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Aug 19, 2008 8:03 am US/Central
Tigers Win As Rangers Rally Comes Up Short
ARLINGTON (AP) ―
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Home plate umpire Marvin Hudson watches as Detroit Tigers catcher Brandon Inge prepares to tag out Texas Rangers' Gerald Laird, who was trying to score on a double by Chris Davis in the second inning of a baseball game, Monday, Aug. 18, 2008.
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Gary Sheffield hit career homer No. 493, Curtis Granderson had two triples and four RBIs, and the Detroit Tigers held on for an 8-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Sheffield hit a two-run drive in Detroit's four-run seventh for his 13th of the season, moving into a tie with Lou Gehrig and Fred McGriff for 25th on the career home run list. He finished with three hits and scored two runs.
The Tigers trailed 3-0 before the big seventh, and added four more in the eighth to make it 8-3. Brandon Inge tied it with an RBI single off Frank Francisco (2-5) in the seventh and Granderson's triple to right-center made it 4-3.
Granderson came up with bases loaded in the eighth and hit a two-out triple to center, his ninth of the season.
Texas scored four runs in the bottom half. Pinch-hitter Frank Catalanotto had a two-run double, Joaquin Arias had a pinch run-scoring double and Michael Young drove in a run with a groundout.
Fernando Rodney struck out Josh Hamilton, leading the majors in RBIs, to end the eighth and got the final three outs for his fifth save in nine chances.
Kenny Rogers (9-10) benefited from the seventh-inning rally against his former team, snapping a personal four-game losing streak. He allowed three runs and eight hits in six innings.
Scott Feldman, knocked around for 12 runs and 10 hits in 2 2-3 innings in his previous start at Boston on Aug. 12, gave up three runs and five hits in six-plus innings for Texas.
The Rangers (62-64) lost for the 10th time in 12 games, slipping two games under .500 for the first time since they were 31-33 on June 7.
The Rangers were without All-Star second baseman Ian Kinsler, who was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a sports hernia. Kinsler will visit a specialist on Tuesday and could be headed for season-ending surgery.
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