Tigers starter Mike Pelfrey seemed to get on track after the two opening homers, retiring 14 of the next 16 batters, but the Rangers jumped on him in the sixth with another long ball, knocking him out after five-plus innings and five runs allowed.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Starting with a bang: Odor and Mazara hit back-to-back home runs off Pelfrey in the first inning, with Mazara's going an estimated 416 feet at 112 mph, according to Statcast™. It was the first time the Rangers had homered back-to-back this year, and the first time to open a game since Rusty Greer and Randy Velarde homered off Cory Lidle in a 13-1 win on April 13, 2001 at Oakland.