Rangers, Tarik Skubal and Detroit Tigers
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The Texas Rangers have emerged as one of many teams to watch at the trade deadline, and president Chris Young explained his squad's approach.
The Tigers’ season-long losing streak hit six games Saturday night, beaten for the second straight night by the Texas Rangers, 4-1.
Riley Greene homered in the ninth inning to keep the Tigers from being shut out for the second straight game in Texas.
Relief pitcher Chris Martin made an early exit during his appearance against the Tigers, appearing to tweak something in his right leg on a play in which the Tigers scored the go-ahead run off Martin in the eighth inning. He exited with Rangers’ training staff shortly after and was replaced by reliever Caleb Boushley.
The Tigers return home for the first time after the All-Star Break. They visited the Texas Rangers for a trio of games. Detroit dropped the first two games of the series with limited offense, but relied on great pitching from Tarik Skubal and company kept the Tigers from getting swept.
Kumar Rocker took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Rowdy Tellez hit a three-run home run in his second game with the Rangers as Texas beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1.