DETROIT — Alexi Ogando outpitched Justin Verlander before leaving with a finger problem and the Texas Rangers beat the Detroit Tigers 2-0 Monday to match the best 10-game start in team history.
Michael Young and Mitch Moreland hit RBI doubles in the seventh inning as the AL champions improved to 9-1, the top record in the majors. Texas equaled the start of its 1989 club.
Ogando (2-0) gave up just two hits, walked one and struck four over seven innings in his second start in the majors. The converted reliever had his outing cut short by fluid under a callus on his right index finger — he pitched six scoreless innings last week with a developing blister on the same finger.
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Verlander (1-1) lost despite pitching a six-hitter.