ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers collected 17 hits and defeated the Detroit Tigers 10-4 on Thursday at Globe Life Park. Nathan Eovaldi (9-7) earned the win for Texas, which improved to 45-43. Framber Valdez (4-6) took the loss for Detroit, falling to 38-50.

Texas scored three runs in the second inning, two in the fourth and one in the sixth to build a 6-0 lead. Detroit responded with three in the fifth on a two-run homer by Hao-Yu Lee. Texas added three in the seventh and one in the eighth. Detroit scored once in the eighth.

Valdez allowed five earned runs on nine hits over five innings. Zach McKinstry had two hits and scored twice for Detroit. Kevin McGonigle also had two hits for the Tigers. Josh Jung doubled and drove in a run for Texas. Detroit finished with 11 hits. The game lasted 3 hours, 14 minutes before an announced crowd of 33,450.