"Ian Kinsler and Nelson Cruz are now linked together in major-league history, but Kinsler knows after Sunday he's not in Cruz's class.

Not after Cruz hit his mammoth homer in the seventh inning off Boston's Clay Buchholz.

That homer to right center allowed Kinsler and Cruz to become the first teammates in history to each homer in the first three games of the season. The blast also traveled 424 feet, and Cruz is just the second right-handed hitter in Rangers Ballpark history to reach the upper deck in right field.

"I've never seen anything like that, never," Kinsler said. "That's pretty impressive, and it was a line driver. He's a strong dude. He's a really strong dude.""