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09/05 21:41 CDT Aranda hits 3-run homer in the 10th to give Rays a 6-3 win over
the Rangers
Aranda hits 3-run homer in the 10th to give Rays a 6-3 win over the Rangers
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) --- Jonathan Aranda hit a three-run home run in the 10th
inning to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 6-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on
Saturday night.
Tampa Bay (85-57) has won two straight after losing the opener of the four-game
series and has the best record in the American League at 85-57.
The Rangers (70-73) trail Houston by three games in the AL West race and
Cleveland and Toronto by two games in the race for the league's final wild
card. They're the first team since the 2011 New York Yankees --- and the fourth
in a 162-game season --- to reach September never leading and never trailing by
more than three games.
Taylor Walls opened the 10th with a sacrifice bunt off Rangers closer Jacob
Latz (3-2), working his second inning, that advanced automatic runner Jorge
Mateo to third base. Latz then intentionally walked Yandy Daz before Aranda
homered into the home bullpen beyond right field. It was Latz's first loss
since April 10.
Tampa Bay's Tyler Wells (4-2) pitched two scoreless innings to earn the victory.
Junior Caminero hit a solo homer in the first and Richie Palacios added a solo
shot in the fifth to give the Rays a 2-0 lead. Caminero's shot in the first was
his AL-leading 38th of the season. Palacios hit his career-high eighth in the
fifth; it was his second in two games and third in the last four.
Both Tampa Bay homers were hit off Rangers starter Jacob deGrom, who gave up
four hits in six innings while striking out seven and walking one. DeGrom has
allowed a major league-high 10 homers in first innings this season. He has a
9.00 ERA in 27 first innings this year and 2.79 ERA after that.
Liam Hicks knocked in Aranda in the eighth on Tampa Bay's third consecutive
two-out single.
Rays starter Drew Rasmussen allowed one run on three hits in seven innings
while gunning for his eighth consecutive win.
Joc Pederson hit his team-high 25th homer for Texas in the sixth inning. The
Rangers tied the score at 3 in the eighth off Kevin Kelly on Evan Carter's
leadoff homer and Justin Foscue's liner to left center that got between
Chandler Simpson and Cedric Mullins and scored pinch-runner Cam Cauley.
Up next
Rangers LHP MacKenzie Gore (8-10, 4.31 ERA) will start Sunday afternoon against
Rays LHP Ian Seymour (9-6, 4.21).
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