DETROIT -- Michael Fulmer again gave the Tigers a chance. Rangers starter Austin Bibens-Dirkx did not, shutting down Detroit's offense over 5 1/3 innings and leaving Fulmer to pay for three early runs in a 3-0 Tigers loss to the Rangers on Sunday afternoon at Comerica Park.
The loss salvaged a four-game series split for the Rangers, and left the Tigers searching for their first series victory since their mid-June sweep of the White Sox in Chicago. Detroit went scoreless for the final 16 innings of this series following a seven-run opening frame off Cole Hamels Saturday.