ARLINGTON, Texas -- It just took an extra inning for the major leagues' leading home run hitting team to look like itself.
Logan Morrison and Derek Norris homered in a three-run 10th inning to cap a late Tampa Bay comeback as the Rays beat the Texas Rangers 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Kevin Kiermaier tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning with a first-pitch home run off Texas closer Matt Bush.
"That was the most fun I've had on the field all year, being part of that," Kiermaier said.
Stephen Souza Jr. hit a two-run home run in the second inning, his fifth in eight games. Tampa Bay has hit 83 homers this season.
"We've been saying it now for a week, the way these guys have just been responding to adversity and finding ways to win ballgames," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
The Rays arrived in Arlington having beaten the Minnesota Twins on Sunday in 15 innings after scoring twice in the ninth.
Austin Pruitt (4-1), recalled from Triple-A Durham earlier in the day, earned the win with two hitless innings. Alex Colome gave up one run in getting his 15th save with a game-ending double play.
The 10th-inning homers came off Sam Dyson (1-6), who began the season as Texas' closer. Dyson has a 10.50 ERA and four blown saves to go with the six losses.
When Rangers manager Jeff Banister was asked what's wrong with Dyson, he said, "If we had those complete answers ."
Elvis Andrus had three hits and two RBI, including Texas' go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
Andrus drove in Shin-Soo Choo, who reached on a fielder's choice on a putout at the plate and then stole second base. Pete Kozma was thrown out, pinch-running for Mike Napoli, who led off the seventh with a double when the ball popped out of the glove of Kiermaier near the top of the wall in center field.
Rays starter Chris Archer allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings, matching his season high with 114 pitches.
Souza's homer came off Austin Bibens-Dirkx, who made his first major league start at age 32 following 12 seasons in the minors. Bibens-Dirkx, who previously made four relief appearances after joining Texas on May 7, allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings.
"Overall, I felt like I went out there and competed and kept the team in the game," Bibens-Dirkx said. Of Souza's 455-foot blast to left field, he said, "He hit it really far, something they do in this league. It's a mistake I'll learn from."
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Morrison led off the 10th hitting a 2-0 fastball the other way to left for his 15th home run and 36th RBI. In all 107 games that he played last season, he had 14 homers and 43 RBI.
"That was right up the middle (of the plate), and I had that slow bat speed," Morrison said, smiling.
MILES TO GO BEFORE
The Rays are two-thirds of the way through a nine-game trip that began in Minnesota and will end in Seattle, covering an estimated 6,389 miles from Tampa-St. Petersburg. They will be off Thursday after playing 33 of 34 days.
"We're looking forward to the off day for sure," Cash said. "It's going to help a lot of guys to just relax, lay around, not pick up a baseball."
SHORT HOPS
The Rays improved to 3-24 when trailing after eight innings and are 4-0-1 in their last five series. . 3B Adrian Beltre, who made his season debut on Monday after missing Texas' first 51 games with a calf injury, moved into 18th place in career doubles with No. 593. . The Rangers, AL West winners in 2015-16, are a season-worst 12 games behind the first-place Houston Astros. . Archer has 21 straight starts with triple-digit pitch counts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: RHP Matt Andriese (right groin strain) was placed on the 10-day DL after leaving Tuesday's start after 1 2/3 innings.
Rangers: The next rehab start for RHP Tyson Ross (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) will be Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-2), who allowed season highs with seven hits and four walks last Saturday in a no-decision at Minnesota, will begin the three-game series at Seattle.
Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish (5-3) will open a three-game home series against the Astros having gone winless in his last seven starts against Houston.
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Tampa Bay Rays
Logan Morrison and Derek Norris homered in a three-run 10th inning to cap a late Tampa Bay comeback as the Rays beat the Texas Rangers 7-5 on Wednesday night.
Kevin Kiermaier tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning with a first-pitch home run off Texas closer Matt Bush.
"That was the most fun I've had on the field all year, being part of that," Kiermaier said.
Stephen Souza Jr. hit a two-run home run in the second inning, his fifth in eight games. Tampa Bay has hit 83 homers this season.
"We've been saying it now for a week, the way these guys have just been responding to adversity and finding ways to win ballgames," Tampa Bay manager Kevin Cash said.
The Rays arrived in Arlington having beaten the Minnesota Twins on Sunday in 15 innings after scoring twice in the ninth.
Austin Pruitt (4-1), recalled from Triple-A Durham earlier in the day, earned the win with two hitless innings. Alex Colome gave up one run in getting his 15th save with a game-ending double play.
The 10th-inning homers came off Sam Dyson (1-6), who began the season as Texas' closer. Dyson has a 10.50 ERA and four blown saves to go with the six losses.
When Rangers manager Jeff Banister was asked what's wrong with Dyson, he said, "If we had those complete answers ."
Elvis Andrus had three hits and two RBI, including Texas' go-ahead run in the seventh inning.
Andrus drove in Shin-Soo Choo, who reached on a fielder's choice on a putout at the plate and then stole second base. Pete Kozma was thrown out, pinch-running for Mike Napoli, who led off the seventh with a double when the ball popped out of the glove of Kiermaier near the top of the wall in center field.
