Slumping Texas second baseman Marcus Semien hit his first homer in nearly a month, a go-ahead shot in the seventh inning in the Rangers' 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday.
hit his first homer in nearly a month, a go-ahead shot in the seventh inning in the Rangers' 4-3 victory over the
Semien, who earlier in the game walked and scored, was 3 for 42 over a 10-game span before his two-run homer with two outs against. The 422-foot drive to left-center was the 12th homer this season for the leadoff hitter, but his first in 23 games since June 9. That came after Tampa Bay took a 3-2 lead in the top of the seventh on Yandy Díaz's three-run homer off Jacob Latz.greeted Kelly with a leadoff single to start the Rangers seventh, and there were consecutive strikeouts before Semien went deep.struck out seven over 5 1/3 scoreless innings, including his 1,000th career strikeout, in his 189th game. The left-hander allowed three hits and walked one.
Díaz had three hits, falling a triple short of a cycle, and the Rays leadoff hitter also walked while extending his on-base streak in road games to 23 in a row. His eighth homer of the season came after Tampa Bay had already left five men on base. The Rays left 11 men on base while losing the series opener 3-0, when they had three hits and eight walks. They stranded 13 runners in their win over Kansas City on Thursday.was out of the lineup for the second game in a row. Manager Bruce Bochy said the potential All-Star could return Sunday., who is 4-0 with a 1.92 ERA in his nine starts at home, pitches the series finale Sunday for Texas.
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