--The Rangers scored all three of their runs on solo home runs in the eighth and ninth innings Friday. DH Hank Blalock and LF Marlon Byrd had back-to-back homers in the eighth -- the first pair of Rangers to hit back-to-back homers this season. Jarrod Saltalamacchia broke out of a 1-for-25 slump with a ninth-inning homer.
--RHP Josh Rupe may be about to find himself on waivers. Rupe is out of minor league options and has not pitched well at all this season. He allowed six hits and three runs in 1-2/3 innings Friday to raise his ERA to 15.43 for the season. Since pitching two-thirds of an inning without incident in his 2009 debut, Rupe has allowed multiple runs in each of his three outings. He has allowed eight runs in his last four innings. --The Rangers have scored 19 or more runs in a game seven times since moving to Texas in 1972 from Washington. Three of the seven games were against Baltimore (30-3 in 2008; 26-7 in 1996 and 19-6 on Wednesday).
BY THE NUMBERS: 8 -- Consecutive losses for the Rangers in Detroit, dating to September 2007. The Rangers, who visit Detroit again in May, have been outscored 71-21 during the streak.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "The results will be judge and jury." -- LHP C.J. Wilson, who broke a couple of bats and had an error behind him, but was charged with six runs April 12, when asked if he thought he pitched well.
