ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jason Kipnis and the Cleveland Indians felt a lot better heading home for a day off after what was still a miserable trip overall. Kipnis had a home run among his three hits, and the Indians got a series-clinching 5-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday, a night after ending an eight-game losing streak. "Definitely a good way to end this trip that did not start the way we wanted it to," Kipnis said. "It takes a little pressure off. You get a happy flight home, you get a day off, you get a little momentum on your side, you get to go home for a long homestand. I think everybody is ready to go home even more so now." The Indians hit the road after an 11-3 loss at home to Tampa Bay on June 2. They were then swept in three-game series at the New York Yankees and Detroit before losing the opener at Texas. Now they get a day off Thursday before playing Washington on Friday to start a nine-game homestand. "We went through a pretty bad stretch there," manager Terry Francona said. "We played well tonight, and well have a much-needed day off." Mike Aviles also homered for Cleveland (32-33) which also won 5-2 on Tuesday after losing the series opener 6-3. The Indians get a day off before starting a nine-game homestand Friday against Washington. The Indians had lost 12 games in a row away from home before winning the last two against Texas. They had gone 0-4-1 in road series since taking two of three May 10-12 in an early series at Detroit, the only American League team with a better home record than the Rangers (19-10). Ubaldo Jimenez (5-4) allowed one run pitching into the sixth, and five relievers finished it out for the Indians. Rangers rookie right-hander Nick Tepesch (3-6) gave up five runs in five innings with five strikeouts. "Its just when he got the ball out over the plate, they were putting some good swings on it, not missing," manager Ron Washington said. " I thought he was sinking the ball extremely well, but when it didnt sink, they put some good swings on it. " The Indians went ahead to stay with two outs in the second when Jason Giambi was hit by a pitch and Aviles homered, his fourth this season, for a 2-0 lead. An inning later, Michael Bourn had a leadoff infield hit and scored on Michael Brantleys single. Leonys Martin scored both runs for Texas. He led off the third with his third homer, and reached on an infield single in the ninth before scoring on Juricksons Profars double. Jimenez, who had four strikeouts and four walks, was gone after Lance Berkman walked and Adrian Beltre singled to start the sixth. Reliever Rich Hill retired the only batter he faced before Bryan Shaw got the last two outs of the inning. "Like we expect," Francona said of the relievers. Kipnis, who finished a triple shy of the cycle, hit his ninth homer on the first pitch of the fifth. Brantley then walked with one out and scored on a double by Carlos Santana to make it 5-1. After a flyout in his first at-bat, Kipnis singled in the third. He had a hustling double in the seventh, when he hit the ball to left and slid headfirst into second to beat a strong throw by David Murphy, who had already thrown out one base runner. In the ninth, Kipnis reached on a strange double-play fielders choice. Runners on first and second base both froze when shortstop Jurickson Profar couldnt quite come up with a short-hopper. Profar threw to third for the force, and Adrian Beltre held the ball momentarily before realizing there was still a play to be made at second. Bourn also started the game with a single, but ended the first when he was thrown out trying to score on Brantleys two-out hit. Murphy threw a strike to catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who held on through the collision at the plate. It was Murphys third outfield assistant his last eight games. 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Fourth in the nation in scoring at just over 25 points per game, Peters scored 27 points to go with nine rebounds, finished 10 of 10 from the free throw line, and scored on three straight possessions down the stretch.We always talk about not shying away from the moment and its very evident that Alec wants the ball in those moments, said Valparaiso coach Matt Lottich. Im happy hes on our side.The win snapped a streak of 40 straight Valpo losses to ranked teams, dating back to the Crusaders upset over Ole Miss in the 1998 NCAA tournament.This is pretty big... Definitely top five, Peters said when asked to rank this win in his career. Weve still got some big games ahead of us and Im very confident that we can win some bigger ones.Jubril Adekoya chipped in 13 points and Tevonn Walker had 10 for the Crusaders (7-1), who will take more than a week off before a trip to face No. 1 Kentucky in Lexington.Jared Terrell scored 21 points for Rhode Island (5-2) in the Rams first true road game of the season. Hassan Martin added 16 points and six rebounds.These are the type of game that expose the things you need to work on and get better at, said Rhode Island coach Dan Hurley. They also prepare you for the rigors of conference play. That was a conference-type game, semi-final of a conference championship intensity in that game.Consecutive URI buckets cut Valpos lead to 64-62 with 20 seconds left. 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Our guys just continued to push the envelope, continued to play aggressive.POLL IMPLICATIONSRhode Island moved up two spots to 21 in the AP poll this week and has been ranked for four consecutive weeks, the second-longest stretch in program history, a streak now in jeopardy, while Valpo will try again to play giant killer against Kentucky next week.RESUME BUILDERHurley pointed to what this game could do for his teams NCAA resume, despite the loss.These are great wins for your postseason resume, and theyre probably not bad losses, either, Hurley said. I think well both have good numbers at the end of the year if we both do what were supposed to do.BIG PICTURERhode Island: The Rams failed to avenge a 58-55 home loss to Valpo last season.Valparaiso: Coming off a program-best 30 wins last season, the Crusaders matched their best eight-game start in the last 70 years, and improved to 4-1 all-time against Rhode Island.UP NEXTRhode Island: The Rams stay on the road to play to try and avenge another narrow loss last year when they visit in-state rival Providence College on Saturday.Valparaiso: The Crusaders are off eight days before traveling to Lexington to face No. 1 Kentucky next Wednesday. ' ' '