Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers

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Detroit Tigers

31-30, 17-15 Away

Final
3 - 1

Texas Rangers

29-32, 14-15 Home

Jack Flaherty's strong start lifts Tigers over Rangers 3-1

Flaherty (3-4) allowed two hits and no walks through five innings, throwing a season-low 60 pitches, including 44 strikes. In his previous start, the 28-year-old right-hander beat Boston 5-0 by throwing one-hit ball for 6 2/3 innings.

Flaherty said he felt some tightness before the game, and it worsened.

“Just kind of locked up as the game went along,” said Flaherty, wearing a wrap around his lower back. He expressed confidence that he won’t miss his next scheduled start.

Texas broke up the shutout against Tyler Holton with two out in the ninth on Ezequiel Duran’s single that landed between shortstop McKinstry and center fielder Greene. Jason Foley came in to retire Wyatt Langford on a groundout for his 12th save in 14 opportunities.

The Tigers (31-30) have won three straight, are over .500 for the first time since May 18 and have won the first two in the three-game series with all five runs coming on homers.

“I do like that our guys have come in and played in a really tough environment,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “The crowd was electric. Defending world champs, and we took it right to them.”

The Rangers (29-32) had won five of six before the series started, but they've been held to two runs in as many games.

“The bats were just quiet,” said Rangers manager Bruce Bochy, back following a one-game absence for what the team called a personal matter. “We were lucky to get one run to be honest.”

McKinstry’s first home run of the season gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead in the second inning. He also tripled in the fourth and has seven hits — four for extra bases — in 13 career at-bats against Dane Dunning (4-4).

Greene hit a two-out homer in the fifth, also against Dunning.

Both homers by left-handed hitters were pulled just inside the right-field foul pole.

Dunning, making his third start since returning from the injured list, gave up four hits and a walk in five innings.

McKinstry’s two extra-base hits matched a career best. He went into play hitting .185.

Rangers starters have allowed three or fewer earned runs in 17 consecutive games. Texas is 7-10 in those games.

Texas’ Corey Seager went 0 for 3 to end a 16-game hitting streak but, with a sixth-inning walk, extended his on-base streak to a career-high 27 games.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Rangers: RHP Max Scherzer (offseason back surgery, thumb) threw 40 pitches of live batting practice and said he hopes, with a successful recovery day, to begin a rehab assignment soon. … Bochy said OF Evan Carter (lumbar sprain) will probably need another month before beginning to rehab. … RHP Jon Gray (right groin strain) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Wednesday. Gray could be activated this weekend.

The starters for Wednesday’s series finale struggled last time out on Friday. Tigers RHP Kenta Maeda (2-2, 6.25 ERA) allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings in a 7-3 loss at Boston. Rangers RHP José Ureña (1-5, 3.74), who was moved into the rotation on May 7, lasted only 2 1/3 innings in an 8-2 loss at Miami.

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Matchup Prediction

Rangers: 56.3%

Tigers: 43.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Langford grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Foley relieved Holton
	9th Inning	Duran singled to center, Smith scored.
	9th Inning	Grossman grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Grossman hit for Lowe
	9th Inning	García grounded out to first, Smith to second.

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
1	Hit By Pitch	0
10	Ground Balls	12
7	Strikeouts	9
3	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	1
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	31
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
9	Runners Left On Base	15
1	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
16	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
146	Pitches	138
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
15	Total Bases	5
35	Plate Appearances	34
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	0
3.4	Runs Created	0.5
.182	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.455	Slugging Percentage	.161
.333	Secondary Average	.097
.229	On Base Percentage	.235
.683	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.397
0.6	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.2
3.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.5
29.5	Batter Rating	9.0
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.17	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.06
.273	Isolated Power	.000
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.088
.152	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
6.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.2
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
78.3	MLB Rating	63.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0