Game Report - July 5, 2026 - Tigers 6, Rangers 3
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Steve Bielawski
Jul 7, 2026, 2:31:12 PM (2 days ago) Jul 7
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> Detroit Tigers 6, Texas Rangers 3 - final
After the Rangers scored a run in the third inning, the Tigers ran off a streak of six runs before the Rangers scored again in the bottom of the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the third inning, Jake Burger hit a solo home run.
In the top of the fourth, Kerry Carpenter singled, and Riley Greene homered.
In the top of the fifth,
James Outman singled,
Kevin McGonigle singled,
Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Outmann,
Kerry Carpenter was awarded first base due to catcher's interference, Mr. McGonigle scored on a wild pitch,
and Riley Greene tripled to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr Carpenter.
In the bottom of the fifth, Nicky Lopez singled, went to second base on a walk to Joc Pederson, and scored on a single by Brandon Nimmo.
In the bottom of the eighth, Ezequiel Duran hit a solo home run.
The Tigers had the day off yesterday (Monday). Starting tonight, they host the Athletics and the Phillies before the All-Star break.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .284 .395 .422
Singled to centre in the first.
Singled to right in the fifth and scored.
Walked in the sixth.
> D. Dingler DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .265 .327 .521
Grounded into a double play in the first.
Singled up the middle in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Outman;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter RF 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 .234 .306 .484
Singled to right in the fourth and scored.
Was safe on catcher's interference in the fifth and scored.
> M. Vierling RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .202 .255 .339
Tripled to centre in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 3 4 1 1 0 .292 .380 .474
Singled to left in the second.
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Carpenter.
Tripled to centre in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Carpenter.
Jusst needed a double to complete the cycle.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .213 .314 .413
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> C. Keith 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .296 .379
Walked in the fourth.
> H. Lee PH-2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .288 .396
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B-SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .196 .274 .291
nothing, with two strikeouts.
> J. Rogers C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .139 .213 .228
nopthing, with three strikeouts.
> J. Outman CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .163 .241 .347
Hit an infield single in the fifth and scored.
> team 36 6 10 5 1 4 10
Six runs were enough to win this game.
> 3B: Vierling (2, Gray); Greene (1, Ahlstrom)
> HR: Greene (13, 4th inning off Rocker 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Greene 4 (44), Dingler (60)
> GIDP: Dingler
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 2-5 (McKinstry 0-1, Greene 1-1, Dingler 1-1, Torkelson 0-1, Lee 0-1)
> Texas Rangers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Pederson DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .242 .338 .466
> J. Burger 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .246 .309 .432
> B. Nimmo RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .258 .329 .412
> E. Duran 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .273 .323 .418
> E. Carter CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .187 .299 .335
Corralled.
> E. Diaz C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .298 .473
Caught.
> J. Smith LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 .318 .301
> C. Cauley 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .286
Clobbered.
Three Rangers were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> A. Osuna PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .339 .276
> N. Lopez SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .365 .384
> team 33 3 6 3 2 2 5
Not enough to win this game.
> 3B: Smith (1, Mize)
> HR: Burger (15, 3rd inning off Mize 0 on, 1 Out); Duran (7, 8th inning off Anderson 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Nimmo (30), Burger (53), Duran (44)
> 2Out RBI: Nimmo; Duran, E.
> Team LOB: 5
> Team RISP: 1-4 (Nimmo 1-1, Lopez 0-1, Burger 0-1, Duran 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Lopez-Burger)
> E: Díaz (3, catcher's interference)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (40-50, 17-29 road) 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
> Texas Rangers (45-45, 20-20 home) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
The big-scoring innings were in the Tigers' favour.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Mize (W, 4-5) 6.2 5 2 2 2 4 1 94-66 2.64
A quality start, and the win.
> D. Sommers 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-3 6.00
Did his job.
> D. Anderson 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11-7 4.36
A bit of a problem.
> K. Jansen (S, 10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 4.98
Did his job.
> team 9.0 6 3 3 2 5 2 117-82
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mize 22/27;
> Sommers 1/1; Anderson 3/4; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mize-20-11-14-20;
> Sommers-2-1-0-0; Anderson-1-1-1-4; Jansen-2-0-1-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mize 7-9;
> Anderson 2-1; Jansen 0-3
> Game Scores: C Mize 58
> Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Rocker (L, 2-7) 4.1 5 3 3 1 4 1 85-50 3.95
Three good innings, then some trouble.
> R. Ahlstrom 0.0 3 3 2 1 0 0 19-9 5.40
The trouble continued.
> G. Collyer 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 31-20 3.20
> C. Winn 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 25-18 6.60
> P. Gray 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18-13 2.87
Did their job, but the damage was done.
