ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off All-Star closer Jacob Latz in the eighth inning, capping a comeback from a three-run deficit as the Boston Red Sox beat Texas 4-3 on Thursday night and dropped the Rangers out of the AL West lead.

The limp to October goes on for the Boston Red Sox, who blew an early 2-0 lead Wednesday night, and dropped the series in Texas with a 7-3 loss that improved the Rangers to 76-76. Boston batters managed just three hits in the contest,

Sonny Gray and the Boston Red Sox face the Texas Rangers in a crucial matchup with Wild Card and AL West division implications on the line.

Brandon Nimmo hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning before Ezequiel Duran added a two-run single, and the surging Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 7-3 to pull even with Houston atop the AL West.

This has been a rough stretch for the Red Sox offense, which has effectively turned into a pumpkin after a torrid two months this summer. This week in particular the bats have fallen silent, and for much of Thursday night the Red Sox looked like they were headed toward a discouraging series sweep at the worst possible time.

Story's eighth-inning drive was his first homer since May 13, and gave Boston its 37th comeback win this season.

Jacob deGrom struck out eight in five innings, Corey Seager had a two-run single and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 in a series opener between playoff contenders.

A variety of factors led to the Texas Rangers choosing their staring pitcher for Thursday’s game with the Boston Red Sox.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It was by no means a textbook display of pitching. There were walks in each of the first four innings, and a career-high five in all. There were deep counts, lots of traffic and 98 pitches required in fewer than six innings.

Carrying a lead into the late innings has been a nearly automatic win for the Rangers this year until Thursday night.