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Texas native Jake Rogers homers twice and Detroit Tigers beat Rangers 2-1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) Jake Rogers homered twice, including a tiebreaking drive in the eighth inning, and the Detroit Tigers beat the Texas Rangers 2-1 on Monday night to get back to .500.

A West Texas native who lives in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Rogers hit a two-out homer in the third against Nathan Eovaldi and a 1-1 cut fastball from José Leclerc (3-4) just inside the left-field foul pole with two outs in the eighth. The 29-year-old Rogers had the third two-homer game of his big league career and doubled his season home run total.

His four career homers at Globe Life Field match his career high at an opposing park, along with Angel Stadium.

“I don’t know if my family would let me back if I didn’t leave Texas (with) a homer,” said Rogers, the Tigers’ No. 9 batter.

His first home run ended a 20-inning scoreless streak by Texas pitching.

Beau Brieske (1-0) struck out four in three scoreless innings, his longest relief outing. Brieske allowed Ezequiel Durán’s two-out double in the ninth that bounced off first base and down the right-field line before retiring Leody Taveras on a flyout.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said Brieske’s performance in the seventh and eighth convinced him to let the pitcher finish. Brieske retired his first six batters, including all three on called strikeouts in the seventh.

“That type of ending doesn’t happen very often,” Hinch said.

Detroit (30-30) has won two straight.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy missed the game because of what the team said was a personal matter, and he was expected back Tuesday. Associate manager Will Venable ran the club.

Texas (29-31) had won five of six following a 2-12 skid. The Rangers outhit Detroit 8-4 but went 0 for 7 with runners in scoring position and stranded eight overall.

“The guys did a good job,” Venable said. “We had some opportunities there and just weren’t able to get that one extra hit.”

Marcus Semien hit his fourth leadoff homer this season and the 28th of his big league career. The drive came off Tigers starter Tarik Skubal, who allowed seven hits over six innings and lowered his ERA to 1.97.

Corey Seager singled twice and extended his hitting streak to 16 games.

Eovaldi gave up one run and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, limited to 71 pitches in his second start back from the injured list. Rangers starters have allowed three earned runs or fewer in 16 consecutive games.

Detroit’s Justyn-Henry Malloy made his major league debut at designated hitter after his contract was selected from Triple-A Toledo. Malloy went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts. His first at-bat was a flyout to the right-center warning track.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: Hinch said RHP Shelby Miller (ulnar nerve irritation) should be activated during this three-game series.

UP NEXT

Tigers RHP Jack Flaherty (2-4, 3.46 ERA) starts Tuesday after giving up one single following 6 1/3 no-hit innings in a win at Boston. Rangers RHP Dane Dunning (4-3, 3.94) allowed three hits and four walks in five innings in a victory over Arizona.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET30-30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
Rangers TEX29-31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0

Globe Life FieldArlington, TX

W: B. Brieske (1-0)L: J. Leclerc (3-4)S: (0)
HR: DET - J. Rogers 2 (5), TEX - M. Semien (11)

DETTigers

TEXRangers

.B. BrieskeBeau Brieske
P
3.0 IP, 4 SO, 53 P
.N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi
P
5.2 IP, ER, 7 SO, 71 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
W. Perez RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.325	.437	.761	-0.5
R. Greene CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.249	.349	.452	.801	1.0
M. Canha 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.242	.353	.389	.742	-0.5
G. Urshela 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.274	.303	.372	.674	0.5
C. Keith 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.223	.279	.291	.570	0.0
J. Malloy DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.0
A. Baddoo LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.211	.471	.681	-0.5
J. Baez SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.188	.215	.256	.471	-1.0
J. Rogers C	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	.230	.293	.381	.673	12.0

HITTERS	AB
W. Perez RF	4
R. Greene CF	4
M. Canha 1B	4
G. Urshela 3B	4
C. Keith 2B	3
J. Malloy DH	3
A. Baddoo LF	3
J. Baez SS	3
J. Rogers C	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	.263	.322	.445	.768	7.5
C. Seager SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.272	.361	.479	.840	1.5
R. Grossman DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.181	.316	.223	.539	-0.5
a- N. Lowe PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.357	.338	.695	0.0
A. Garcia RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.285	.458	.743	0.5
J. Heim C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.241	.288	.346	.633	0.5
W. Langford LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	.230	.289	.302	.592	3.5
J. Smith 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.281	.370	.416	.786	-1.0
E. Duran 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.270	.323	.330	.653	2.0
L. Taveras CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.241	.312	.369	.681	-1.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	3
C. Seager SS	4
R. Grossman DH	3
a- N. Lowe PH-DH	1
A. Garcia RF	4
J. Heim C	3
W. Langford LF	4
J. Smith 3B	4
E. Duran 1B	4
L. Taveras CF	4

a-flied out for Grossman in the 8th

2B - R. Greene (12)
HR - J. Rogers 2 (4)
RBI - J. Rogers 2 (8)
2-Out RBI - J. Rogers 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Canha

