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Tampa Bay Rays @ Texas Rangers

2026-09-04 · Night game · Rangers Ballpark in Arlington · Att: 25584 · 74°F, Roof Closed · Wind 0 mph, None · 2:58

Tampa Bay Rays defeated Texas Rangers 7–6. Texas Rangers opened the scoring in the 2nd — Ezequiel Duran homers (17) on a fly ball to center field. Tampa Bay Rays took the lead in the 4th — Richie Palacios homers (7) on a line drive to right field. The game's biggest swing came in the 7th: Elias Díaz hits a grand slam (7) to left center field. Jake Burger scores. Evan Carter scores. Cody Freeman scores — worth 21% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TBA	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	1	7	12
TEX	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	6	7	1

Tampa Bay Rays — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jorge Mateo DH	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yandy Diaz DH	5	1	3	0	0	0
Jonathan Aranda 1B	4	2	2	2	0	2
Junior Caminero 3B	5	1	2	2	0	2
Ryan Vilade PH	1	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Piper C	0	0	0	0	0	0
Liam Hicks C	4	0	1	0	0	0
Victor Mesa Jr. RF	5	1	1	1	0	1
Chandler Simpson LF	4	0	2	0	0	1
Cedric Mullins CF	3	0	0	1	1	0
Richie Palacios 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0
Taylor Walls SS	4	0	0	0	0	1

Texas Rangers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joc Pederson DH	3	0	0	0	0	1
Justin Foscue DH	2	0	1	0	0	0
Corey Seager SS	4	0	2	0	0	1
Wyatt Langford LF	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brandon Nimmo RF	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ezequiel Duran 2B	4	1	1	1	0	0
Jake Burger 1B	1	2	1	0	3	0
Evan Carter CF	3	1	1	0	1	1
Nicky Lopez PH	0	0	0	0	0	0
Cody Freeman 3B	2	1	0	0	1	0
Elias Diaz C	3	1	1	5	0	0