Rowdy Tellez hit a three-run home run to back a strong start by Kumar Rocker as the Texas Rangers defeated the struggling Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Saturday in the second of three-game series in Arlington,

Matt Vierling hit a tiebreaking single with two outs in the eighth inning and the Detroit Tigers snapped a season-worst six-game losing streak by beating the Texas Rangers 2-1.

After giving up the lead on a wild pitch in the bottom of the seventh, Matt Vierling delivered a two-out, two-strike RBI single in the top of the eighth, sending the Tigers to a skid-busting 2-1 win.

The Atlanta Braves and Texas Rangers have a candidate for their potential management vacancies this offseason.

Baseball is rarely predictable but the Rangers flailing against reigning Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal with a sort of give-up lineup seemed written in stone. And that’s how things pretty much played out. Even so, here they were in a 1-1 game with Skubal hitting the showers before the seventh inning had concluded.

The Texas Rangers are currently on the outside looking in on the playoff race in the American League with a 49-49 record entering play on July 19. 3.5 games beh

I didn’t really even have time to think once I got here,” Freeman said. “And then all of sudden I’m on second base. There were just no words.”

The quest of youth pitchers to emulate their heroes, such as Justin Verlander and Jacob deGrom, has caused them to need the same surgeries as the pros.

The baseball world had been waiting to see how the free agency of former Texas Rangers standout reliever David Robertson would play out.