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The Texas Rangers ’ difficult 2025 season continued Thursday night with a nightmarish walk-off loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. Up 3-2 with two outs in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded, reliever Robert Garcia got Taylor Walls to roll into what should have been a routine ground ball out to second baseman Marcus Semien.
The Texas Rangers fell 4-3 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday, to suffer their third straight loss and a series sweep after optioning Kumar Rocker to Triple-A Round Rock. Rocker's last start was on Wednesday against the Rays,
Jake Mangum provided the hustle. Jonathan Aranda delivered the heads-up baserunning. And on what turned out to be the game-winning play in their 5-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday night, the Rays showed another way their lineup seems to be firing on all cylinders.
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Calls Mount for Umpire’s Immediate Firing After Rangers-Rays Game originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Congratulations are in order for veteran umpire Laz Díaz, who quietly set an MLB record earlier this week. Unfortunately for Díaz, as well as anyone against the Automated Ball-Strike System, we never said it was the good type of history.
A HR and RBI double from the second baseman, and five solid innings from the starter get Tampa Bay to three games over .500.
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Brandon Lowe went 3-for-4 with a solo home run and two RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays used a four-run third inning to top the visiting Texas Rangers 5-4 on Wednesday night.
In his lone appearance against the Rangers on April 1 of last season, they roughed up Pepiot for six runs on four hits in 5 2/3 innings in Tampa Bay's 9-3 loss. Josh Jung hit a three-run homer in the first inning off Pepiot.
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