Kumar Rocker, Rowdy Tellez lead Rangers past slumping Tigers 4-1

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kumar Rocker took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and Rowdy Tellez hit a three-run home run in his second game with the Rangers as Texas beat the slumping Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Saturday night.

Rocker (4-4) pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowing only Wenceel Pérez's two-out single in the sixth that was pulled down the first-base line on an 0-2 cut fastball that was low and inside.

The rookie struck out five and walked three, throwing 96 pitches, one shy of his career high.

The Rangers won for the sixth time in their last eight games despite having only four hits. At 50-49, they’re over .500 for the first time since being 25-24 on May 20.

Riley Greene broke up the shutout bid with a ninth-inning home run.

The Tigers still have the best record in the AL at 59-40 even though they have lost a season-high six consecutive games. They were held to three hits after getting four in Friday night’s 2-0 defeat.

Rocker came off a July 9 no-decision against the Los Angeles Angels in which he matched a career high six runs allowed.

Tellez, who joined Texas before Friday’s game, launched a mid-90s fastball on a 3-0 pitch from Keider Montero (4-2) over the 410 sign in center field.

Corey Seager’s fifth-inning RBI single gave him a 20-game on-base streak, the longest for the Rangers this season.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy pulled Rocker with one out into the seventh, allowing him to receive an ovation.

Rangers pitching leads the majors with a 3.22 ERA, their starting rotation is also first at 3.20.

Tigers LHP Tarik Skubal (10-3, 2.23 ERA), who started Tuesday’s All-Star Game, will go in Sunday night's series finale. With scheduled Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi straining his back Saturday, LHP Jacob Latz (1-0, 3.00) will make his third start this season.

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Detroit Tigers catcher Jake Rogers reacts after lining out in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers first baseman Rowdy Tellez, left, fields a groundout by Detroit Tigers' Riley Greene as umpire Carlos Torres, right, looks on in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers' Rowdy Tellez rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run that also scored Adolis Garcia and Wyatt Langford in the second inning of a baseball game against the Detroit Tigers, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker throws to the Detroit Tigers in the first inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Texas Rangers starting pitcher Kumar Rocker throws to the Detroit Tigers in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Saturday, July 19, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)