DETROIT TIGERS NOTES:

TIGERS SUFFER SECOND STRAIGHT LOSS TO TEXAS: The Tigers were unable to overcome an early deficit last night, falling to the Rangers 10- 2. Detroit was getting shut out until the ninth when Kerry Carpenter hit a two-run homer, his seventh of the season. Zach McKinstry added two hits, including a double, while Andy Ibáñez went 1×4. Joey Wentz started for the Tigers and took the loss, giving up six runs, four earned, on nine hits with two walks and five strikeouts in 4.2 innings.

ROSTER MOVES: The Tigers have announced the following roster moves:
*Optioned LHP Joey Wentz to Triple A Toledo

*Selected LHP Zach Logue from Triple A Toledo

*To make room for Logue on the 40-man roster, designated LHP Anthony Misiewicz for assignment

CARPENTER NAILS ANOTHER ONE: Kerry Carpenter broke up the shutout last night with a two-run homer in the ninth inning, his seventh of the season. Since being reinstated from the injured list on June 9, he is slashing .339/.377/.554 with three doubles, three home runs and eight RBI.

SCHOOP ON THE MOUND: Playing in the 1,183rd game of his Major League career, Jonathan Schoop made the first pitching appearance of his professional career last night, throwing 1.1 scoreless innings with one hit and one strikeout. He became the first Tigers position player to record a multi-inning pitching appearance since Willie Smith tossed 2.0 innings on September 25, 1963 vs. Washington.

TIGERS AND RANGERS: The Tigers and Rangers conclude their season series this afternoon. With last night’s win, Texas clinched the season series over Detroit for the first time since 2019. The Tigers have a 374-334 advantage in the all-time series, including a 5-4 edge at Globe Life Field.

ON THE ROAD: The Tigers are 1-2 on their current seven-game road trip, which includes four games at Texas (1-2) and three games at Colorado (June 30-July 2). Detroit is 16-24 on the road this season. As a team, the Tigers are hitting .214/.283/.340 away from Comerica Park, while the pitching staff has compiled a 4.30 ERA (345.2IP/165ER).

ON DECK: The Tigers continue their road trip tomorrow as they open a three-game series against the Rockies. The two teams met last season in Detroit with Colorado winning two-of-three games. The Rockies hold a slight 17- 16 edge in the all-time series, including a 10-5 advantage at Coors Field.

INJURY REHAB UPDATES: Tarik Skubal made an injury rehab start for Triple A Toledo last night, throwing 4.0 innings and allowing two unearned runs on three hits with two walks and four strikeouts…Trey Wingenter made an injury rehab appearance with the Mud Hens last night, throwing a perfect inning with one strikeout.

TIGERS ON THE IL:

• OF Akil Baddoo (right quad strain, 10-day IL on June 10)
• LHP Matthew Boyd (left elbow sprain, 60-day IL on June 27)
• RHP Beau Brieske (right upper arm discomfort, 60-day IL on March 30, retroactive to March 27)
• RHP Alex Faedo (right middle finger discomfort, 15-day IL on June 3, retroactive to May 31)
• OF Riley Greene (left fibula stress reaction, 10-day IL on May 31)
• OF Austin Meadows (anxiety, 60-day IL on April 8, retroactive to April 7)
• RHP Casey Mize (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on February 17)
• RHP Freddy Pacheco (right elbow sprain, 60-day IL on March 27)
• LHP Eduardo Rodriguez (left index finger pulley rupture, 15-day IL on May 30, retroactive to May 29)
• LHP Tarik Skubal (left elbow strain, 60-day IL on March 14)
• RHP Spencer Turnbull (neck discomfort, 60-day IL on May 12, retroactive to May 7)
• RHP Will Vest (right lower leg strain, 15-day IL on June 27)
• RHP Trey Wingenter (right biceps tendinitis, 60-day IL on April 22, retroactive to April 19)

