchises best in 20 years. "Kobe didnt want to lose," Bynum said. "We are fighting for a playoff spot. They are one game behind us, so we had to get this win." By taking two out of three against their Staples Center co-tenants, the Lakers also earned the head-to-head tiebreaker in a game that could help decide the division winner and playoff seeding in the West. The division winner will likely earn the No. 3 seed behind Oklahoma City and San Antonio. "Theyre going to make spectacular plays, but we talked about playing poised and composed," Bryant said. "They have so many weapons. But its not any different than some of the other top teams that we face in the league. The crowd obviously gave them a lot of energy and their bench gave them a lot of energy, but we maintained our composure and made big plays." Former Laker Caron Butler scored 28 points to lead six Clippers in double figures. Chris Paul added 22 points and 16 assists, Blake Griffin had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and DeAndre Jordan had 11 points and 13 rebounds for the Wests fourth-place team, the designated home team in this matchup. "Aint no moral victories around here," Paul said. "They won the game and thats that." Ramon Sessions added 16 points and eight assists for the Lakers, who won their fourth in a row. "We miscommunicated a lot of times, worried about Kobe a little too much and we were giving up layups to Sessions," Paul said. Bynum bounced back with an offensive performance that was one point off his season high after injuring his ankle Sunday and running afoul of the front office with some questionable on-court behaviour. "It hurts a little bit, especially on spin moves," Bynum said. "I found more little things out there that hurt so I tried to stay away from them. As the game progresses, the pain subsides." With the Lakers clinging to a two-point lead, Bryant hit a jumper over Randy Foye to make it 110-106 with 24 seconds left. Paul missed a jumper and Griffin was called for a loose ball foul on Pau Gasol, who made one of two free throws with 18 seconds left. "Both teams really wanted it," former Clipper and current Laker Steve Blake said. "It was physical and both teams were changing their game plans on the fly and it was fun to be out there." Griffins tip drew the Clippers within three, but Nick Young fouled Matt Barnes, who made both free throws. 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After consecutive turnovers by both teams, Sessions scored on a driving layup with 47 seconds left to keep the Lakers ahead by four. "We had a couple key turnovers and they made the bigger plays at the end of the game," said Paul, who had two of the Clippers four turnovers in the final 2:45. "We got to learn how to win these games and close these out. It was a good learning process for us because this is how the playoffs are." The Lakers led 73-61 early in the third quarter. The Clippers rallied on a 12-5 run that cut their deficit to five points. Griffin soared to dunk one-handed over Gasol, who argued that Griffin had fouled him with the monster move that sent Gasol staggering toward the floor. But Griffin drew the foul and missed the free throw. "I really didnt see the ball when it went in. I was on my (rear)," Gasol said. "It happened too quick. I dont have a great desire to watch it (again)." Griffin hoped it would give the Clippers some much-needed momentum. "It was exciting," Paul said, "but at the end of the day we lost. Who cares?" Jordan dunked to reinvigorate the crowd and Butler scored the final five points in the spurt. But the Lakers answered with a 14-8 run to end the third up 92-78. Bynum had seven points and Bryant six. "It looked like his ankle wasnt giving him any problems," Griffin said. Jordan made a great play after trying to save the ball from going out of bounds with a leap over the courtside seats. His save got intercepted by the Lakers, but he climbed back over the seats and took off running. He dashed up behind Sessions and poked the ball away, leading to a 3-pointer by Butler to end the third. NOTES: The Clippers seven-game home winning streak ended. ... There were 11 technicals in the teams first two meetings, but there was just one individual technical against Sessions. ... Foye came in averaging 21.6 points and 3.3 assists in the Clippers last three games, but he finished with 11 points and four assists. ... The Lakers improved to 12-15 on the road. ... The Clippers fell to 19-13 against teams with .500 or better records. ' ' '