ARLINGTON, Texas (Interstat) — Wyatt Langford’s eighth-inning home run broke an 8-8 tie and lifted the Texas Rangers to a 9-7 victory over the San Diego Padres on Friday night at Globe Life Park.

Texas improved to 36-39 while San Diego dropped to 38-36 in front of a crowd of 33,406. The game lasted 2 hours 50 minutes.

Langford, the Rangers’ center fielder, went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. His solo shot in the bottom of the eighth off San Diego reliever Yuki Matsui gave Texas the lead for good. Langford also doubled in the fourth inning to drive in Josh Jung and tie the game at 7-7, and he singled in the sixth as part of a one-run rally that put Texas ahead 8-7.

The Padres stormed out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first. After Fernando Tatis Jr. walked and Samad Taylor singled, Gavin Sheets singled to right to score Tatis. Xander Bogaerts walked to load the bases, and Ty France followed with a grand slam to right field, his seventh home run of the season. Will Wagner singled but Rodolfo Durán grounded out to end the inning.

Texas answered immediately with a six-run bottom of the first. Joc Pederson reached on a missed catch error by Padres starter Randy Vásquez, and Josh Jung walked. After Langford popped out, Brandon Nimmo doubled to left-center, scoring Pederson. Ezequiel Duran walked to load the bases, and Alejandro Osuna cleared the bases with a double to left, driving in Jung and Nimmo. Jake Burger doubled to left, scoring Duran and Osuna. Nicky Lopez singled, and Elias Díaz singled to center to score Burger, cutting San Diego’s lead to 5-4. Lopez moved to second on the play, but Joc Pederson grounded into a force out and Josh Jung grounded into another force out to end the inning with Texas ahead 6-5.

Neither team scored in the second or third innings. San Diego tied the game in the top of the fourth when France led off with a solo home run to center, his eighth of the year. Texas regained the lead in the bottom half. Jung singled to left, and Langford doubled to center, scoring Jung. Langford was thrown out trying to advance to third on the throw home. After Nimmo struck out, Ezequiel Duran walked and Osuna singled, but Burger flied out to end the inning with Texas ahead 7-6.

The score remained 7-6 until the bottom of the sixth. Jung singled and Langford singled, putting runners at first and second. Nimmo grounded into a force out, with Jung moving to third and Langford out at second. Ezequiel Duran then singled to center, deflected by second baseman Tatis, to score Jung and make it 8-6. Justin Foscue popped out and Burger flied out to end the frame.

San Diego cut the deficit to 8-7 in the top of the eighth. Gavin Sheets led off with a solo home run to right, his 12th of the season. Xander Bogaerts lined out, France grounded out, and Wagner singled, but Nick Solak flied out to center.

Texas answered immediately in the bottom of the eighth. Langford homered to left-center off Matsui, making it 9-7. Nimmo flied out, Ezequiel Duran grounded out, and Jarred Kelenic struck out to end the inning.

Jacob deGrom earned the win for Texas, improving to 6-4. He pitched six innings, allowing six runs on six hits with nine strikeouts and three walks. Jacob Latz recorded his 12th save of the season, pitching 1 1/3 innings, allowing one hit and no runs. Randy Vásquez took the loss for San Diego, falling to 6-5. He allowed seven runs, six earned, on eight hits and four walks over 3 2/3 innings.

France led the Padres’ offense, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBIs. Sheets added two hits, including his eighth-inning homer, and drove in two runs. Wandy Peralta threw 1 2/3 scoreless innings for San Diego, allowing no hits, and Matsui also worked 1 2/3 innings, allowing one run on one hit while striking out three.

For Texas, Brandon Nimmo had two hits and a double, driving in one run. Osuna had two hits and two RBIs, and Burger had a double and two RBIs. Ezequiel Duran walked twice and drove in a run.

The game featured seven home runs in total — two from France, one from Sheets, one from Langford, and none from the Rangers’ other sluggers, though Texas did hit four doubles.

San Diego’s offense had been hot coming into the game, winning four of its previous five contests, including a 6-1 victory at St. Louis on Wednesday. Texas had lost its previous three games, including a 9-3 defeat to Minnesota on Thursday.

The two teams meet again Saturday for the second game of the three-game series.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a 5-4 final score in favor of San Diego. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Padres a 51.40 percent chance to win. Texas was installed as a -1.5 favorite on the spread, and the total run line of 16 went under the over/under of 7.