DETROIT -- Upon his arrival at Comerica Park on Thursday morning, Rangers manager Chris Woodward jokingly said the thought
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“If you’re trying to make a case, that’s about as good as you’re going to get,” Woodward said. “He deserves it. He should be in the All-Star Game regardless.”\n\nGallo was 3-for-9 with the two home runs, a double with four walks in the three-game series.\n\n“I was really happy with the walk the other night, the way I was grinding out at bats,” Gallo said. “I think a walk is just as good as a base hit.”\n\nGallo’s first homer of the game led off the second inning and gave the Rangers a 1-0 lead they wouldn't lose. He drove Spencer Turnbull’s 3-1 pitch deep into the right-field stands, a Statcast-estimated 408 feet away.
Gallo’s second roundtripper, and 19th of the season, came with two out in the fourth on a full-count pitch from Nick Ramirez. The opposite-field drive carried over the fence in left-center field and traveled an estimated 422 feet.\n\nGallo was happy he could contribute to a victory on the day Woodward turned 43.\n\n“I just wanted to get Woody the win on his birthday,” Gallo said.\n\n
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“Everything was working and I was hitting the corners,” Jurado said through an interpreter.\n\nChris Martin allowed Detroit's lone run, on Miguel Cabrera’s sacrifice fly, in the eighth.\n\nShawn Kelley pitched the ninth for his 11th save, getting out of a first-and-third, two-out jam by striking out pinch-hitter Niko Goodrum to end the game. Kelley also struck out the side.
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