ARLINGTON, Texas — Boston rallied for four runs with two outs in the ninth inning to stun the Texas Rangers 8-7 at Globe Life Park.
The Red Sox trailed 6-0 after starter David Price struggled and were down 7-4 heading to the ninth.
But pinch-hitter Sandy Leon doubled with two outs to make it a one-run game. The Rangers brought in Matt Bush (2-1) to face Mookie Betts, and Betts hit a two-run homer to center to tie the game.
After Dustin Pedroia walked, Xander Bogaerts moved him to third with a single. Bush then uncorked a wild pitch to allow Pedroia to score the winning run.
Koji Uehara retired the Rangers for his second save and made a winner of Heath Hembree (4-0), the fourth of five Boston pitchers. Texas had 16 hits, but none after the fifth inning.
The Rangers battered Price, tagging him for six runs on 12 hits in 2 1/3 innings. It was the most hits he’s allowed with Boston and his shortest outing.
Texas jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first on a leadoff homer from Shin-Soo Choo and a two-run single from Elvis Andrus. The Rangers added another run in the second and two more in the third in a two-run single from Bobby Wilson.
Boston got back into the game with the long ball, as Hanley Ramirez hit a two-run homer off Texas starter Nick Martinez in the fourth and Jackie Bradley hit a two-run shot in the sixth.
Andrus and Ian Desmond each had three hits for Texas. Betts went 2-for-5 for Boston, which had nine hits.
The Rangers battered Price for six runs in 2 1/3 innings as he allowed a season high 12 hits in his shortest outing of the season.
Texas set the tone when Choo led off the first with a homer. The Rangers scored three times in the first, once in the second and ended Price’s night with two more in the third.
Boston got two runs back on Ramirez’s two-run homer, but the Rangers countered with a solo homer from Prince Fielder in the bottom of the fourth. The Fielder homer gave every Texas starter at least one hit and pushed the Texas lead to 7-2.
NOTES: Texas C Robinson Chirinos was in the original Friday lineup but was scratched because of a sore right wrist. Chirinos was hit in the wrist by a pitch June 18 in St. Louis. … Texas RHP Keone Kela threw his first bullpen session Friday since undergoing surgery on his right elbow in April. Kela is expected to return after the All-Star break. … Boston put OF Chris Young on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right hamstring and recalled OF Bryce Brentz. Young injured his leg running the bases in Boston’s win over Chicago Thursday. … Former Rangers and Red Sox OF David Murphy, who retired this season, threw out the first pitch Friday. … With his walk-off hit Thursday, Boston’s Xander Bogaerts joined Hall of Famer Bobby Doerr as the only Red Sox players to have at least four walk-off hits before turning 24. Doerr also had four. … The Rangers are still undecided on their Monday starter for their series opener at New York.