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The Texas Rangers split a double-header with the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.  The Rangers won the first game 10-4, as starting pitcher Matt Harrison improved to 3-0.  In the nightcap, Neftali Feliz gave up 3 runs and suffered the loss 3-2.  The loss ended the Rangers 8-game win streak and dropped them to 12-3 on the season.

In the first game, the Rangers scored 8 runs in the first inning, putting the game out of reach before Detroit ever came up to bat.  Every Rangers player that went to the plate scored a run in the game.  Josh Hamilton hit a 3-run home run to open the scoring and Mike Napoli hit a solo shot in the 9th to finish it.  It was the 5th straight game Napoli has hit a home run.

Harrison went 7 2/3 innings, giving up 3 runs before Koji Uehara came on in relief to finish the game, giving up 1 run.

In the nightcap, the Rangers streak finally ended, as they could only generate 2 runs off Detroit ace Justin Verlander.  Elvis Andrus and Michael Young each had 2 hits, but were the only Texas players in the top of the lineup to get a hit.

Feliz went 8 innings in the loss, giving up 3 runs, all in the 4th inning.  Feliz struck out 6 and only allowed 3 hits.

The Rangers and Tigers will finish the series on Sunday, closing out the Texas road trip.  The Rangers will host the Yankees beginning Monday at the Ballpark in Arlington.