TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Yandy Díaz homered twice and drove in three runs as the Tampa Bay Rays stormed back from a two-run deficit with a seven-run seventh inning to beat the Los Angeles Angels 8-5 on Friday night at George Steinbrenner Field.

Díaz led off the first with a solo homer, but the Angels tied it on a Vaughn Grissom single in the third and took a 2-1 lead on a Zach Neto single in the fifth. In the seventh, Díaz hit a two-run shot, Jonathan Aranda followed with a solo homer, Oliver Dunn singled in a run, Richie Palacios tripled in two and Nick Fortes added a sacrifice fly to make it 8-2. The Angels scored three in the eighth on a Grissom double, a groundout and a groundout, but got no closer.

Nick Martinez (5-1) allowed two runs over seven innings for the win. Bryan Baker pitched the ninth for his 15th save. Ryan Zeferjahn (2-3) took the loss for Los Angeles. Walbert Ureña gave up one earned run in six innings.

The Rays improved to 35-19. The Angels fell to 22-36. Attendance was 18,706. Time of game was 2:36. Both teams had 10 hits.