Rays starter Chris Archer allowed four runs and seven hits in seven innings, matching his season high with 114 pitches.
Souza's homer came off Austin Bibens-Dirkx, who made his first major league start at age 32 following 12 seasons in the minors. Bibens-Dirkx, who previously made four relief appearances after joining Texas on May 7, allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings.
"Overall, I felt like I went out there and competed and kept the team in the game," Bibens-Dirkx said. Of Souza's 455-foot blast to left field, he said, "He hit it really far, something they do in this league. It's a mistake I'll learn from."
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE
Morrison led off the 10th hitting a 2-0 fastball the other way to left for his 15th home run and 36th RBI. In all 107 games that he played last season, he had 14 homers and 43 RBI.
"That was right up the middle (of the plate), and I had that slow bat speed," Morrison said, smiling.
MILES TO GO BEFORE
The Rays are two-thirds of the way through a nine-game trip that began in Minnesota and will end in Seattle, covering an estimated 6,389 miles from Tampa-St. Petersburg. They will be off Thursday after playing 33 of 34 days.
"We're looking forward to the off day for sure," Cash said. "It's going to help a lot of guys to just relax, lay around, not pick up a baseball."
SHORT HOPS
The Rays improved to 3-24 when trailing after eight innings and are 4-0-1 in their last five series. . 3B Adrian Beltre, who made his season debut on Monday after missing Texas' first 51 games with a calf injury, moved into 18th place in career doubles with No. 593. . The Rangers, AL West winners in 2015-16, are a season-worst 12 games behind the first-place Houston Astros. . Archer has 21 straight starts with triple-digit pitch counts.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Rays: RHP Matt Andriese (right groin strain) was placed on the 10-day DL after leaving Tuesday's start after 1 2/3 innings.
Rangers: The next rehab start for RHP Tyson Ross (Thoracic Outlet Syndrome) will be Saturday for Triple-A Round Rock.
UP NEXT
Rays: RHP Jake Odorizzi (3-2), who allowed season highs with seven hits and four walks last Saturday in a no-decision at Minnesota, will begin the three-game series at Seattle.
Rangers: RHP Yu Darvish (5-3) will open a three-game home series against the Astros having gone winless in his last seven starts against Houston.
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| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| Tampa Bay - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Dickerson lined out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Kiermaier fouled out to first. | 0 | 0 |
| Longoria lined out to shortstop. | 0 | 0 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Choo flied out to center. | 0 | 0 |
| Andrus walked. | 0 | 0 |
| Mazara singled to right, Andrus to third. | 0 | 0 |
| Beltré hit sacrifice fly to center, Andrus scored. | 0 | 1 |
| Odor grounded out to shortstop. | 0 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Morrison singled to right, Morrison to third on error by right fielder Choo. | 0 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. homered to left (423 feet), Morrison scored. | 2 | 1 |
| Rasmus lined out to right. | 2 | 1 |
| Beckham walked. | 2 | 1 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Robertson struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| 2 Runs, 2 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Lucroy lined out to center. | 2 | 1 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 2 | 1 |
| Napoli struck out looking. | 2 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Dickerson doubled to deep center. | 2 | 1 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to first, Dickerson to third. | 2 | 1 |
| Longoria singled to left, Dickerson scored. | 3 | 1 |
| Morrison walked, Longoria to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Souza Jr. flied out to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Rasmus flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Hoying struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| Choo grounded out to first. | 3 | 1 |
| Andrus doubled to left. | 3 | 1 |
| Mazara struck out swinging. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Beckham grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 1 |
| Norris popped out to second. | 3 | 1 |
| Robertson flied out to right. | 3 | 1 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Beltré doubled to deep left. | 3 | 1 |
| Odor singled to right, Beltré to third. | 3 | 1 |
| Lucroy grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, Beltré scored, Odor out at second. | 3 | 2 |
| Gallo struck out looking. | 3 | 2 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Austin Bibens-Dirkx pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Dickerson grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 2 |
| Kiermaier flied out to right. | 3 | 2 |
| Longoria doubled to deep center. | 3 | 2 |
| Morrison walked. | 3 | 2 |
| Jeffress relieved Bibens-Dirkx. | 3 | 2 |
| Souza Jr. grounded into fielder's choice to third, Longoria out at third, Morrison to second. | 3 | 2 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Napoli struck out swinging, Napoli safe at first on wild pitch by Archer. | 3 | 2 |
| Hoying popped out to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Choo singled to right, Napoli to third. | 3 | 2 |
| Andrus grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Napoli scored, Choo out at second. | 3 | 3 |
| Mazara walked, Andrus to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Beltré grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Jeremy Jeffress pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Rasmus doubled to deep left. | 3 | 3 |