2B - E. Duran (4)
3B - W. Langford (2)
HR - M. Semien (10)
RBI - M. Semien (35)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Grossman, J. Smith, E. Duran, L. Taveras

DP - (Baez-Keith-Canha)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal	6.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	1.97	0.88	14.0
B. Brieske (W, 1-0)	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1.59	0.79	17.0

PITCHERS	IP
T. Skubal	6.0
B. Brieske (W, 1-0)	3.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Eovaldi	5.2	3	1	1	7	1	2.70	1.12	16.5
J. Leclerc (L, 3-4)	2.1	1	1	1	3	1	4.88	1.27	1.5
J. Hernandez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	1.56	3.0

PITCHERS	IP
N. Eovaldi	5.2
J. Leclerc (L, 3-4)	2.1
J. Hernandez	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - T. Skubal 96-65, B. Brieske 53-34
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. Skubal 9-6, B. Brieske 1-4
Batters Faced - T. Skubal 26, B. Brieske 10

Pitches-Strikes - N. Eovaldi 71-55, J. Leclerc 25-17, J. Hernandez 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Eovaldi 6-4, J. Leclerc 1-3, J. Hernandez 1-2
Batters Faced - N. Eovaldi 20, J. Leclerc 8, J. Hernandez 3

.B. BrieskeBeau Brieske
P
3.0 IP, 4 SO, 53 P
.N. EovaldiNathan Eovaldi
P
5.2 IP, ER, 7 SO, 71 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Tigers DET30-30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	0
Rangers TEX29-31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	0

Globe Life FieldArlington, TX

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
W. Perez RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	.261	.325	.437	.761	-0.5
R. Greene CF	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	.249	.349	.452	.801	1.0
M. Canha 1B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.242	.353	.389	.742	-0.5
G. Urshela 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	.274	.303	.372	.674	0.5
C. Keith 2B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.223	.279	.291	.570	0.0
J. Malloy DH	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-1.0
A. Baddoo LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.211	.471	.681	-0.5
J. Baez SS	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	.188	.215	.256	.471	-1.0
J. Rogers C	3	2	2	2	2	0	0	.230	.293	.381	.673	12.0
Total	31	2	4	2	2	10	2	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
W. Perez RF	4
R. Greene CF	4
M. Canha 1B	4
G. Urshela 3B	4
C. Keith 2B	3
J. Malloy DH	3
A. Baddoo LF	3
J. Baez SS	3
J. Rogers C	3
Total	31

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Semien 2B	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	0	.263	.322	.445	.768	7.5
C. Seager SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.272	.361	.479	.840	1.5
R. Grossman DH	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.181	.316	.223	.539	-0.5
a- N. Lowe PH-DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.256	.357	.338	.695	0.0
A. Garcia RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.231	.285	.458	.743	0.5
J. Heim C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.241	.288	.346	.633	0.5
W. Langford LF	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	.230	.289	.302	.592	3.5
J. Smith 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.281	.370	.416	.786	-1.0
E. Duran 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.270	.323	.330	.653	2.0
L. Taveras CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.241	.312	.369	.681	-1.0
Total	34	1	8	1	1	2	10	14	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Semien 2B	3
C. Seager SS	4
R. Grossman DH	3
a- N. Lowe PH-DH	1
A. Garcia RF	4
J. Heim C	3
W. Langford LF	4
J. Smith 3B	4
E. Duran 1B	4
L. Taveras CF	4
Total	34

a-flied out for Grossman in the 8th

2B - R. Greene (12)
HR - J. Rogers 2 (4)
RBI - J. Rogers 2 (8)
2-Out RBI - J. Rogers 2 (2)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Canha

2B - E. Duran (4)
3B - W. Langford (2)
HR - M. Semien (10)
RBI - M. Semien (35)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - R. Grossman, J. Smith, E. Duran, L. Taveras

DP - (Baez-Keith-Canha)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. Skubal	6.0	7	1	1	2	6	1	1.97	0.88	14.0
B. Brieske (W, 1-0)	3.0	1	0	0	0	4	0	1.59	0.79	17.0
Total	9.0	8	1	1	2	10	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
T. Skubal	6.0
B. Brieske (W, 1-0)	3.0
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Eovaldi	5.2	3	1	1	7	1	2.70	1.12	16.5
J. Leclerc (L, 3-4)	2.1	1	1	1	3	1	4.88	1.27	1.5
J. Hernandez	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3.50	1.56	3.0
Total	9.0	4	2	2	10	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
N. Eovaldi	5.2
J. Leclerc (L, 3-4)	2.1
J. Hernandez	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - T. Skubal 96-65, B. Brieske 53-34
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. Skubal 9-6, B. Brieske 1-4
Batters Faced - T. Skubal 26, B. Brieske 10

