Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Texas 7, Detroit 3
When: 4:19 PM ET, Monday, October 10, 2011
Where: Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Arlington, Texas
Temperature: 74°
Umpires: Home - Larry Vanover, 1B - Jim Wolf, 2B - Fieldin Culbreth, 3B - Jeff Nelson, LF - Tom Hallion, RF - Tim Welke
Attendance: 51227

Nelson Cruz’s second homer of the game was a grand slam in the 11th inning on Monday to give the host Texas Rangers a 7-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers and a 2-0 lead in the American League Championship Series.

Michael Young led off the inning with a single to left off Ryan Perry (0-1) before Adrian Beltre and Mike Napoli followed with singles to load the bases. Cruz then hammered a drive that landed in the left-field stands.

The walkoff grand slam was the first in postseason history. Cruz had tied the game in the seventh with a homer off the left-field foul pole.

Game 3 is Tuesday in Detroit.

Ryan Raburn hit a three-run homer in the third to give the Tigers a 3-2 lead. Miguel Cabrera doubled and Victor Martinez was hit by a pitch prior to Raburn’s one-out blast to left off Derek Holland.

Texas had three hits off Max Scherzer in the opening inning to take a 2-0 lead. Elvis Andrus singled and scored on Josh Hamilton’s double. One out later, Beltre doubled in Hamilton to give the Rangers an early 2-0 edge.

Mike Adams (1-0) worked a scoreless top of the 11th for Texas to earn the win.

Scherzer gave up three runs and six hits in six-plus innings. He struck out six and walked one before being pulled after Cruz’s game-tying shot.

Holland gave up three runs, four hits and four walks in 2 2/3 innings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Texas
Max Scherzer Player Derek Holland
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 2.2
6 Strikeouts 0
6 Hits 4
4.50 ERA 10.12
Hitting
Detroit   Texas
Don Kelly Player Nelson Cruz
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 5
0 HR 2
3 TB 10
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 8 1 14 .200 23 8 3 6 0 0
Texas 11 2 21 .282 18 7 7 3 0 1