TAMPA, Fla. (Interstat) — Ian Seymour threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings and Ryan Vilade and Yandy Diaz homered in the first inning as the Tampa Bay Rays blanked the Texas Rangers 3-0 on Wednesday at George Steinbrenner Field.

Vilade’s two-run homer off MacKenzie Gore scored Jonathan Aranda to open the scoring. Diaz followed with a solo shot, producing all three runs in the inning. Gore (6-9) allowed three runs on three hits with nine strikeouts over seven innings but took the loss.

Seymour (7-3) scattered two hits and struck out four. Casey Legumina, Kevin Kelly, Garrett Cleavinger and Bryan Baker combined for 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, with Baker notching his 29th save.

The Rays improved to 63-44, while the Rangers dropped to 55-53. Texas had four hits, Tampa Bay three. Attendance was 14,200 in a game that lasted 2 hours, 17 minutes.