Rangers take road skid into matchup with the Tigers

Texas Rangers (18-21, fourth in the AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (26-13, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Saturday, 6:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Jacob deGrom (2-1, 2.61 ERA, 1.00 WHIP, 36 strikeouts); Tigers: Jack Flaherty (1-4, 3.79 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 46 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers visit the Detroit Tigers looking to end a three-game road losing streak.

Detroit has gone 14-3 at home and 26-13 overall. Tigers pitchers have a collective 2.90 ERA, which ranks second in the AL.

Texas is 18-21 overall and 6-13 in road games. Rangers pitchers have a collective 3.49 ERA, which ranks fifth in the AL.

Saturday's game is the second time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Spencer Torkelson has 11 doubles and 10 home runs while hitting .250 for the Tigers. Riley Greene is 13 for 39 with four home runs over the last 10 games.

Josh Smith has four doubles, a triple and three home runs for the Rangers. Jonah Heim is 12 for 36 with three RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 8-2, .298 batting average, 3.03 ERA, outscored opponents by 45 runs

Rangers: 3-7, .247 batting average, 4.34 ERA, outscored by five runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (arm), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jacob Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

Rangers: Kevin Pillar: 10-Day IL (back), Kyle Higashioka: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.