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Danny Jansen’s single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Danny Jansen had a game-ending single with two outs as the Texas Rangers rallied for a 6-5 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night in a frantic ninth inning that included three-run rallies by both teams.

Jansen capped the Rangers comeback when he grounded the only pitch thrown by Juan Morillo into the left-field corner. Morillo relieved Paul Sewald (0-4), who had converted his first nine save opportunities.

Ezequiel Duran had an RBI double and Jake Burger, whose three-run homer for Texas in the fifth produced the game’s first runs, tied the game with an RBI single and chased Sewald.

Arizona had gone ahead 5-3 in the top half. Nolan Arenado’s RBI double off Jacob Latz, the sixth of seven Texas pitchers, tied the game at 3 and Ildemaro Vargas lined a two-run single.

Cal Quantrill (2-0) took over after Latz failed to retire a batter.

Rangers shortstop Corey Seager struck out starting the ninth and finished 0 for 4, slipping into a career-worst slump.

Seager has gone seven games in a row without a hit. That is the longest hitless span in the two-time World Series MVP’s 12 big league seasons, as is the 0-for-27 span with 11 strikeouts over the last week. He has a .179 batting average.

Diamondbacks left fielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr., who fouled a pitch hard off the inside of his left knee in the fourth, had an RBI double in the sixth. Arenado had a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and his double came after Corbin Carroll led off the ninth with a double and Geraldo Perdomo walked.

Rangers starter Kumar Rocker walked four and needed 97 pitches to get through five scoreless innings. Arizona right-hander Ryne Nelson, who gave up Burger’s homer, struck out eight without a walk over seven innings.

Up next

A day off for both teams before road games Friday night: Arizona at Colorado, and the Rangers in Houston.

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Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers’ Ezequiel Duran, from left, Sam Haggerty, Danny Jansen and Jake Burger (21), celebrate Jansen’s run-scoring single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers’ Alejandro Osuna, from left, Danny Jansen, Jake Burger (21) and Evan Carter, second from right, celebrate Burger’s three-run home run as umpire Jansen Visconti, right, stands by the plate in the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th | iNFOnews.ca
Arizona Diamondbacks’ Ildemaro Vargas celebrates his two-run single in the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Danny Jansen's single gives Rangers a 6-5 win over Dbacks after both teams score 3 runs in 9th | iNFOnews.ca
Texas Rangers catcher Danny Jansen kneels by Arizona Diamondbacks’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. who fouled a pitch onto legs in the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, May 13, 2026, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

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