Seager, Duran star as Texas Rangers rally past Toronto Blue Jays 11-7

Rangers 15-5 win Red Sox

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager and Ezequiel Duran each had four hits, and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 11-7 on Sunday.

Seager drove in three runs and Duran scored three times as Texas erased a 6-0 deficit on its way to the win in the rubber game of the weekend set. Leody Taveras added three hits and three RBIs, including a tiebreaking single in the fifth inning and a two-run homer in the seventh.

Duran and Taveras served as the Nos. 8 and 9 hitters in a lineup that finished with 15 hits.

Whit Merrifield and Bo Bichette each had two RBIs for Toronto in its sixth loss in nine games.

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George Springer had two hits and scored two runs.

Blue Jays right-hander Chris Bassitt was charged with five runs, three earned, and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Four Texas relievers combined for 6 2/3 innings of one-run ball after Jon Gray struggled. John King (1-0) pitched 3 1/3 hitless innings for the win for the AL West leaders.

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