Fresh off their walk-off win Saturday night, the Texas Rangers will go for the series win Sunday against the Tigers. Detroit took the first game of the series 6-2 before Texas won game two on Saturday thanks to a walk-off single from Mike Olt in the ninth inning.
Yu Darvish will make his 22nd start of the season for the Rangers and is looking to win his third game against Detroit this season. Darvish is 2-0 against the Tigers in 2012 with a 3.38 ERA and 15 strikeouts in 13-1/3 innings.
Rick Porcello will make the start for the Tigers. He is 9-6 this season with a 4.62 ERA including two starts against the Rangers. Texas shelled Porcello the first time they faced him this season, tagging him for nine runs in just one inning. He was much better in his second outing vs. the Rangers giving up just one earned run over six innings.
Rangers lineup:
2B Ian Kinsler
SS Elvis Andrus
CF Josh Hamilton
3B Adrian Beltre
RF Nelson Cruz
DH Michael Young
LF David Murphy
C Geovany Soto
1B Mitch Moreland
Tigers lineup:
CF Austin Jackson
LF Andy Dirks
3B Miguel Cabrera
1B Prince Fielder
RF Brennan Boesch
DH Delmon Young
C Alex Avila
SS Jhonny Peralta
2B Omar Infante
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