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Detroit Tigers defeat Texas Rangers, 3-2

DETROIT — Jake Rogers hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the sixth inning and Jake Marisnick followed with a run-scoring single in his Tigers debut, leading the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 3-2 Wednesday.

Texas took two of three and has won six straight road series for the first time. The Rangers went 18-9 in May, and their 35-20 record is the team’s best 55-game start.

Marcus Semien extended his hitting streak to 20 games with a double in the third.

With the score 1-1, Nick Maton and Tyler Nevin started the sixth with singles off Dane Dunning (4-1). Zack Short reached on a bunt single against Jonathan Hernández, loading the bases, and Rogers’ sacrifice fly put Detroit ahead. Marisnick, acquired Tuesday from the Chicago White Sox , singled for a 3-1 lead.

Nathaniel Lowe cut the deficit with an RBI single in the seventh against Chasen Shreve. Jason Foley struck out Adolis García, ending the inning, and stranded a runner on third in the eighth, when Will Smith hit an inning-ending groundout.

Will Vest (2-0) retired five straight batters. Alex Lange worked around Semien’s one-out walk in a hitless ninth for his 10th save in 11 chances.

Dunning (4-1) allowed three runs and seven hits in five-plus innings.

Texas went 3 for 10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 runners.

Detroit went ahead in the third when, with runners at the corners and one out, Javier Báez hit a potential double-play chopper to third baseman Josh Jung. but Semien’s relay to first sailed high.

Jung extended his hitting streak to 14 games in the fourth, moving within two of Elvis Andrus’ Texas rookie record, and scored on Jonah Heim’s single. Semien stranded the bases loaded with a popout.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: OF Riley Greene was put on the 10-day injured list with a stress fracture of his left fibula. Marisnick’s contract was selected from Triple-A Toledo. Greene leads the team in batting average (.296), hits (60) and runs (29). Greene is expected to be out until at least July.

 

UP NEXT

Rangers: RHP Jon Gray (5-1, 2.81) is scheduled to start Friday against visiting Seattle and RHP Luis Castillo (4-2, 2.69).

Tigers: RHP Reese Olson is scheduled to make his major league debut Friday at the Chicago White Sox. Olson is 2-3 with a 6.38 ERA in 10 starts at Triple-A Toledo.

Rangers select Josh Jung in the 2019 MLB Draft

The Texas Rangers selected Texas Tech third baseman Josh Jung in the first round of the 2019 MLB draft. The San Antonio native was the No. 8 pick overall. Jung, a junior, ranked 12th in the country for his .392 batting average his sophomore season.

The Rangers will select again for No. 41 and No. 50 picks later in the night.

Rangers’ Gallo will miss time with oblique strain

ARLINGTON — Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo hopes to be sidelined no more than two weeks because of a left oblique strain.

Gallo was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday. He consulted with New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge, who has been out with a similar injury since April 20.

“I talked to Judge yesterday because I was concerned,” Gallo said before Sunday’s game against Kansas City. “I was trying to figure out what he felt, ’cause at the time I didn’t have the MRI.”

The strain is on the back side of Gallo’s swing, while the injury to Judge is to his front side.

Gallo has 17 homers and was tied for second in the AL entering Sunday. His .653 slugging percentage topped the AL.

Rangers manager Chris Woodward said he thinks Gallo will miss about two weeks.

“He worries me just because he creates so much torque with his body, and he’s so strong that we don’t want him to come back too early,” Woodward said.

Woodward said Gallo will probably be able to bat before he can return to the outfield.

Gallo left Saturday’s game while batting with a full count in the fifth inning, an inning after hitting his second homer in two days.