SB Nation Detroit - All Aboard The Fail Train: Tigers Lose To Rangers, 8-6, In 14 Inningshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/48919/detroit-fave.png2010-07-20T00:11:23-04:00http://detroit.sbnation.com/rss/stream/13412022010-07-20T00:11:23-04:002010-07-20T00:11:23-04:00Tigers Drop Sixth Straight, This Time To Rangers In 14 Innings
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<p>Detroit, MI (<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/53915/recap/109482">Sports Network</a>) - <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/137/Nelson_Cruz">Nelson Cruz</a> continued his hot hitting, belting a two-run homer in the 14th inning, lifting the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/TEX">Texas Rangers</a> to an 8-6 win over Detroit in the opener of a three-game series at Comerica Park.</p>
<p>Cruz, who had three hits and four RBI, has gone 12-for-23 with 10 runs driven in over his last five games.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/135/Ian_Kinsler">Ian Kinsler</a> provided a two-run homer and three RBI as part of Texas' 19-hit attack. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/440/Josh_Hamilton">Josh Hamilton</a> had four hits and drove in a run, as the Rangers won for the fourth time in five contests. Texas also broke an 11-game skid in Detroit, which was a club record for consecutive road losses to a particular team.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/427/Miguel_Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> homered twice and drove in three runs, but the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/teams/DET">Tigers</a> dropped their season-high sixth straight game.</p>
<p>The game was marred by injuries to players from both sides. Tigers third baseman <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/280/Brandon_Inge">Brandon Inge</a> was hit on the left hand by a pitch in the third inning and suffered a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal bone. He's expected to miss the next 4-to-6 weeks.</p>
<p>Rangers reliever <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/771/Dustin_Nippert">Dustin Nippert</a> was drilled on the side of the head by a line drive off the bat of <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../../mlb/players/31807/Austin_Jackson">Austin Jackson</a> in the sixth inning. The right-hander tried in vain to shield the right side of his head with his hand, but the ball found a path and caught him flush near the top of the scalp. He remained down on the ground for a short time while team trainers assessed his condition, but ultimately Nippert walked off the mound under his own power.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/7/19/1577891/tigers-losing-streak-rangers-14-inningsSean Yuille2010-07-19T15:48:36-04:002010-07-19T15:48:36-04:00Tigers Return To Comerica Looking To End Losing Streak
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<p>(<a href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/events/53915/preview/109404">Sports Network</a>) - The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/DET">Detroit Tigers</a> are certainly happy to be heading home. They may be even happier to see the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/TEX">Texas Rangers</a> as they kick off a three- game series with the American League West leaders this evening at Comerica Park.</p>
<p>Texas has dropped 11 straight in Detroit, which is a club record for consecutive road losses to a particular team.</p>
<p>Detroit, though, was swept in a four-game set by the woeful <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/CLE">Cleveland Indians</a> over the weekend, falling 7-2 in Sunday's finale at Progressive Field. <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/275/Magglio_Ordonez">Magglio Ordonez</a> and <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/427/Miguel_Cabrera">Miguel Cabrera</a> each drove in a run for the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/DET">Tigers</a>, who have lost five straight following a five-game win streak.</p>
<p>"If you're not playing good -- no matter what place you're in, no matter what place the team you're playing is in -- you're going to get beat," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said after Sunday's loss.</p>
<p>Detroit starter <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/107806/Andrew_Oliver">Andrew Oliver</a> (0-4) couldn't match fellow rookie <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/103256/Jeanmar_Gomez">Jeanmar Gomez</a>, giving up five runs on four hits and five walks in 3 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>The road continues to be a problem for the Tigers, who sit 1 1/2 games back of the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/CWS">Chicago White Sox</a> for the top spot in the AL Central, as they have now dropped 10 of their last 13 away from home. Conversely, Detroit has won five of its last six at Comerica, where it has won seven straight series and is 32-13 on the year.</p>
<p>The Tigers turn tonight to righty <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/312/Jeremy_Bonderman">Jeremy Bonderman</a>, who is 5-6 with a 4.79 earned run average. Bonderman picked up the win in his last start on July 10 against Minnesota, which managed three runs and four hits in six innings.</p>
<p>Bonderman is 2-1 with a 4.93 ERA in seven starts against the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/TEX">Rangers</a>.</p>
<p>Texas, meanwhile, headed into the All-Star break with four straight home losses to the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/BAL">Baltimore Orioles</a>. However, the rest seemed to have done the Rangers some good, as they took three of four from the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/teams/BOS">Boston Red Sox</a> over the weekend to win their first four-game series at Fenway Park in 15 years.</p>
<p>The Rangers sealed the series win on Sunday, as <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/150/C_J_Wilson">C.J. Wilson</a> struck out a career-high 10 in 6 2/3 effective innings to help Texas to a 4-2 victory. Wilson (8-5) allowed just one run on three hits and five walks to earn only his second road win of the season, although both have come in Boston.</p>
<p><a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/31582/Elvis_Andrus">Elvis Andrus</a> had three hits and scored a run while <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="../../mlb/players/137/Nelson_Cruz">Nelson Cruz</a> went 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI for the Rangers, who last won a four-game series at Fenway from July 13-16, 1995. Texas has now won 14 of its past 19 away from home.</p>
<p>"We're trying to win series," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "It's hard to come up here and do what we did this weekend. I don't care how many guys [the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/teams/BOS">Red Sox</a>] are missing, those guys know how to play baseball and still have some guys in the lineup that can do some damage. But we never backed down. We still played our game."</p>
<p>Tonight <span>Scott Feldman</span> heads to the hill as the Texas right-hander tries to win for the first time in five starts. Feldman, who is 5-8 with a 5.32 ERA on the season, did not get a decision the last time he toed the rubber back on July 9, as he allowed two runs and eight hits in seven innings of his team's 7-6 loss to Baltimore.</p>
<p>Feldman lost to the Tigers back on April 24 and is 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in eight games (three starts) against them.</p>
<p>Detroit has split four matchups with the Rangers this season after taking seven of the nine meetings a year ago.</p>
https://detroit.sbnation.com/2010/7/19/2318070/tigers-return-to-comerica-looking-to-end-losing-streakSean Yuille