Mike Napoli homered and drove in three Rangers' runs as they cruised past the Tigers 10-4 in Arlington.
Napoli and Joey Gallo hit back-to-back home runs to cap off a four-run fourth that put Texas up for good.
Robinson Chirinos also went deep as Rangers won for the fifth time in six games. A.J. Griffin tossed five frames of one-run ball to earn the victory. Detroit starter Justin Verlander surrendered five runs over six innings and fell to 8-and-8 on the season.
Victor Martinez homered in defeat. Detroit is on a three-game slide.
Detroit tries to avoid the sweep in tonight's series finale.
Anibal Sanchez goes to the mound for the Tigers and Cole Hamels gets the nod for the Rangers.