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- Seager hits 2-run double in 8th to get Rangers to .500 and hand MLB-best Tigers 5th loss in row</p>
<p>STEPHEN HAWKINSJuly 19, 2025 at 10:57 AM</p>
<p>1 / 5Tigers Rangers BaseballTexas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (5) fields a ground ball hit by Detroit Tigers' Spencer Torkelson during the fourth inning of a baseball game on Friday, July 18, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Hodde)</p>
<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager hit a two-run double with two outs in the eighth inning and the Texas Rangers finally got back to .500 with a 2-0 victory over Detroit on Friday night that extended the MLB-best Tigers' season-worst losing streak to five.</p>
<p>The Tigers (59-39) had a majors-high six players this week at the All-Star Game after going into the break with the best record in the majors, even after losing their last four games before that.</p>
<p>Seager lined a ball into the right-center gap that rolled to the wall. Cody Freeman, making his big-league debut as a pinch-runner after Kyle Higashioka's one-out double, scored the first run and was followed home by Josh Smith, who walked against Tommy Kahnle (1-3).</p>
<p>Chris Martin (1-5), the third Texas pitcher, worked the eighth. Robert Garcia pitched the ninth for his seventh save in 10 chances to wrap up the 10th shutout by the Rangers this season.</p>
<p>Both starting pitchers worked into the sixth without allowing a run. Rangers left-hander Patrick Corbin struck out six in 5 2/3 innings. Detroit's Reese Olson had five Ks before departing after Jonah Heim's leadoff double in the sixth, only the second hit given up by the right-hander.</p>
<p>The Tigers were held scoreless for the sixth time this season.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Seager's go-ahead hit that also extended his on-base streak to 19 games.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>The Rangers (49-49) got back to .500 for the first time since June 15. They had lost the past seven games when they had a chance to reach that mark.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Keider Montero (4-1, 4.02 ERA) pitches Saturday night for Detroit in the middle game of the three-game series. Rookie Kumar Rocker (3-4, 6.39) starts for Texas.</p>
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