> team 9.0 10 6 5 4 10 1 178-110
> WP: Ahlstrom
> IBB: Greene (by Gray).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Winn 3/7; Gray 2/5; Rocker 11/18; Ahlstrom 2/5; Collyer 4/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Winn-2-6-6-3; Gray-2-2-5-4;
> Rocker-12-10-15-13; Ahlstrom-1-1-4-3; Collyer-7-6-5-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Winn 0-3; Gray 1-2; Rocker 2-6; Collyer 0-2
> Game Scores: K Rocker 44
> Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
> Attendance: 27, 887
> Time of Game: 2:45
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Riley Greene homers and triples for 4 RBIs as Tigers top Rangers 6-3
By AP
Jul 5, 2026, 06:30 pm
ARLINGTON, Texas -- — Riley Greene homered, tripled and drove in four runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Greene sent a two-run home run to right field in the fourth inning and hit a two-run triple high into the left-field corner during a four-run fifth inning.
Casey Mize (4-5) allowed two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings as the Tigers won the series rubber game to finish a 5-1 road trip.
Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 14 chances.
Mize came off the best start of his major league career — seven shutout innings in a win at Yankee Stadium last Monday during which he allowed one hit and no walks with 10 strikeouts.
Greene homered off Kumar Rocker (2-7), his fourth of the trip and ninth since June 1 after a 29-game homer drought.
The Rangers' second consecutive loss dropped them to .500 at 45-45.
Texas contributed to Detroit’s four-run outburst. Rocker didn’t cover first base on a right-side grounder hit by No. 9 batter James Outman that became an infield single. Elias Díaz was called for catcher’s interference. A wild pitch by Robby Ahlstrom scored rookie Kevin McGonigle.
Rocker, 1-7 at home this season, gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Two of Texas' runs came on solo homers — Jake Burger in the third inning and Ezequiel Duran in the eighth. Burger was previously hitless in 15 at-bats.
Josh Jung, the Rangers' regular third baseman, was a late scratch because of pain from fouling a ball off a kneecap on Saturday.
Up next
Both teams begin three-game home series on Tuesday. LHP Tarik Skubal (4-4, 3.15 ERA) will start for the Tigers against the Athletics. Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5, 3.58) will go against the Los Angeles Angels.
After the Rangers scored a run in the third inning, the Tigers ran off a streak of six runs before the Rangers scored again in the bottom of the fifth inning.
In the bottom of the third inning, Jake Burger hit a solo home run.
In the top of the fourth, Kerry Carpenter singled, and Riley Greene homered.
In the top of the fifth,
James Outman singled,
Kevin McGonigle singled,
Dillon Dingler singled to drive in Mr. Outmann,
Kerry Carpenter was awarded first base due to catcher's interference, Mr. McGonigle scored on a wild pitch,
and Riley Greene tripled to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr Carpenter.
In the bottom of the fifth, Nicky Lopez singled, went to second base on a walk to Joc Pederson, and scored on a single by Brandon Nimmo.
In the bottom of the eighth, Ezequiel Duran hit a solo home run.
The Tigers had the day off yesterday (Monday). Starting tonight, they host the Athletics and the Phillies before the All-Star break.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 1 2 0 0 1 0 .284 .395 .422
Singled to centre in the first.
Singled to right in the fifth and scored.
Walked in the sixth.
> D. Dingler DH 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 .265 .327 .521
Grounded into a double play in the first.
Singled up the middle in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Outman;
he would soon score as well.
> K. Carpenter RF 3 2 1 0 0 0 2 .234 .306 .484
Singled to right in the fourth and scored.
Was safe on catcher's interference in the fifth and scored.
> M. Vierling RF 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .202 .255 .339
Tripled to centre in the ninth.
> R. Greene LF 4 1 3 4 1 1 0 .292 .380 .474
Singled to left in the second.
Homered to right in the fourth
to drive in Mr. Carpenter.
Tripled to centre in the fifth
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Carpenter.
Jusst needed a double to complete the cycle.
> S. Torkelson 1B 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .213 .314 .413
Walked in the fifth.
Singled to left in the seventh.
> C. Keith 3B 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .296 .379
Walked in the fourth.
> H. Lee PH-2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 .288 .396
In the KIITI club.
> Z. McKinstry 2B-SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .196 .274 .291
nothing, with two strikeouts.
> J. Rogers C 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 .139 .213 .228
nopthing, with three strikeouts.
> J. Outman CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 .163 .241 .347
Hit an infield single in the fifth and scored.
> team 36 6 10 5 1 4 10
Six runs were enough to win this game.
> 3B: Vierling (2, Gray); Greene (1, Ahlstrom)
> HR: Greene (13, 4th inning off Rocker 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Greene 4 (44), Dingler (60)
> GIDP: Dingler
> Team LOB: 8
> Team RISP: 2-5 (McKinstry 0-1, Greene 1-1, Dingler 1-1, Torkelson 0-1, Lee 0-1)
> Texas Rangers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> J. Pederson DH 3 0 1 0 0 1 1 .242 .338 .466
> J. Burger 1B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .246 .309 .432
> B. Nimmo RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 .258 .329 .412
> E. Duran 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 .273 .323 .418
> E. Carter CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .187 .299 .335
Corralled.
