DETROIT -- Mitch Moreland's two-run double in the sixth inning Sunday brought Texas from behind for a 4-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the third straight win for a Rangers team holding a slender lead on the second wild-card spot.

Left-hander Cole Hamels (7-8) worked in and out of trouble for his six innings, during which he allowed two runs on eight hits plus two walks to get the win for Texas. Hamels walked two.

Three Rangers relievers took it from there. Texas entered play a half-game ahead of the Los Angeles Angels and one game up on Baltimore in the wild-card standings.

Right-hander Keone Kela limited Detroit to a single in the seventh, right-hander Sam Dyson pitched the eighth and right-hander Shawn Tolleson got his 25th save for working the ninth.

First baseman Moreland regained the lead for the Rangers, 3-2, with his two-run double to right in the sixth. Matt Boyd (1-4) hit right fielder Shin-Soo Choo with an 0-2 pitch to begin the inning and shortstop Elvis Andrus, inserted when third baseman Adrian Beltre was ejected for objecting to ball/strike calls from the dugout in the fifth, beat out a bunt single to first.

Texas manager Jeff Banister was ejected along with Beltre.

Designated hitter Mike Napoli gave Texas an add-on run in the eighth when he hit his 15th home run, a solo shot to left off southpaw Blaine Hardy.

The left-handed Boyd allowed three runs in six innings, giving up five hits while walking two and striking out three.

Catcher James McCann of Detroit tripled with one out in the fourth and scored on a sharp single to center by shortstop Jose Iglesias to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead.

Rangers catcher Chris Gimenez tied the score, 1-1, in the third when he hit his third home run onto the roof of the Texas bullpen in left center.

The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the first on back-to-back singles by second baseman Ian Kinsler and designated hitter Miguel Cabrera, the first of whom scored when Choo threw the ball into the Detroit dugout. It broke a run of 19 scoreless Tigers innings.

NOTES: When the game's first pitch was thrown, Texas 3B Adrian Beltre participated in the 2,528th game of his career, most ever by a native of the Dominican Republic. Beltre had been tied with Julio Franco. On the major league career list, Beltre is tied with the late Hall of Famer Ernie Banks for 48th place. ... RHP Guido Knudson pitched an inning Saturday night to become the seventh Tiger to make his major league debut this season. ... The Rangers placed IF Adam Rosales, designated for assignment Wednesday, on release waivers. ... Tigers RHP Buck Farmer, coming out of the bullpen to start Monday's makeup game in Cincinnati, won't be limited to minimal innings. "He'll be fine," manager Brad Ausmus said. "He's not that far (removed) from starting."