“He just didn't seem to have a good feel for his pitches today,” Rangers interim manager Tony Beasley said of Otto. Glenn Otto (6-9) allowed four runs and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings. Josh Jung and Corey Seager homered for the Rangers, who have lost 16 of 21. It was his 19th consecutive scoreless outing. Pete Fairbanks, the fourth Rays reliever, worked the ninth for his eighth save in eight chances. He did not allow a run in his previous three starts, totaling 14 2/3 innings. Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs (9-4) pitched 5 2/3 innings of three-run ball. "It will be a lot of work to get through, certainly, the rest of his homestand.” “There's no doubt it is challenging,” Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said. The Rays wrap up their final regular-season homestand this week with three against AL-leading Houston starting Monday night and four beginning Thursday night against the Blue Jays. The Rays hold a 5 1/2-game lead with the tiebreaker over Baltimore, which is fourth in the race to earn one of three wild cards. Tampa Bay (82-64) secured its fifth straight winning season and moved within a half-game of Toronto for the top AL wild card. He hit the homer, we gave him a hug, and then when I hit the homer and I came into the dugout he came over and gave me a hug.” “That was very fun,” Siri said through a translator about the consecutive homers. Jonathan Aranda, Manuel Margot and Taylor Walls each drove in a run. Christian Bethancourt and Jose Siri hit back-to-back homers over a three-pitch stretch in the second inning, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Sunday.īethancourt had three hits, and Siri went 2 for 3 with a walk. Bethancourt, Siri homer as Rays beat Rangers 5-3
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