Texas Rangers vs Detroit Tigers
When ? Tue, June 07, 2011 – 08:05 PM
Where ? Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
Pitchers: vs Porcello vs Harrison
Detroit may want to keep in the starting lineup Tuesday. While riding a six-game hitting streak that’s raised his average to .201, Raburn is 5 for 7 with two homers and five RBIs against Harrison. The left-hander had been 0-4 with 7.03 ERA in five starts before facing Philadelphia on May 22. He responded by giving up five hits in 8 1/3 innings of the Rangers’ 2-0 win. Six days later, he surrendered five hits over six innings before leaving with a blister on his right index finger in a 10-1 rout of Kansas City. homered twice and knocked in four for West-leading Texas (34-27), which had its five-game winning streak snapped. Cruz is batting .381 with six homers and 12 RBIs during a 10-game hitting streak. The Rangers have allowed 21 runs while losing three in a row to the Tigers in 2011, but Texas’ (5-4, 3.26) hasn’t allowed a run in 14 1/3 innings over his last two games, and is in position to match his longest winning streak of the season. “You just keep grinding and you know that eventually balls are going to find seats and find holes,” said Boesch, who’s hit three of his seven homers in the last three games. Detroit (32-27) leads the major leagues with 14 homers in June, and the Tigers’ surge has moved them within 1 1/2 games of slumping Cleveland for the division lead. Detroit launched a season-high four homers — all in the first three innings off — en route to a 13-7 win Monday. went deep twice among a career-high five hits, and and also homered. In wins at Minnesota and Pittsburgh last month, the right-hander allowed one run and four hits in 13 innings. He limited the Pirates to one hit in eight innings of a 2-0 win during his most recent road start May 22. Highlights, live score and results will be available soon.. stay tuned.