Adolis Garcia's 10th-inning homer leads Rangers past Rays

[April 16, 2021]    Adolis Garcia hit his first major league homer in the 10th inning, lifting the Texas Rangers to a 6-4 win Thursday night over the Tampa Bay Rays in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Mike Brosseau (43) slides into second base as Texas Rangers infielder Nick Solak (15) waits for the ball in the third inning at Tropicana Field. Mandatory Credit: Jonathan Dyer-USA TODAY Sports

The Rangers took their fourth lead of the night when Garcia rocketed a two-run, opposite-field homer to right. The shot off Cody Reed (0-1), the Rays' sixth pitcher, also scored Jose Trevino, who was placed on second with the extra-innings rule.

Josh Sborz (1-0) posted his first career win with a scoreless ninth inning, and Ian Kennedy collected his third save with a perfect 10th inning.

Nick Solak was 3-for-5 with a homer, two runs and two RBIs, Charlie Culberson went deep and Isiah Kiner-Falefa notched two hits for Texas, which won three of four games in the series.

Rangers starter Jordan Lyles pitched 5 1/3 innings and yielded three runs on five hits. He walked one and fanned four.

Tampa Bay's Mike Brosseau hit a two-run homer and a double. Francisco Mejia notched two hits for the Rays, who fell to 0-3 in extra innings this season.

Rays left-hander Rich Hill allowed four runs and seven hits in 4 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out two.

With two outs in the second, Solak jumped on a 91 mph four-seam fastball from Hill and sent a deep drive to center field that went out for a 1-0 lead.

In Tampa Bay's three-hit third, Meadows evened the game at 1 by ripping the first pitch he saw from Lyles for a one-out single to right, driving home Brosseau.

Culberson recorded his sixth hit in three games when he launched Hill's 0-2 slider out to left for his second homer of the series -- scoring Solak to make it 3-1 in the fourth.

Brosseau matched the blast in the bottom half, uncorking his first long ball on a center-cut 0-2 fastball to plate Margot, tying the score at 3.

In the fifth, Hill's one-out walk to Joey Gallo eventually led to a run. Solak singled off Andrew Kittredge to collect his fifth RBI in the series for a 4-3 Texas lead.

In the seventh, catcher Trevino's throwing error to second sent Brett Phillips to third, and center fielder Leody Taveras' long toss to third hit the runner's helmet -- bouncing away and allowing Phillips to score on the second error.

--Field Level Media

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