| Beckham grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Rasmus out at third. | 3 | 3 |
| Norris flied out to left. | 3 | 3 |
| Robertson grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Beckham out at second. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Odor grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Lucroy lined out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| Alex Claudio pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Claudio relieved Jeffress. | 3 | 3 |
| Dickerson grounded out to second. | 3 | 3 |
| Kiermaier grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Longoria walked. | 3 | 3 |
| Morrison grounded out to first. | 3 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| Chris Archer pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Napoli doubled to deep center. | 3 | 3 |
| Kozma ran for Napoli. | 3 | 3 |
| Hoying grounded out to second, Kozma to third. | 3 | 3 |
| Choo grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Kozma out at home. | 3 | 3 |
| Choo stole second. | 3 | 3 |
| Andrus doubled to center, Choo scored. | 3 | 4 |
| Mazara grounded out to second. | 3 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Alex Claudio pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Rua in left field. | 3 | 4 |
| Mazara in right field. | 3 | 4 |
| Gallo at first base. | 3 | 4 |
| Kozma at third base. | 3 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. grounded out to shortstop. | 3 | 4 |
| Weeks Jr. hit for Rasmus. | 3 | 4 |
| Weeks Jr. walked. | 3 | 4 |
| Smith ran for Weeks Jr.. | 3 | 4 |
| Beckham struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| Norris struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Austin Pruitt pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Smith in left field. | 3 | 4 |
| Pruitt relieved Archer. | 3 | 4 |
| Beltré flied out to right. | 3 | 4 |
| Odor grounded out to pitcher. | 3 | 4 |
| Lucroy struck out swinging. | 3 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Matt Bush pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Bush relieved Claudio. | 3 | 4 |
| Robertson grounded out to third. | 3 | 4 |
| Dickerson flied out to center. | 3 | 4 |
| Kiermaier homered to right (443 feet). | 4 | 4 |
| Longoria grounded out to shortstop. | 4 | 4 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 9th | SCORE | |
| Austin Pruitt pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Gallo struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Kozma struck out swinging. | 4 | 4 |
| Hoying grounded out to first. | 4 | 4 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Tampa Bay - Top of 10th | SCORE | |
| Sam Dyson pitching for Texas | TB | TEX |
| Dyson relieved Bush. | 4 | 4 |
| Morrison homered to left (382 feet). | 5 | 4 |
| Souza Jr. struck out swinging. | 5 | 4 |
| Smith grounded out to third. | 5 | 4 |
| Beckham safe at first on error by third baseman Kozma. | 5 | 4 |
| Norris homered to left (388 feet), Beckham scored. | 7 | 4 |
| Robertson singled to center. | 7 | 4 |
| Dickerson popped out to shortstop. | 7 | 4 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Texas - Bottom of 10th | SCORE | |
| Alex Colome pitching for Tampa Bay | TB | TEX |
| Colomé relieved Pruitt. | 7 | 4 |
| Rua walked. | 7 | 4 |
| Andrus singled to right, Rua to second. | 7 | 4 |
| Mazara grounded into fielder's choice to pitcher, Andrus out at second, Rua to third. | 7 | 4 |
| Beltré singled to left center, Rua scored, Mazara to second. | 7 | 5 |
| DeShields ran for Beltré. | 7 | 5 |
| Odor grounded into double play, second to shortstop to first, DeShields out at second. | 7 | 5 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
Tampa Bay Rays
| Hitters | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | #P | AVG | OBP | SLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson DH | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | .341 | .384 | .607 |
| Kiermaier CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .246 | .326 | .389 |
| Longoria 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .242 | .316 | .419 |
| Morrison 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | .249 | .355 | .554 |
| Souza Jr. RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | .275 | .381 | .505 |
| Rasmus LF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .253 | .306 | .557 |
a-Weeks Jr. PH
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | .233 | .337 | .367 |
Smith PR-LF
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .261 | .346 | .304 |
| Beckham SS | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | .266 | .303 | .422 |
| Norris C | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 15 | .204 | .268 | .343 |
| Robertson 2B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | .206 | .314 | .353 |
| Totals | 41 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 164 | |||
| a-walked for C Rasmus in the 8th | ||||||||||
| BATTING 2B: Dickerson (17, Bibens-Dirkx); Longoria (14, Bibens-Dirkx); Rasmus (4, Jeffress) HR: Souza Jr. (10, 2nd inning off Bibens-Dirkx 1 on, 0 Out); Kiermaier (6, 9th inning off Bush 0 on, 2 Out); Morrison (15, 10th inning off Dyson 0 on, 0 Out); Norris (5, 10th inning off Dyson 1 on, 2 Out) RBI: Souza Jr. 2 (33), Longoria (29), Kiermaier (17), Morrison (36), Norris 2 (17) 2-out RBI: Kiermaier, Norris 2 Rays RISP: 2-7 (Kiermaier 0-1, Rasmus 0-1, Souza Jr. 1-3, Longoria 1-1, Beckham 0-1) Team LOB: 9 | ||||||||||
| FIELDING DP: 2 (Robertson-Beckham-Morrison 2). | ||||||||||
Game Information
| Stadium | Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, TX |
| Attendance | 24,410 (50.7% full) - % is based on regular season capacity |
| Game Time | 3:45 |
| Weather | 89 degrees, cloudy |
| Wind | 12 mph |
| Umpires | Home Plate - Chris Conroy, First Base - Tom Woodring, Second Base - Mark Carlson, Third Base - Jerry Meals |
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