Boesch's Five Hits, Two HRs Help Tigers Rout Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Brennan Boesch had two of Detroit's four home runs while setting career highs with five hits and five RBIs, and Max Scherzer pitched just long enough for his first win in nearly a month in the Tigers' 13-7 victory over the Texas Rangers on Monday night.
Scherzer (7-2) hadn't won since May 9 at Toronto, when the right-hander won his sixth consecutive decision to open the season. He gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings.
All of Detroit's home runs came off Colby Lewis (5-6), who gave up nine runs in 3 1/3 innings only five days after pitching eight scoreless innings at Tampa Bay to start a five-game winning streak for the AL West-leading Rangers.
Detroit won for the seventh time in eight games, leading for good after Boesch pulled a pitch into the second deck of seats in right field for a 3-0 lead before Lewis had even retired a batter. Austin Jackson, who grew up in nearby Denton, led off the game with a single before Don walked.
Boesch led off the third with his seventh homer for his first career multihomer game. It was also the first of three homers in the inning for the Tigers.
After hitting only .196 with seven extra-base hits his previous 28 games, Boesch also singled and scored in the fourth, added an RBI double in the sixth and singled in the ninth.