> E. Diaz C 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .291 .298 .473
Caught.
> J. Smith LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 .318 .301
> C. Cauley 2B 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .286
Clobbered.
Three Rangers were aboard the 0-fer Express.
> A. Osuna PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .339 .276
> N. Lopez SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333 .365 .384
> team 33 3 6 3 2 2 5
Not enough to win this game.
> 3B: Smith (1, Mize)
> HR: Burger (15, 3rd inning off Mize 0 on, 1 Out); Duran (7, 8th inning off Anderson 0 on, 2 Out)
> RBI: Nimmo (30), Burger (53), Duran (44)
> 2Out RBI: Nimmo; Duran, E.
> Team LOB: 5
> Team RISP: 1-4 (Nimmo 1-1, Lopez 0-1, Burger 0-1, Duran 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Lopez-Burger)
> E: Díaz (3, catcher's interference)
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Detroit Tigers (40-50, 17-29 road) 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
> Texas Rangers (45-45, 20-20 home) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 - 3 6 1
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
The big-scoring innings were in the Tigers' favour.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> C. Mize (W, 4-5) 6.2 5 2 2 2 4 1 94-66 2.64
A quality start, and the win.
> D. Sommers 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4-3 6.00
Did his job.
> D. Anderson 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 1 11-7 4.36
A bit of a problem.
> K. Jansen (S, 10) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8-6 4.98
Did his job.
> team 9.0 6 3 3 2 5 2 117-82
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Mize 22/27;
> Sommers 1/1; Anderson 3/4; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Mize-20-11-14-20;
> Sommers-2-1-0-0; Anderson-1-1-1-4; Jansen-2-0-1-1
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Mize 7-9;
> Anderson 2-1; Jansen 0-3
> Game Scores: C Mize 58
> Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> K. Rocker (L, 2-7) 4.1 5 3 3 1 4 1 85-50 3.95
Three good innings, then some trouble.
> R. Ahlstrom 0.0 3 3 2 1 0 0 19-9 5.40
The trouble continued.
> G. Collyer 1.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 31-20 3.20
> C. Winn 2.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 25-18 6.60
> P. Gray 1.0 1 0 0 1 0 0 18-13 2.87
Did their job, but the damage was done.
> team 9.0 10 6 5 4 10 1 178-110
> WP: Ahlstrom
> IBB: Greene (by Gray).
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Winn 3/7; Gray 2/5; Rocker 11/18; Ahlstrom 2/5; Collyer 4/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Winn-2-6-6-3; Gray-2-2-5-4;
> Rocker-12-10-15-13; Ahlstrom-1-1-4-3; Collyer-7-6-5-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Winn 0-3; Gray 1-2; Rocker 2-6; Collyer 0-2
> Game Scores: K Rocker 44
> Venue: Globe Life Field, Arlington, Texas
> Attendance: 27, 887
> Time of Game: 2:45
This game report is brought to you by the Dealey Plaza Merchants' Association.
One shooting, and half a century later, it's all you're known for.
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Riley Greene homers and triples for 4 RBIs as Tigers top Rangers 6-3
By AP
Jul 5, 2026, 06:30 pm
ARLINGTON, Texas -- — Riley Greene homered, tripled and drove in four runs for the Detroit Tigers in a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers on Sunday.
Greene sent a two-run home run to right field in the fourth inning and hit a two-run triple high into the left-field corner during a four-run fifth inning.
Casey Mize (4-5) allowed two runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings as the Tigers won the series rubber game to finish a 5-1 road trip.
Kenley Jansen pitched a perfect ninth for his 10th save in 14 chances.
Mize came off the best start of his major league career — seven shutout innings in a win at Yankee Stadium last Monday during which he allowed one hit and no walks with 10 strikeouts.
Greene homered off Kumar Rocker (2-7), his fourth of the trip and ninth since June 1 after a 29-game homer drought.
The Rangers' second consecutive loss dropped them to .500 at 45-45.
Texas contributed to Detroit’s four-run outburst. Rocker didn’t cover first base on a right-side grounder hit by No. 9 batter James Outman that became an infield single. Elias Díaz was called for catcher’s interference. A wild pitch by Robby Ahlstrom scored rookie Kevin McGonigle.
Rocker, 1-7 at home this season, gave up three runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Two of Texas' runs came on solo homers — Jake Burger in the third inning and Ezequiel Duran in the eighth. Burger was previously hitless in 15 at-bats.
Josh Jung, the Rangers' regular third baseman, was a late scratch because of pain from fouling a ball off a kneecap on Saturday.
Up next
Both teams begin three-game home series on Tuesday. LHP Tarik Skubal (4-4, 3.15 ERA) will start for the Tigers against the Athletics. Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (7-5, 3.58) will go against the Los Angeles Angels.
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