DETROIT (AP) — Eric Haase had three hits, including one of three Detroit homers, and the Tigers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 14-7 win over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
The Tigers had scored only two runs in their last four games, but set a season high for runs Saturday.
“I don’t know if we had a sense this was coming, but we knew we needed to go out and do it,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “Today was every guy in the lineup stepping up, and I’m thankful, because they needed it. Everyone on this team needed a game like this.”
Javy Baez and Robbie Grossman also homered and top prospect Riley Greene scored twice in his major league debut.
“I’m feeling awesome — it has been a busy couple days, but I just wanted to get to playing baseball,” said Greene, who went 2 for 3 with two walks. “Once I got that first hit out of the way, all my nerves were gone. Now we go.”
Rony Garcia (1-2) picked up the win, allowing four runs on four hits in six innings.
Texas starter Taylor Hearn (4-5) allowed eight runs and 10 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
“It was just a lot of balls down the middle,” Rangers manager Chris Woodward said. “A major league starter has to go out there and be able to execute pitches. That lineup obviously hasn’t been scoring a ton, and if you execute against them, you can get them out.
“We didn’t do that today.”
Adolis Garcia gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead with a first-inning homer before the Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the inning.
With one out, Grossman hit his first homer of the season. Miguel Cabrera flew out before Haase doubled and scored on Baez’s fourth homer. Greene followed with a single in his first big league at-bat.
“We gave up the quick run, but we came right back with Robbie hitting…
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