Sports | MLB Rangers Stay on Track; Beat Royals 2-1 Starter Sidney Ponson gets his first win in exactly a year By Jamie Buss Posted May 1, 2008 11:54 PM CDT Copied Texas Rangers' Ian Kinsler, right, is congratulated by third base coach Matt Walbeck (3) following his leadoff solo home run during the first inning of a game against Kansas City last night. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez) Sidney Ponson got his first victory in a year and the Texas Rangers finished off a successful homestand with Ron Washington still their manager, beating the Kansas City Royals 2-1 last night. Ian Kinsler hit a leadoff homer in the first and Ramon Vazquez hit a tiebreaking drive in the sixth off Zack Greinke (3-1). The Rangers took two-of-three from Kansas City. Ponson (1-0) went eight innings in his second start for the Rangers, benefiting from two double plays and picking off a runner to face the minimum three batters in the fourth through seventh innings. The 31-year-old right-hander struck out five and walked two while throwing 76 of his 108 pitches for strikes. C.J. Wilson worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save. Read These Next State moves toward execution with defibrillator turned on. 'Sir, why are you on the roof?' The crashes just kept on coming at this famous motorcycle rally. Here's another reason to limit ultraprocessed foods. Report an error