Rangers fend off Rays thanks to seven-run fourth

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06/04/2010 - Arlington, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Vladimir Guerrero's three-run double capped a seven-run fourth inning rally that carried Texas to a 9-6 comeback win over Tampa Bay in the opener of a three-game set at Rangers Ballpark.

Josh Hamilton and Justin Smoak each had three hits, including a home run, and scored twice for the Rangers, who won for a third time in their last four games.

C.J. Wilson (4-3) earned the win with five-plus innings of work during which he allowed five runs -- three earned -- on six hits while walking four and fanning five. Neftali Feliz dashed any hopes of another dramatic Rays comeback by working out of trouble in a scoreless ninth to register his 15th save.

Wade Davis (5-5) absorbed the loss after being roughed up for eight runs on nine hits over 3 1/3 innings. He did not walk a batter and fanned three, as the Rays fell for a third time in their last five games.

Ben Zobrist had three hits and scored twice, and Evan Longoria homered for Tampa Bay, which has dropped six of its last seven in Arlington since the start of last season.

Tampa Bay loaded the bases with nobody out in the second inning and scored the first run of the game on an Ian Kinsler fielding error. Sean Rodriguez bounced into a force at third to chase home Zobrist before Carl Crawford delivered a two-out, two-run single to complete the four-run rally.

Texas got half the runs back in the bottom of the frame on a two-out, two-run homer by Smoak.

Hamilton's leadoff long ball in the fourth trimmed the Rays lead to one and triggered the game-changing surge.

Elvis Andrus' bases loaded single knocked in the tying run before Michael Young's two-run single put the home team in the lead for the first time, 6-4 and knocked Davis out of the game.

Andy Sonnanstine took over and hit Kinsler to reload the bases for Guerrero, who plated all three runners with a double to left for a five-run advantage. Guerrero was playing for the first time since suffering a swollen left eye when a ball ricocheted off the batting cage in Chicago on Wednesday.

Tampa loaded the bases with nobody out in the sixth with a single and two walks to chase Wilson from the game. Darren O'Day took over and got pinch- hitter Reid Brignac to pop up before giving way to Matt Harrison. The left- hander induced pinch-hitter Hank Blalock, playing for the first time against his former team, to bounce into a fielder's choice that plated Zobrist to make it 9-5. B.J. Upton drew a walk to reload the bases before Crawford went down on strikes to end the inning.

Longoria blasted a leadoff longball to left in the seventh to trim the Rangers' lead to 9-6.

Harrison recorded the first two outs in the seventh and was followed by Darren Oliver, who struck out Brignac to end the frame.

Frank Francisco retired the side in order in the eighth and Feliz came on to strike out the first two hitters in the ninth. He then hit Zobrist and John Jaso before Carlos Pena grounded out on the first pitch he saw to end the game.

Game Notes

Andrus extended his hitting streak to 10 games during which he has 12 hits. Guerrero has hit safely in 11 straight home games...Young has hit safely in six consecutive games and in 18 of his last 19...Rodriguez pushed his hit streak to six games, while Upton had a six-game streak snapped...Texas leads the all-time series, 67-49, including a 40-21 mark in Arlington.

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