Pitches-Strikes - N. Eovaldi 71-55, J. Leclerc 25-17, J. Hernandez 5-3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Eovaldi 6-4, J. Leclerc 1-3, J. Hernandez 1-2
Batters Faced - N. Eovaldi 20, J. Leclerc 8, J. Hernandez 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

1ST INNING
Semien homered to left 0 1
3RD INNING
Rogers homered to left 1 1
8TH INNING
Rogers homered to left 2 1

1ST INNING
	Semien homered to left	0	1

3RD INNING
	Rogers homered to left	1	1

8TH INNING
	Rogers homered to left	2	1

1ST INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
W. Perez: Strike looking, Perez grounded out to first
R. Greene: Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Greene struck out swinging
M. Canha: Strike looking, Canha grounded out to third
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
M. Semien: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Semien homered to left
C. Seager: Ball, Strike swinging, Seager grounded out to second
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Grossman grounded out to first
A. Garcia: Foul, Ball, Garcia popped out to first
End of the 1st (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
G. Urshela: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Urshela struck out looking
C. Keith: Strike looking, Foul, Keith flied out to deep left
J. Malloy: Malloy flied out to deep center
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
J. Heim: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Heim struck out swinging
W. Langford: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Langford singled to center
J. Smith: Ball, Smith flied out to left
E. Duran: Strike (foul tip), Duran flied out to left
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
A. Baddoo: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Baddoo struck out on foul tip
J. Baez: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul tip, Baez struck out on foul tip
J. Rogers: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Rogers homered to left
W. Perez: Perez grounded out to first
Middle of the 3rd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
L. Taveras: Strike looking, Strike looking, Taveras flied out to right
M. Semien: Strike looking, Semien reached on an infield single to shortstop
C. Seager: Foul, Seager singled to right, Semien to third
R. Grossman: Strike looking, Grossman grounded into double play shortstop to second to first, Seager out at second
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
R. Greene: Foul, Strike swinging, Foul tip, Greene struck out on foul tip
M. Canha: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Canha struck out swinging
G. Urshela: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Urshela singled to right
C. Keith: Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Ball, Keith grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
A. Garcia: Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Garcia struck out swinging
J. Heim: Strike looking, Ball, Heim grounded out to shortstop
W. Langford: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Langford tripled to right
J. Smith: Smith flied out to deep center
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
J. Malloy: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Malloy struck out swinging
A. Baddoo: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Baddoo lined out to left
J. Baez: Strike looking, Baez lined out to right
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
E. Duran: Ball, Duran flied out to deep center
L. Taveras: Strike swinging, Foul, Strike looking, Taveras struck out looking
M. Semien: Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Semien walked
C. Seager: Ball, Foul, Seager singled to left, Semien to second
R. Grossman: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Grossman struck out looking
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Tigers
N. Eovaldi Pitching:
J. Rogers: Rogers grounded out to third
W. Perez: Strike looking, Perez grounded out to shortstop
R. Greene: Ball, Greene doubled to deep right
Jose Leclerc relieved Nathan Eovaldi
M. Canha: Canha lined out to center
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Rangers
T. Skubal Pitching:
A. Garcia: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Garcia reached on an infield single to second
J. Heim: Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Heim walked, Garcia to second
W. Langford: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Langford struck out looking
J. Smith: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Smith struck out looking
E. Duran: Ball, Duran grounded out to first
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Tigers
J. Leclerc Pitching:
G. Urshela: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Urshela grounded out to second
C. Keith: Keith flied out to left
J. Malloy: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Malloy struck out swinging
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Rangers
Beau Brieske relieved Tarik Skubal
L. Taveras: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Taveras struck out looking
M. Semien: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Semien struck out looking
C. Seager: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Seager struck out looking
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Tigers
J. Leclerc Pitching:
A. Baddoo: Baddoo flied out to right
J. Baez: Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Baez struck out swinging
J. Rogers: Strike swinging, Ball, Rogers homered to left
W. Perez: Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Perez struck out swinging
Middle of the 8th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Rangers
Nate Lowe hit for Robbie Grossman
N. Lowe: Foul, Lowe flied out to right
A. Garcia: Foul, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Garcia flied out to center
J. Heim: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Heim flied out to center
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Tigers
Nate Lowe at designated hitter
Jonathan Hernandez relieved Jose Leclerc
R. Greene: Ball, Greene grounded out to first
M. Canha: Ball, Canha flied out to shallow shortstop
G. Urshela: Urshela flied out to deep center
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Rangers
B. Brieske Pitching:
W. Langford: Strike looking, Langford popped out to third
J. Smith: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Smith struck out swinging
E. Duran: Ball, Strike (foul tip), Foul, Ball, Duran doubled to right
L. Taveras: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Taveras flied out to center
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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