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Y.Díaz flied out to right fielder Mazara.

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A.García homered to right on a 3-1 count, Wendle scored.

Homered to right on a 3-1 count, Wendle scored.

d'Arnaud homered to center on a 1-0 count.

Forsythe grounded out, shortstop Adames to first baseman Choi, Gallo scored.

Grounded out, shortstop Adames to first baseman Choi, Gallo scored.

Rays second.  Y.Díaz doubled to right.  Wendle doubled to right, Y.Díaz scored.  A.García homered to right on a 3-1 count, Wendle scored.  Adames grounded out, third baseman A.Cabrera to first baseman Forsythe.  d'Arnaud singled to left.  Meadows flied out to right fielder Mazara.  Kiermaier struck out.

Rays seventh.  Fairbanks pitching.  Adames homered to right on a 1-2 count.  d'Arnaud homered to center on a 1-0 count.  Meadows struck out.  Kiermaier struck out.  Pham struck out.

Rangers eighth.  Drake pitching.  A.Cabrera doubled to right.  Da.Santana grounded out, shortstop Adames to first baseman Choi, A.Cabrera to third.  On Drake's wild pitch, A.Cabrera scored.  Federowicz walked.  Choo flied out to left fielder Meadows.  DeShields singled to right, Federowicz to second.  Andrus flied out to center fielder Kiermaier.

Rangers ninth.  Alvarado pitching.  Mazara grounded out, pitcher Alvarado to first baseman Choi.  Gallo doubled to right.  On Alvarado's wild pitch, Gallo to third.  Forsythe grounded out, shortstop Adames to first baseman Choi, Gallo scored.  A.Cabrera lined out to right fielder A.García.

 The Rangers enter this series with the majors' longest-active win streak at five games. Texas starting pitching is 5-0 with a 1.73 ERA over the win streak -- the last time that Texas starting pitching went 5-0 with a sub-2.00 ERA over a five-game span was seven years ago in June 2012.

 Tampa Bay completed a 10-game road trip against the Yankees, A's and Twins with a 3-7 record. Based on current records, Tampa Bay has played the most difficult schedule of any team in MLB in June, with its opponents combining for a .543 winning percentage.

 After recording a 10.9 BB% in 2018, Lance Lynn has lowered his walk rate to 5.9 percent in 2019. Among pitchers with 75+ IP in both seasons, Lynn's improvement in his walk rate is the largest in the majors.

 Over his career, Joey Gallo has averaged a home run every 11.79 at-bats -- among players with at least 1000 career at-bats, Gallo's AB/HR ratio ranks third all-time behind Mark McGwire (10.61) and Babe Ruth (11.76).

 Tampa Bay beat Minnesota yesterday, 5-2 in 18 innings. The Rays tied the game at 2 in the second inning, and then neither team scored until the top of the 18th. It was the most innings between runs in an AL game since September 1, 1906 (Philadelphia A's, 4-1 over Boston Americans in 24 innings).

 Tommy Pham was the only Ray with multiple hits yesterday, going 2-for-8 with two singles. The rest of Tampa Bay combined to bat 6-for-53 (.113), with one extra-base hit and 16 strikeouts.

HP - Estabrook, 1B - Dreckman, 2B - Libka, 3B - Emmel

Tampa Bay's top pitching prospect, Brendan McKay, will make his major league debut when the Rays host the Texas Rangers on Saturday night.
McKay, 23, will fill the hole created when the Rays were forced to use Ryan Yarbrough during their 5-2, 18-inning win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday.

Rays' McKay to make debut against streaking Rangers

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP)  Brendan McKay made an amazing first impression.
McKay took a perfect game into the sixth inning of his major league debut and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Saturday.

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Texas Rangers @ Tampa Bay Rays on June 29, 2019

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