Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball

Detroit Tigers

59-40, 27-22 Away

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Texas Rangers

50-49, 28-19 Home

Kumar Rocker, Rowdy Tellez lead Rangers past slumping Tigers 4-1

Rowdy Tellez's first Rangers homer downs Tigers

Rocker (4-4) pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing only Wenceel Pérez's two-out single in the sixth that was pulled down the first-base line on an 0-2 cut fastball that was low and inside.

The rookie struck out five and walked three, throwing 96 pitches, one shy of his career high.

The Rangers won for the sixth time in their last eight games despite having only four hits. At 50-49, they’re over .500 for the first time since being 25-24 on May 20.

Riley Greene broke up the shutout bid with a ninth-inning home run.

The Tigers still have the best record in the AL at 59-40 even though they have lost a season-high six consecutive games. They were held to three hits after getting four in Friday night’s 2-0 defeat.

Rocker came off a July 9 no-decision against the Los Angeles Angels in which he matched a career high six runs allowed.

Tellez, who joined Texas before Friday’s game, launched a mid-90s fastball on a 3-0 pitch from Keider Montero (4-2) over the 410 sign in center field.

Corey Seager’s fifth-inning RBI single gave him a 20-game on-base streak, the longest for the Rangers this season.

Key moment Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pulled Rocker with one out into the seventh, allowing him to receive an ovation.

Key stat Rangers pitching leads the majors with a 3.22 ERA, their starting rotation is also first at 3.20.

Up next Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (10-3, 2.23 ERA), who started Tuesday’s All-Star Game, will go in Sunday night's series finale. With scheduled Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi straining his back Saturday, LHP Jacob Latz (1-0, 3.00) will make his third start this season.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Vierling fouled out to catcher.
	9th Inning	McKinstry lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Torkelson grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Greene homered to right center (387 feet).
	8th Inning	Carter struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	A. García grounded out to third.

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
11	Ground Balls	7
6	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	4
0	Stolen Bases	1
4	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	4
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	0
13	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
143	Pitches	135
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
6	Total Bases	7
34	Plate Appearances	32
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.9	Runs Created	1.9
.100	Batting Average	.143
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.200	Slugging Percentage	.250
.233	Secondary Average	.286
.206	On Base Percentage	.250
.406	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.500
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
0.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
10.0	Batter Rating	24.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.21	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.22
.100	Isolated Power	.107
0.67	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.44
.118	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.125
.133	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.143
2.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
62.8	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0