CLEVELAND -- Rangers right-hander Ariel Jurado carried a no-hitter into the fifth inning Wednesday, but was left wondering about the one that got away.

Specifically, the one pitch that Jose Ramirez belted for a two-run homer in the seventh that lifted the Indians to a 2-0 victory over Texas in the first game of a traditional doubleheader at Progressive Field. Jurado (6-7, 4.74 ERA) matched his career high by working seven innings, allowing three hits and striking out five in his initial appearance against Cleveland.

• Box score

The right-hander fell to 1-4 in his last seven starts, but readily called it the “best start” of his two years in the Majors.

“It happens every now and then -- you have one pitch that doesn’t go where you want,” Jurado said. “I was trying to always attack the zone and stay ahead of the hitters. My pitches went where I wanted, but that one time to Ramirez.”

Jurado gave up a single to Mike Freeman with two outs in the fifth to end his no-hit bid. The only other hit allowed by Jurado came on a Carlos Santana single in the seventh, setting up Ramirez’s 393-foot shot to right.

Texas had its five-game winning streak snapped, one shy of its longest of the season.

“That’s a pretty good lineup that Ariel just mowed down, and he was one pitch away from shutting them down,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “This is a pretty good matchup for him, because they don’t really hit sinkers very well, and he took advantage of it.”

Texas was 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position and only pushed one player beyond second base. Logan Forsythe was stranded at third in the second inning, as the Rangers left seven on base against Indians pitchers Zach Plesac, Nick Goody and Brad Hand. Forsythe had two of Texas’ six hits.

“When you don’t get the leadoff guys on [in any inning], it puts a lot of pressure to get two-out hits,” Woodward said. “And we only had three of those.”

Elvis Andrus went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks, raising his career average at Progressive Field to a ballpark-record .418 over 37 games. The slick-fielding shortstop also made two nifty defensive plays, robbing potential hits from Oscar Mercado and Roberto Perez.

Emmanuel Clase tossed a perfect ninth and has retired all nine batters since his contract was purchased from Double-A Frisco on Aug. 2. The 21-year-old righty threw the three fastest pitches of the game, topping out at 100.7 mph.

“We’re getting a lot of weird looks in our dugout from opposing hitters after they see Clase,” Woodward said, laughing. “The impressive thing is he throws strikes in addition to hitting 100 with his cut fastball.”

Designated hitter Hunter Pence played in a game in Cleveland for the first time in his 13-year career, going 0-for-4. The Indians are the only team he has never homered against.