Hamels takes rough outing in stride

ARLINGTON — The only thing Rangers left-hander Cole Hamels could do after allowing a career-high 14 hits in a 2-0 loss to the Tigers on Saturday night at Globe Life Park was find some levity in the situation.

“The scouting reports I studied the past four days were probably 0-fer,” he said. “I don’t know if they were playing a joke on me with putting wrong names and faces with stats, but something was not working.”

The only thing more confusing was that Hamels allowed just two runs over seven innings, stranding 11 Tigers on base in the process.

“There’s potential danger up and down [the Tigers’] lineup, and I think he maneuvered [well], really only gave up two hard-hit balls,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “The rest of the game he managed well. He made pitches, got the outs that he needed to. But you don’t see that line much any time.”

The first time Hamels found himself in trouble came in the second, when the Tigers had runners on second and third with one out following a Mike Aviles double. But the Tigers were unable to score when they decided not to test right fielder Shin-Soo Choo on a medium-depth fly ball before Hamels made a nice play on a comebacker …

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