TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Yandy Díaz homered twice and drove in three runs, and the Tampa Bay Rays scored seven times in the seventh inning to rally past the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 on Friday night at George Steinbrenner Field.

The victory before an announced crowd of 18,706 moved the Rays to 35-19, while the Angels fell to 22-36. The game lasted 2 hours, 36 minutes.

Tampa Bay starter Nick Martinez pitched seven innings, allowing two earned runs on eight hits with five strikeouts to improve to 5-1. Bryan Baker earned his 15th save with a scoreless ninth, striking out two. Angels starter Walbert Ureña turned in a solid outing, going six innings and giving up one earned run on five hits with five strikeouts, but took a no-decision. Ryan Zeferjahn was charged with the loss after allowing seven runs in the seventh, falling to 2-3.

The Angels grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning. Zach Neto doubled on a line drive to center field, advanced to third on a fly out by Mike Trout and scored on a single by Vaughn Grissom. They extended the lead to 2-0 in the fifth when Jose Siri doubled and came home on a single by Neto.

Tampa Bay had taken a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Díaz’s solo homer to right, his ninth of the season. But the Angels answered and held the lead until the seventh.

The seventh inning proved decisive for Tampa Bay. Cedric Mullins walked to start the frame. Díaz then crushed his second homer of the night, a two-run shot to left-center that tied the game at 2. Jonathan Aranda followed with a solo homer to right-center, his 10th, giving Tampa Bay a 3-2 lead. Junior Caminero singled to center, and Ryan Vilade grounded out, moving Caminero to second. Chandler Simpson reached on a fielding error by first baseman Vaughn Grissom, allowing Caminero to take third. Oliver Dunn then singled on a bunt ground ball, scoring Caminero and putting the Rays ahead 4-2. Richie Palacios tripled to right, driving in Simpson and Dunn and extending the lead to 6-2. Nick Fortes sacrificed, scoring Palacios and capping the seven-run uprising.

The Angels mounted a comeback in the eighth. Neto walked after a challenge overturned a called strike, Trout walked, and Grissom doubled to right-center, scoring Neto. Jo Adell grounded out to bring Trout home, and Wade Meckler grounded out to score Grissom, cutting the deficit to 8-5. But Baker retired the Angels in the ninth after allowing a one-out walk and a single, striking out Neto and getting Grissom to pop out.

Angels first baseman Vaughn Grissom went 2 for 5 with two RBIs. Neto had two hits and an RBI in four at-bats. Siri doubled and scored. Nick Madrigal had two hits. Logan O’Hoppe walked twice. Oswald Peraza had two hits, including a bunt single. For the Angels, Ureña struck out five and allowed only one earned run over six innings, but the bullpen could not hold the lead. Brent Suter relieved in the seventh and allowed one earned run on two hits in one and two-thirds innings, striking out two.

For the Rays, Aranda had two hits including a homer and drove in a run. Palacios tripled and had two RBIs in three at-bats. Caminero had two hits and a double. Martinez earned the win with a strong start, though he allowed a run in the third and another in the fifth. Kevin Kelly pitched a scoreless eighth, allowing no hits and striking out one. Baker worked the ninth for the save.

The Rays had lost their previous two games at Baltimore, while the Angels had won two of three at Detroit coming in. Tampa Bay improved to 7-3 in their last 10 games. The Angels have lost seven of their last 10.

The teams continue their three-game series Saturday. The Angels then host Colorado for three games before a three-game series at the Los Angeles Dodgers. Tampa Bay hosts Detroit for three games after the series concludes, then travels to Miami.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Tampa Bay Rays 6, Los Angeles Angels 5. Interstat’s ELO system gave Tampa Bay a 66.40 percent probability to win. Tampa Bay was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over-under line of 8.