Corey Seager hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers finally got back to .500 with a 2-0 victory over Detroit on Friday night that extended the MLB-best Tigers' season-worst losing streak to five.

Keider Montero got the start for the Tigers, his first since July 7th (he did a bad spot of relief on July 12th). His previous start was a 6 inning, 1 run success against the Rays. The Rangers couldn’t do anything in the first, grounding out twice and ending with a Marcus Semien swinging strikeout on a nasty pitch.

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ARLINGTON - In setting an unofficial club record Friday for placing the most players on the injured list while on a break from the schedule, the Texas Rangers also rewarded Cody Freeman and sent a message to Josh Jung. Freeman got a call-up and Jung got what amounted to a “stay down.”

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The Rangers also launched a "Together for Texas" campaign, selling T-shirts and raising funds to send to the affected region.

The first seven innings had looked all too familiar for the Rangers. When they were given a great opportunity by the Tigers on a missed tag in the baselines and a throwing error in the third, giving them runners on the corners and one out, Josh Smith swung at a 3-0 pitch at the top of the zone for a pop-up. The inning died on a Seager strikeout.

Kumar Rocker took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Rowdy Tellez hit a three-run home run in his second game with the Rangers as Texas beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1.