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 Austin Jackson drove in a pair of runs and Ian Kinsler, Victor
Martinez and Nick Castellanos each had two hits for the Tigers, who
completed a three-game sweep and have amassed 43 runs in winning the
first six contests on the current nine-game road trip. Porcello
(10-4) allowed three hits and struck out six in his second career
complete game to reach double-digit wins for the sixth consecutive
season.
Nick Martinez (1-5) lasted only 2 1/3 innings, giving up four runs
on six hits and five walks to fall to 0-4 over his last six starts.
The Rangers mustered only three singles en route to dropping eight
in a row for the first time since August 2005.
Singles by Castellanos and Alex Avila along with a walk to Kinsler
loaded the bases in the second for Detroit before Torii Hunter drew
a walk to force in the game's first run. Jackson's two-run single in
the third preceded consecutive back-to-back walks to end Nick
Martinez's night in favor of Scott Baker, who surrendered a
run-scoring single to Kinsler for a 4-0 lead.
Singles by Cabrera and Victor Martinez put runners at the corner in
the fourth before J.D. Martinez delivered a sacrifice fly.
Meanwhile, the Rangers managed only one hit through five innings and
had another threat snuffed out when Elvis Andrus hit into their
third double play in the sixth after Luis Sardiñas and Leonys Martin
opened the inning with singles.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Kinsler extended his hitting streak to six games
while Victor Martinez registered his eighth multiple-hit contest in
the last 12. ... J.D. Martinez had his career-high 14-game hitting
streak snapped but he collected his 18th RBI in his last 12 games.
... Cabrera drove in his 64th run to tie Baltimore's Nelson Cruz and
Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion for the major-league RBI lead.
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