ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — The Texas Rangers rallied for three runs in the sixth inning to defeat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Friday night at Globe Life Park.

Attendance was 27,738. The game lasted 2 hours, 34 minutes.

Texas improved to 31-32, while Cleveland dropped to 36-29.

The Guardians struck first. Travis Bazzana led off the game with a home run to right field, his fourth of the season, giving Cleveland a 1-0 lead. José Ramírez grounded out, Chase DeLauter was called out on strikes, and Kyle Manzardo struck out swinging to end the inning.

Cleveland added a run in the fourth. Steven Kwan doubled to center field and scored on a single by Austin Hedges, making it 2-0. The inning ended with a popout.

Texas starter Kumar Rocker, the top star for the Rangers, settled after the first inning. He allowed two runs on six hits over five innings, striking out five. Rocker had won his previous start against Kansas City on May 30, tossing six scoreless innings. He worked out of a jam in the fifth after Bazzana tripled with no outs, stranding him at third by getting a popout, a strikeout and a flyout.

The Rangers broke through in the sixth against Cleveland starter Parker Messick. Kyle Higashioka led off with a home run to left field, his fourth, cutting the lead to 2-1. After Michael Helman popped out, Wyatt Langford doubled on a sharp line drive to left. Corey Seager followed with a two-run homer to left center, his eighth, giving Texas a 3-2 lead. Josh Jung singled, but Matt Festa relieved Messick and induced a flyout and a groundout to end the inning.

Messick was charged with three runs on five hits over 5 2/3 innings, striking out four and walking one. He fell to 6-2.

Peyton Gray relieved Rocker in the sixth after the two-run homer and recorded the final out of the inning. Gray pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out two. He earned the win, improving to 2-0.

Jacob Latz pitched the final two innings for his ninth save, allowing one hit and striking out three.

Cleveland threatened in the ninth. With one out, Stuart Fairchild walked. After a flyout, Hedges singled, putting runners at first and second. But Brayan Rocchio struck out swinging to end the game.

Bazzana led the Guardians with three hits, including a home run and a triple, and drove in a run. He also stole a base. Kwan had two hits. For Texas, Seager drove in two runs with his homer, and Higashioka drove in one. Jung had two hits.

Texas had five hits, Cleveland seven.

The game featured strong bullpen work. Festa threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings for Cleveland, striking out two. Shawn Armstrong pitched a scoreless seventh, allowing no hits. Jalen Beeks retired the only batter he faced in the sixth.

Defensively, the Guardians turned several groundouts, with Ramírez handling multiple chances at third base. The Rangers’ defense also held, with first baseman Jake Burger recording several putouts.

The most important sequence occurred in the bottom of the sixth, when Texas erased a two-run deficit with three extra-base hits in four at-bats. Higashioka’s solo homer started the rally, followed by Langford’s double and Seager’s go-ahead home run. The inning turned the game entirely, as Cleveland’s bullpen held the Rangers scoreless the rest of the way but the offense could not catch up.

Cleveland had entered the game after winning two of three in New York, taking the series against the Yankees with a 5-4 win and a 9-4 win before dropping the finale 2-1. Texas had split a two-game series in St. Louis, losing 5-3 after winning the first two games.

The Guardians’ loss snapped a brief winning streak. They had won four of their previous six games before Friday. Texas moved back within one game of .500 and matched its season high for wins in a single week.

The Rangers’ pitching staff combined for nine strikeouts, with Rocker leading the way. Gray, Latz and Beeks combined for four scoreless innings, allowing only one hit and striking out six.

Cleveland’s offense managed seven hits but left seven runners on base. Bazzana was the only Guardian with multiple hits. The bottom of the order, including Hedges and Rocchio, went a combined 2 for 9 with three strikeouts.

Texas’s victory was its third in the last four games, and the Rangers improved to 4-2 in June. Cleveland dropped to 3-3 in June.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas 5, Cleveland 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Texas a 50.10 percent probability to win. Cleveland was a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The combined score of 5 went over the over/under line of 7.