Rangers Rally To Run Win Streak To Five

ARLINGTON – The Texas Rangers scored seven unanswered runs to rally from a five-run deficit to beat the Miami Marlins 9-8 Saturday afternoon at Globe Life Field.

The Rangers (65-46), who have won five in a row, trailed 5-0 after the Marlins (58-54) scored three in the third and two in the fourth before mounting their comeback. 

Robbie Grossman's three-run homer in the fourth pulled Texas to within 5-3. Two-run homers by Corey Seager and Josh Jung gave the Rangers a 7-5 lead.

The Marlins scored three runs in the third, including two on Jorge Soler's double to center which Leody Taveras misplayed. Taveras attempted to make a sliding catch on the sinking liner. Instead, it bounced in front and skipped past him to the outfield wall. Miami added two more runs in the fourth to build its 5-0 lead and Nick Fortes' solo homer in the sixth made it 7-6.

Nathaniel Lowe had run-scoring doubles to left field in the seventh and eighth innings to give Texas a cushion before Miami scored twice in the ninth.

Texas increased its lead atop the AL West to 2 1/2 games with the Houston Astros losing to the New York Yankees earlier on Saturday.