TODAY’S TIGERS STARTING PITCHER

45 Reese Olson • 1-2, 4.74 ERA (24.2IP/13ER)

• Olson will make the sixth appearance and fifth start of his Major League career today in the series finale at Texas.
• Earned his first big league win on Saturday vs. Minnesota, allowing one run on four hits with a walk and nine strikeouts in 5.1 innings… became the 11th Tigers pitcher since 1901 to strike out nine-or-more batters in one of his first five Major League games (last, Tyler Alexander, July 27, 2019 at Seattle).
• Will be making his first career appearance against the Rangers and at Globe Life Field today.
• Made his Major League debut on June 2 at Chicago (AL), allowing two runs on two hits with one walk and six strikeouts in 5.0 innings… carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning until allowing a single to Romy Gonzalez…according to the Elias Sports Bureau, he became the first Tigers pitcher to throw at least 5.0 no-hit innings in his debut since Bill Slayback pitched 7.0 hitless innings on June 26, 1972 vs. New York (AL).
• Has started 10 games for Triple A Toledo this season, posting a 2-3 record with a 6.38 ERA (36.2IP/26ER) and 47 strikeouts.

TEXAS RANGERS NOTES:

WINS AND LOSSES: Texas beat the Tigers last night, 10-2, and club has a 2-1 record on this 8-G, 8-day homestand vs. DET (2-1 + today) and HOU (4 G)…TEX has won 2 straight after a 3-G losing streak, and club is 4-4 in last 8 G…eam is 7-4 in last 11 G after a 2-7 span from 6/7-16…have a 9-11 record last 20 G beg. 6/7…team is still 14-11 in June, and has won 16 of 28, 20 of 33, 23 of 37, and 31 of last 49 G (beg. 5/6)…team still has A.L.-best 35-20 (.636) record since 4/28, 2nd in MLB to only ATL (36-18, .667)…TEX is 41-25 in last 66 G and 45-27 last 72 G beg. 4/9.

• At 49-31 (.613), TEX owns the 3rd-best record in MLB to TB (.6627, 55-28) and ATL (.6625, 53-27)…club’s 48 wins also rank 3rd in MLB (55-TB, 53-ATL, 49-TEX).
• The 49-31 mark is the 3rd-best 80-G start to a season in Washington/Texas franchise history (see chart below).
• TEX is 18 G above .500, 2 shy of matching season high point of 20-over (40-20 after win 6/6 vs. STL).

WITH A WIN TODAY, Texas could:

• Post one of the 3 best records in team history at the halfway point (81 G) – see chart above – and reach 50 wins in T2nd-fewest games in franchise’s 63-year history.
• Take a 2nd straight home series and improve to 3-1-0 in last 4 series after dropping previous 2 in a row.

SERIES STUFF: TEX has lost 3 of last 5 series after a stretch of 6 straight series victories from 5/19-6/7…those 6 straight series wins marked longest span for team since club-record 10 straight series victories from 5/20-6/20/16…club is 17-7-1 overall in series this year, going 8-3-1 at home and 9-4-0 on the road…is 13-4-1 in last 18 series and 16-5-1 in last 22… TEX has gone 7-2-1 in last 10 series at GLF.

AT HOME: TEX is 26-14 (.650) at home, 2nd-best home record in A.L./MLB to TB (.773, 34-10)…marks TEX’s best 40-G start at home since 2019 (26-14), and is T5th-best mark after \40 home games in team history (see chart)…club has won 4 of 5 and 5 of last 8 G at GLF, but is 5-6 in last 11 G at home… TEX has still won 13 of 19, 14 of 21, 18 of 27, and 23 of last 35 at GLF beg. 4/5…TEX owns a 112-120 all-time record at GLF (2020-23), 32-21 last 53 G here beg. 9/11/22.

• TEX leads MLB in R/G (6.43) at home in 2023, 2nd in MLB in runs at home (257) to only TB (258), which has played 4 more home contests.

