Rangers try to extend road win streak in matchup against the Tigers

Sat, Jun 18, 2022
MLB News (AP)

Texas Rangers (31-33, second in the AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (24-40, fourth in the AL Central)

Detroit; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Taylor Hearn (4-4, 5.37 ERA, 1.66 WHIP, 50 strikeouts); Tigers: Rony Garcia (0-2, 5.06 ERA, 1.09 WHIP, 36 strikeouts)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Rangers -128, Tigers +109; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers will try to keep a four-game road win streak alive when they take on the Detroit Tigers.

Detroit is 24-40 overall and 15-22 at home. The Tigers are 4-2 in games when they hit at least two home runs.

Texas has a 17-15 record in road games and a 31-33 record overall. The Rangers have a 2-11 record in games decided by one run.

Saturday's game is the third time these teams square off this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Miguel Cabrera has a .294 batting average to rank fifth on the Tigers, and has six doubles and three home runs. Harold Castro is 11-for-39 with five RBI over the past 10 games.

Marcus Semien has 10 doubles, a triple, six home runs and 25 RBI for the Rangers. Nate Lowe is 15-for-42 with four doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 3-7, .222 batting average, 5.70 ERA, outscored by 39 runs

Rangers: 6-4, .250 batting average, 4.01 ERA, outscored opponents by one run

INJURIES: Tigers: Austin Meadows: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Daz Cameron: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Jeimer Candelario: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (elbow), Michael Pineda: 15-Day IL (finger), Kyle Funkhouser: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Matt Manning: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Rogers: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jose Cisnero: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rangers: Glenn Otto: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Eli White: 10-Day IL (wrist), Mitch Garver: 10-Day IL (covid-19), Josh Smith: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jonathan Hernandez: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.