The Rangers were one out from being back at .500 but the beleaguered bullpen faltered again. The Rays hit a game-tying homer in the ninth and two homers in the 10th for a 7-5 win Wednesday night at Globe Life Park.
How Rangers pitchers fared: Austin Bibens-Dirkx held the Rays to three runs and left trailing 3-2 after 4 2/3 innings. Bibens-Dirkx allowd five hits and three walks and struck out two in his first major league start. Jeremy Jeffress took over in the fifth and got a groundout to end the inning. Jefffress pitched a scoreless sixth before Alex Claudio pitched two scoreless innings to get the game to closer Matt Bush.