VS. DETROIT: TEX is 4-2 vs. DET in ’23, clinching season series victory for 6th time in last 8 years beg. 2015 (DNP in 2020), only losses in 2021-22…Rangers have gone 8-12 vs. DET since start of 2021, incl. 4-5 all-time at Globe Life Field.

RETURN TO FORM?: The Rangers totaled 10 runs on 14 hits last night, club’s highest figures in each category since 6/18 vs. TOR (11 R/15 H)…batters’ 3 HR last night were most since 6/17 vs. TOR (3), while 7 total XBH (3 HR, 4 2B) were most since 6/4 vs. SEA (8).

• Last night was Rangers’ MLB-leading 18th game with 10+ R in ’23 (18-TEX, 11-CHC, 10-ATL)…most such games for a Rangers team in a season since 2017 (19), and already T10th-most in club history in a single campaign (record is 25 in 2008).
• The Rangers’ 6 hits w/ RISP last night were most for club since 7 H w/ RISP on 6/4 vs. SEA.
• TEX leads MLB with 478 R in 2023, most by any club over its 1st 80 G of a season since 2003 (BOS-512, TOR-499).
• Club sent 10 men to the plate in a 4-run 1st inning last night, marking 1st time the club has “batted around” in the opening frame of a contest since 5/16/22 vs. LAA.

FEED ZEKE: Ezequiel Duran has HR in 2 straight games for the 1st time in his career, and he has multiple hits in 4 straight and 6 of 7…over his last 10 games, Duran is batting .439/.452/.805/1.257 (18-41) with 3 HR, 4 2B, 3B, and 5 RBI…his 4 straight multi-hit games are T2nd-longest span by a Ranger in 2023 (5 G by Seager, 5/31-6/5)…Duran has a slash line of .322/364/.555/.919 this season…among players with 225 PA’s in 2023, Duran ranks in the MLB top 10 in BA (4th), SLG (7th), and OPS (9th).

• Duran’s line drive HR last night produced a career-high 115.2-mph exit velocity (Statcast), the hardest-hit batted ball by a Ranger in 2023.

ANOTHER 20 FOR ADOLIS: Adolis García had 3 H, including a HR and 3 RBI in last night’s win…has HR in 3 straight games to match the longest HR streak of his career (also 5/16-19/23) and longest by a Ranger in ’23 (4x)…it was García’s team-high 20th HR of the season, 3rd-most in the A.L…this is his 3rd straight 20+ HR campaign (also 2021-22), as he is the 1st Texas batter with at least 3 straight 20+ HR seasons since Shin-Soo Choo and Joey Gallo both accomplished the feat from 2017-19.

• García once again has the MLB lead with 66 RBI in ’23, already the highest pre-AS break total by a Ranger since 2013 (69-Nelson Cruz).

SO CLOSE: Dane Dunning was within one out of a CG shutout last night, but still recorded his 7th win (8.2 IP, 2 R-ER)… still set a career high for innings and matched his career best with 10 SO (also 5/9/21 vs. SEA)…his 78 game score last night is 2nd-highest of his career (80 game score on 8/6/22 vs. CWS – 7.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R).

SHORTS: This weekend marks Rangers’ 2nd series with HOU in ’23, as TEX took 2 of 3 from 4/14-16 at Minute Maid Park…Marcus Semien has started 212 consecutive games
for Texas since his lone day off as a Ranger on 5/12/22 vs. KC…Rangers are 21-9 in day games, losing 2 straight, but have a 11-1 record in day tilts at Globe Life Field with 6 straight wins…TEX offense in day games in Arlington this season: .353/.424/.650/1.074 with 126 R (10.5 R/G)…Corey Seager has reached base safely via H/BB in 18 straight games (beg. 6/10), the A.L.’s longest active on-base streak and 4th-longest of his career (career-high 21 G, 8/3-27/17)… Adolis García just the 8th player (11th instance) in club history w/ 60+ R & RBI pre-ASB (last Josh Hamilton in 2008).

TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER – #61 Cody Bradford, LHP (0-1, 5.40)
TODAY: The 25-year-old left-hander is expected to make the 5th appearance/4th start of his MLB career in today’s series finale with Detroit…has had 3 MLB stints with Texas in 2023: 5/15, 5/27-28, 6/13-current…was announced last night as Rangers’ starter for today’s game…will work on 2 days’ rest this afternoon, as his last outing was his 1st career relief app. on Mon. vs. DET (see ‘Last Outing’)… has posted a 2.70 ERA (3 ER/10.0 IP) over his last 3 G/2 GS to lower his season ERA figure from 10.80 to 5.40…has gone 8-1 with a 1.82 ERA (12 ER/59.1 IP) in 10 G/GS for Round Rock (AAA) this season…opened the ‘23 campaign by going 5-0 with a 0.64 ERA (2 ER/28.1 IP) in his first 5 starts at Triple-A, earning PCL Pitcher of the Month honors for April…entered this season ranked among the top prospects in the Texas farm system by both Baseball America (no. 22) and MLB Pipeline (no. 26)…was named a 2021 Texas Organization All-Star by MiLB.com in his 1st professional action…missed the 2019 and 2020 campaigns due to injury and the pandemic respectively…owns a lifetime 24-12 record, 4.00 ERA (122 ER/274.1 IP), and 302 strikeouts over 56 starts in the minor leagues, and has spent all 3 seasons (2021-23) of his professional career in the Rangers organization…he was originally selected by Texas in the 6th round of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Baylor University, where he went 12-11, 3.86 (76 ER/177.1 IP) in 32 G/31 GS from 2017-19…the native Texan prepped at Aledo (Tex.) High School and grew up as a Rangers fan idolizing Derek Holland.

LAST OUTING: Finished TEX’s 7-2 loss on Mon. vs. DET (0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO, 13 pitches/9 strikes) in his 1st career ML action in relief…retired both batters he faced: Jake Marisnick (flyout) and Javier Báez (strikeout).

FIRST MLB START: Bradford took the loss in his Major League debut on 5/15 vs. ATL against a tough Braves lineup (5.0 IP, 7 H, 6 R-ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 2 HR, 90 pitches/56 strikes)…became just the 2nd Texas pitcher to make a ML debut with a start since the beginning of 2022 (also Cole Ragans on 8/4/22 vs. CWS: ND, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 1 R-0 ER, 4 BB, 3 SO)…it marked the 10th time since the start of 2016 for a Ranger to have a ML debut in a start with Texas, and only one of the 10 in that span have earned a win: A.J. Alexy on 8/30/21 vs. COL (W, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 SO)…additionally, Bradford became the 4th native Texan ever to make his ML debut as a starting pitcher for the Rangers in Arlington: Glenn Otto on 8/27/21 vs. HOU (ND, 5.0 IP, 0 R), current Rangers Executive Vice President & General Manager Chris Young Chris Young on 8/24/04 vs. MIN (ND, 5.2 IP, 3 R-ER), and Jim Gideon on 9/14/75 vs. CWS (W, 5.2 IP, 6 R-5 ER).

AS A STARTER: Has gone 0-1 with a 5.64 ERA (9 ER/14.1 IP) in his 3 starts with Texas this season…has allowed 2-or-fewer runs in each of his last 2 starts: 6/13 vs. LAA (ND, 4.1 IP, 2 H, 1 R-ER) and 5/28 at BAL (ND, 5.0 IP, 5 H, 2 R-ER)… opponents have batted .264/.305/.528/.833 (14-53) with 2 HR in his starts, with both HR coming in his MLB debut on 5/15 vs. ATL (Acuña Jr./Pillar)…Rangers are 0-4 in his 4 outings this season, as he is still seeking his 1st career win