Texas Rangers bats fall silent again, spoil Nathan Eovaldi’s strong start in loss to Detroit Tigers

ARLINGTON– Jake Rogers hit two solo home runs, including a two-out lead off Jose Leclerc to lead the Detroit Tigers over the Texas Rangers 2-1 Monday night at Globe Life Field.

Ezequiel Duran doubled to the right corner with two outs in the ninth but Leody Taveras

Rogers’ solo homer off starter Nathan Eovaldi in the third tied the game at 1-1.

Eovaldi held the Tigers to one run on three hits and struck out seven in 5.2 innings.

Tarik Skubal (7-1) held the Rangers to one run (Semien’s solo homer) on seven hits and two walks in six innings. He struck out six.

The loss ends the Rangers’ two-game winning streak and drops their home record to 14-14. The Rangers were held to one point or less for the 10th time this season. Seven of the Rangers’ 10 strikeouts were looking.

Three thoughts on Monday’s game:

1. Marcus Semien leads the way