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09/17 22:37 CDT Trevor Story's 3-run homer lifts Red Sox to 4-3 win, dropping
Rangers into 2nd place in AL West
Trevor Story's 3-run homer lifts Red Sox to 4-3 win, dropping Rangers into 2nd
place in AL West
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off All-Star
closer Jacob Latz in the eighth inning, capping a comeback from a three-run
deficit as the Boston Red Sox beat Texas 4-3 on Thursday night and dropped the
Rangers out of the AL West lead.
Texas (76-77) had won four straight games to gain a share of the lead but
dropped one game behind Houston (77-76), which holds the tiebreaker. The
Rangers trail by two games for the last AL wild card.
Boston (83-70) has a five-game lead for the top AL wild card and improved to
8-59 when trailing after seven innings. Texas dropped to 63-2 when leading
after seven innings.
Latz (3-3) entered after Wilyer Abreu walked starting the eighth and Willson
Contreras was hit by a pitch from Jakob Junis.
Latz struck out Adley Rutschman and Story, who is from nearby Irving, reached
down for Latz's second straight low curveball and drove the ball over the
left-field wall for his fourth home run this season.
Boston's Wyatt Olds (2-0) got three outs and Garrett Whitlock pitched the ninth
for his fourth save in eight chances, getting Jake Burger to ground into a
game-ending double play.
Josh Jung hit a first-inning homer off Sonny Gray, and Texas opened a 3-0 lead
in the second on Danny Jansen's RBI single and Evan Carter's safety squeeze
bunt.
Roman Anthony hit into a run-scoring forceout in the seventh.
Texas' Cody Bradford followed a one-inning opener with 4 1/3 shutout innings,
seeking his first major league since Sept. 18, 2024. He missed last season
following elbow surgery.
Gray gave up three hits in 6 1/3 innings, throwing a season-high 102 pitches.
Up Next
Red Sox: LHP Ranger Suarez (7-4, 3.33) will go against LHP Ian Seymour (9-6,
4.27) on Friday at Tampa Bay.
Rangers: RHP Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.54) starts Friday against visiting Toronto
and RHP Dylan Cease (11-5, 2.38).
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