Texas Moves Closer to Safer Ground

The Rangers beat the Tigers 10-4 on July 2.

Texas built a 5-0 lead through four innings, with Elias Díaz homering in the second and Josh Jung and Ezequiel Duran driving in early runs.

Detroit cut it to 5-3 in the fifth on home runs from Colt Keith and Hao-Yu Lee, but Texas answered late. Josh Smith homered in the sixth, the Rangers scored three in the seventh, and Evan Carter added a solo homer in the eighth.

Nathan Eovaldi got the win after allowing three runs over five innings with nine strikeouts.

10-4
Final score, Rangers over Tigers.

9 K
Nathan Eovaldi struck out nine over five innings.

68.9%
Texas' latest BaseChaser playoff odds.

+6.3
Texas moved up 6.3 percentage points on today’s board.

What It Means

The Rangers improve to 45-43. The Tigers fall to 38-50.

BaseChaser lists the Rangers at 68.9% to make the playoffs and the Tigers at 5.3%.

Texas moved up 6.3 percentage points, putting the Rangers closer to safer ground in the playoff race.

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