Wyatt Langford went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs as the Texas Rangers rallied from a five-run deficit to earn a 9-7 victory over the visiting San Diego Padres on Friday.
Alejandro Osuna and Jake Burger each drove in two runs, while Jacob deGrom (6-4) threw six innings of six-hit, six-run ball, while striking out nine and walking three. Jacob Latz earned a four-out save — his 13th in 15 tries for Texas, which had dropped five of its last six games.
Ty France hit two home runs and drove in five for San Diego, which has lost three of its last four. Randy Vasquez (6-5) lasted just 3 1/3 innings, allowing seven runs (six earned) on eight hits, walking three and striking out one.
San Diego jumped on Texas early, scoring five first-inning runs. After Fernando Tatis Jr. began the game with a walk and Samad Taylor followed with a single, Gavin Sheets’ two-out single scored the Padres’ first run.
Xander Bogaerts walked to load the bases before France hit a grand slam to push the margin to five.
Texas answered with a six-run bottom of the first. Joc Pederson reached on an error and Josh Jung walked to begin the inning. Two batters later, Brandon Nimmo’s double cut the deficit to 5-1. Ezequiel Duran then walked and Osuna doubled to pull the Rangers within two.
Burger doubled to even the score at five apiece. Nicky Lopez singled to place runners on the corners, before Elias Diaz’s infield single gave Texas a 6-5 lead.
France’s second home run went 409 feet and tied the game at six in the top of the fourth.
Jung singled and Langford doubled to put Texas ahead 7-6 in the bottom of the fourth.
Yuki Matsui then relieved Vasquez, tossing 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Against David Morgan in the sixth, Jung and Langford singled before Duran’s RBI single gave the Rangers an 8-6 lead.
Jakob Junis threw a scoreless seventh in relief of deGrom. In the eighth, Sheets’ solo home run off Junis sliced Texas’ lead to 8-7.
Jason Adam took over in the eighth and surrendered Langford’s leadoff homer to push the advantage back to two.
