MLB

Detroit Tigers at Texas Rangers

· Major League Baseball
Detroit Tigers
31-31, 17-16 Away
Final
1 - 9
Texas Rangers
30-32, 15-15 Home

Ureña's perfect-game bid ends with homer but Rangers top Detroit 9-1 to avoid a sweep

Ureña (2-5) retired the first 15 batters before Malloy led off by hitting a 95-mph sinker 413 feet to left-center field on a 3-1 pitch. The 32-year-old allowed the one hit and one walk in 6 2/3 innings, tying his longest outing of the season, throwing 97 pitches and striking out six.

“He was really on top of his game,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “Great effort by him, the offense.”

He received a huge ovation as he left the game and he responded by doffing his cap.

“That was a great feeling,” Ureña said. “We put on a pretty good show for the fans.”

David Robertson and Kirby Yates finished the combined two-hitter as Texas (30-32) broke out after scoring one run in each of the series’ first two games.

Malloy was called up from Triple-A Toledo on Monday. He was the starting DH in all three games of the series, Detroit winning the first two games, and was 0 for 8 with three strikeouts before his homer. He added an eighth-inning single.

“People talk about like getting the monkey off your back. It feels like getting an angry gorilla off your back,” said Malloy, 24. “I was willing it out of there. Moments after that, it’s kind of like a blackout.”

Two players left with injuries during the first two innings. Kenta Maeda threw only two pitches before leaving with right-side abdominal discomfort. Texas shortstop Corey Seager left with left hamstring tightness following an opposite-field RBI single in the second.

Bochy said Seager was removed as a precaution. The hit extended Seager’s career-best on-base streak to 28 games.

Jonah Heim and Josh Smith both had three hits with a homer and two RBI.

Five Tigers relievers followed Maeda beginning with Joey Wentz (0-1), whose 2 2/3 innings and 65 pitches were season highs while allowing three runs. The fifth was position player Zach McKinstry.

Detroit (31-31) has eight wins in its last 12 games.

Ureña was signed as a minor league free agent in January. He began the season in the bullpen but was moved to the starting rotation in early May when multiple Texas starters went on the injured list. He’s 2/3 as a starter and received four total runs of support in his previous four starts.

He was aided by two outstanding fielding plays. Left fielder Travis Jankowski ran down a slicing fly hit by Riley Greene in the fourth inning. In the fifth, Colt Keith’s hard-hit liner to the left side was Ezequiel Duran, who entered the game in the third inning when Smith was moved from third to shortstop to replace Seager.

Maeda’s start was the majors’ shortest since Miami’s Pablo Lopez was ejected after hitting Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr. with the game’s opening pitch on July 2, 2021.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: RHP Alex Faedo (right hip inflammation) was placed on the 15-day injured list.

Rangers: RHP Tyler Mahle (elbow surgery) threw 20 pitches to live hitters for the first time in a year. He’s scheduled to throw 30 next Wednesday.

UP NEXT

Rangers RHP Michael Lorenzen (3-2, 2.96 ERA) will face Giants RHP Logan Webb (4-5, 2.95) on Friday in Texas manager Bruce Bochy’s first Arlington game against the franchise that he led to three World Series titles. Tigers RHP Reese Olson (1-6, 2.48) will start Friday’s series opener against Milwaukee at home.

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Matchup Prediction

Rangers: 52.8%
Tigers: 47.2%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

9th Inning Ibáñez struck out swinging.
9th Inning Ibáñez hit for Canha
9th Inning Greene struck out swinging.
9th Inning Vierling grounded out to third.
9th Inning Yates relieved Robertson
8th Inning Heim flied out to left.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
9 Ground Balls 12
11 Strikeouts 6
1 Runs Batted In 7
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
2 Hits 12
0 Stolen Bases 2
1 Walks 6
0 Catcher Interference 0
1 Runs 9
0 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
29 At Bats 37
1 Home Runs 2
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
3 Runners Left On Base 23
0 Triples 0
0 Game Winning RBIs 1
0 Intentional Walks 1
0 Doubles 2
9 Fly Balls 19
0 Caught Stealing 1
130 Pitches 178
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 0
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
5 Total Bases 20
30 Plate Appearances 43
162.0 Projected Home Runs 324.0
1 Extra Base Hits 4
-0.6 Runs Created 8.4
.069 Batting Average .324
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.172 Slugging Percentage .541
.138 Secondary Average .405
.100 On Base Percentage .419
.272 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .959
1.0 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.6
-0.6 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 8.7
9.0 Batter Rating 56.0
29.0 At Bats Per Home Run 18.5
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.67
4.33 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.14
.103 Isolated Power .216
0.09 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 1.00
.033 Walks Per Plate Appearance .140
.069 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .081
2.0 Runs Produced 16.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 0.8
0.2 Patience Ratio 0.6
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.3
58.8 MLB Rating 101.0
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Globe Life Field

Location: Arlington, Texas
Attendance: 29,748 | Capacity:

2024 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Cleveland 92 69 .571 - L2
Kansas City 86 76 .531 6.5 W1
Detroit 86 76 .531 6.5 L2
Minnesota 82 80 .506 10.5 L4
Chicago 41 121 .253 51.5 W2

2024 American League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Houston 88 73 .547 - W2
Seattle 85 77 .525 3.5 W4
Texas 78 84 .481 10.5 W3
Oakland 69 93 .426 19.5 L3
Los Angeles 63 99 .389 25.5 L6
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