Baseball
Gio Urshela's two-out single knocked in the go-ahead run in the eighth and the host Detroit Tigers defeated the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon.Detroit starter Casey Mize, making his first home start since April 9, 2022, held Texas to two runs and five hits in six innings with six strikeouts.Andrew Chafin (1-0) struck out three of the four batters he faced and got the win. Jason Foley escaped a ninth-inning jam for his fifth save.Kerry Carpenter had two extra-base hits and drove in a run.Detroit's Spencer Torkelson walked against Jose Urena (0-2) with one out in the eighth. McKinstry hit into a fielder's choice before Jacob Latz replaced Urena. Matt Vierling pinch-hit for Carpenter and singled to move McKinstry to third.Urshela hit the first pitch he saw from Latz for his run-scoring single. Vierling scored on a Latz wild pitch to make it 4-2.Texas starter Jon Gray gave up two runs (one earned) and three hits in six innings with seven strikeouts. Ezequiel Duran scored and knocked in a run.The Tigers seemed poised to take the lead in the second when Carpenter led off with a triple. Gray responded by striking out Gio Urshela and Wenceel Perez.After Javier Baez drew a walk, Parker Meadows popped out to end the inning.The Tigers broke through the following inning. Riley Greene drew a one-out walk. After Torkelson flied out, Zach McKinstry hit a routine single to right field. The ball skipped off Evan Carter's glove and rolled toward the fence as Greene raced home.Texas took a 2-1 lead in the fifth. Josh Smith singled and advanced on a wild pitch. Duran then bounced a single up the middle to knock in Smith.Andrew Knizner had a one-out single to move Duran to second. After a fielder's choice, Semien smacked a two-out single to bring home Duran. Mize avoided more damage as Corey Seager flied out to deep right.Detroit tied the score in the sixth. McKinstry drew a one-out walk and scored on Carpenter's opposite-field double over the head of left fielder Wyatt Langford.