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Aranda and Palacios homer as Rays overcome first Rangers grand slam of season in 7-6 win

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Dixon, S. (2026, September 5). Aranda and Palacios homer as Rays overcome first Rangers grand slam of season in 7-6 win. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/aranda-and-palacios-homer-as-rays-overcome-first-rangers-grand-slam-of-season-in-7-6-win/article_5733c582-a232-5e73-bc8b-e717b0c4dec7.html

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The Tampa Bay Rays overcame the Texas Rangers' first grand slam of the season, a fourth-career slam by Elias Díaz, in a 7-6 win on Friday night at Globe Life Field. Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios each hit solo home runs for the Rays. The game was close, with the Rangers coming within one run multiple times, but the Rays ultimately ended their 10-game road losing streak against Texas. Elias Díaz had five RBIs in the loss.

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Story summary

The Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 7-6 on Friday night in a game marked by a dramatic comeback. The Rangers, who had been leading 6-1, scored five runs in the seventh inning to tie the game and even take the lead briefly. However, the Rays were able to overcome this deficit thanks in part to home runs from Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios. The Rays ended a 10-game road losing streak against the Rangers with the win. The loss for the Rangers puts them at a three-game deficit behind division-leading Houston in the AL West.

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Topics

AL West ARLINGTON Rangers Texas the Tampa Bay Rays

Subjects

Texas GPE · 5× Aranda PERSON · 3× Rangers ORG · 3× Díaz PERSON · 2× Yandy Díaz PERSON · 2× ARLINGTON GPE · 1× Elias Díaz PERSON · 1× Jonathan Aranda PERSON · 1× Richie Palacios PERSON · 1× the Tampa Bay Rays ORG · 1×

Narrative

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jonathan Aranda and Richie Palacios homered, and the Tampa Bay Rays overcame the first grand slam of the season by Texas in a 7-6 victory Friday night, ending a 10-game road losing streak against the Rangers.

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🔮 Up next Rasmussen (14-5, 2.95 ERA) is set to face Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (10-9, 4.00).

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Aranda and Palacios homer as Rays overcome first Rangers grand slam of season in 7-6 win · assertive framing

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Rays → homer → Rangers

Elias Díaz, who had five RBIs, hit his fourth career slam to get Texas within a run in the seventh inning, but the Rangers matched their biggest AL West deficit of the season at three games. asserted

Rangers → have → games

Division-leading Houston beat Arizona 3-1. asserted

Houston → lead → Arizona

Nick Martinez exited with one out and two on in the seventh with the AL East-leading Rays up 6-1, but Garrett Cleavinger walked Cody Freeman before Díaz lined a 1-2 slider just over the fence in left field. asserted

Díaz → exit → field

Cleavinger was replaced after Justin Foscue singled, and Cam Booser got Corey Seager to ground into an inning-ending double play. asserted

Seager → replace → play

Kevin Kelly pitched a perfect eighth and Tyler Wells finished for his sixth save after major league saves leader Bryan Baker exited with what the right-hander believed was dehydration after issuing two walks to start the ninth. asserted

hander → pitch → ninth

Díaz’s sacrifice fly against Wells trimmed the deficit to one again and put the potential tying run at third with two outs, but Foscue popped out. asserted

Foscue → trim → outs

Martinez (14-4), who tied Saturday starter Drew Rasmussen for the team lead in wins, allowed five hits and three runs in 6 1/3 innings. asserted

who → tie → innings

The right-hander was making his first appearance as an opponent at Texas, where his big league career started 12 years ago before a four-year stint in Japan. asserted

career → make → Japan

Kumar Rocker (5-11) followed two opening relievers for Texas and gave up solo homers to Aranda in the third and Palacios in the fourth before the right-hander allowed five hits in a four-run Tampa Bay fifth. asserted

hander → follow → fifth

Yandy Díaz, Aranda and Junior Caminero opened with three consecutive doubles, and Victor Mesa Jr. and Chandler Simpson added RBI singles. asserted

Jr. → open → singles

Yandy Díaz had three hits, and Aranda and Caminero drove in two runs apiece. asserted

Aranda → have → runs

Up next Rasmussen (14-5, 2.95 ERA) is set to face Rangers RHP Jacob deGrom (10-9, 4.00). asserted

Rasmussen → set → deGrom