Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

59-39, 27-21 Away

Final
0 - 2

Texas Rangers

49-49, 27-19 Home

Seager hits 2-run double in 8th to get Rangers to .500 and hand MLB-best Tigers 5th loss in row

Rangers survive with tight 2-0 win at home

The Tigers (59-39) had a majors-high six players this week at the All-Star Game after going into the break with the best record in the majors, even after losing their last four games before that.

Seager lined a ball into the right-center gap that rolled to the wall. Cody Freeman, making his big-league debut as a pinch-runner after Kyle Higashioka's one-out double, scored the first run and was followed home by Josh Smith, who walked against Tommy Kahnle (1-3).

Chris Martin (1-5), the third Texas pitcher, worked the eighth. Robert Garcia pitched the ninth for his seventh save in 10 chances to wrap up the 10th shutout by the Rangers this season.

Both starting pitchers worked into the sixth without allowing a run. Rangers left-hander Patrick Corbin struck out six in 5 2/3 innings. Detroit's Reese Olson had five Ks before departing after Jonah Heim's leadoff double in the sixth, only the second hit given up by the right-hander.

The Tigers were held scoreless for the sixth time this season.

Key moment Seager's go-ahead hit that also extended his on-base streak to 19 games.

Key stat The Rangers (49-49) got back to .500 for the first time since June 15. They had lost the past seven games when they had a chance to reach that mark.

Up next Keider Montero (4-1, 4.02 ERA) pitches Saturday night for Detroit in the middle game of the three-game series. Rookie Kumar Rocker (3-4, 6.39) starts for Texas.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Rogers struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rogers hit for Keith
	9th Inning	Torkelson singled to left.
	9th Inning	Greene grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Jones struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	R. Garcia relieved Martin

Statistics

DET		$https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/mlb/500/tex.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=origin$ TEX
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	8
9	Strikeouts	9
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	1
4	Hits	4
2	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
2	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
28	At Bats	27
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	9
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	3
9	Fly Balls	11
0	Caught Stealing	1
133	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
4	Total Bases	7
32	Plate Appearances	30
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
0	Extra Base Hits	3
0.5	Runs Created	0.9
.143	Batting Average	.148
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.143	Slugging Percentage	.259
.214	Secondary Average	.148
.250	On Base Percentage	.207
.393	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.466
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.0
6.0	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.16	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.50
.000	Isolated Power	.111
0.44	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.22
.125	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.067
.071	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
60.3	MLB Rating	66.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0