Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 8, Detroit 0
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 79°
Umpires: Home - Wally Bell, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Todd Tichenor, 3B - John Hirschbeck
Attendance: 27576
Tommy Hunter tossed seven scoreless innings to win his seventh straight decision and Ian Kinsler drove in three runs as the Texas Rangers beat the struggling Detroit Tigers 8-0 on Tuesday.

Kinsler, Josh Hamilton and David Murphy all homered for the Rangers, who have won three straight and five of six since the All-Star break.

Texas got another terrific outing from Hunter (7-0), who sent the Tigers to their seventh straight loss. The right-hander allowed just three hits. He struck out three and walked two.

Hunter threw 59 of 92 pitches for strikes and departed with a 4-0 lead. Darren Oliver and Doug Mathis finished off the four-hit shutout.

It was an all-around complete game for Texas, which also executed a squeeze play in a four-run ninth that put the game out of reach.

Kinsler belted a two-run homer later in the frame - his second in as many games - and Hamilton followed with his 23rd homer of the season to make it 8-0.

Tigers’ starter Armando Galarraga (3-3) allowed four runs and nine hits in 7 1/3 innings. He struck out six and walked one in his first start since July 6.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Texas   Detroit
Tommy Hunter Player Armando Galarraga
Win W/L Loss
7.0 IP 7.1
3 Strikeouts 6
3 Hits 9
0.00 ERA 4.91
Hitting
Texas   Detroit
Josh Hamilton Player Miguel Cabrera
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
7 TB 3
.750 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Texas 13 3 27 .351 14 7 8 1 0 0
Detroit 4 0 5 .138 15 4 0 3 0 0