WEST SACRAMENTO (Interstat) — Wyatt Langford homered and drove in two runs as the Texas Rangers erased an early three-run deficit and beat the Athletics 5-3 on Saturday at Sutter Health Park.

Texas improved to 61-63 while the Athletics fell to 48-75. MacKenzie Gore (7-9) earned the win, allowing three earned runs on eight hits over 5 2/3 innings while striking out five. J.T. Ginn (8-7) took the loss after giving up four earned runs on eight hits in six innings. Jacob Latz pitched two scoreless innings for his 23rd save.

The Athletics grabbed the lead in the second inning. Brian Serven singled, Alika Williams singled, and Henry Bolte followed with a line-drive home run to left field that was upheld after an umpire review, giving the Athletics a 3-0 advantage. Bolte finished 3-for-5 with the homer and three RBIs.

Texas chipped away in the fifth. Jake Burger doubled, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Nicky Lopez’s ground single to center, cutting the Athletics’ lead to 3-1. The Rangers then took control in the sixth. Brandon Nimmo doubled and scored on Corey Seager’s single to center. Langford then drove a fly ball over the left-center fence for a two-run homer, putting Texas ahead 4-3.

Gore settled in after the rough second inning and completed the sixth, stranding a runner in scoring position. Latz took over in the seventh and retired six straight batters, striking out two, to preserve the lead.

Texas added an insurance run in the ninth. Evan Carter doubled, Jake Burger walked, and Jarred Kelenic singled to center to score Carter and extend the lead to 5-3. Nicky Lopez then moved the runners over with a groundout, but the Rangers could not add more.

The Athletics threatened in the bottom of the ninth against Latz, but Brian Serven flied out, Alika Williams struck out and Bolte grounded out to end the game.

Wyatt Langford went 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Seager added two hits and scored twice. The Rangers finished with 11 hits while the Athletics collected eight.

Ginn struck out seven and walked none, but the Rangers’ decisive sixth inning proved costly. Scott Blewett allowed one earned run in 1 1/3 innings of relief for the Athletics, and Brady Basso tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings.

The game took 2 hours, 40 minutes and drew an announced attendance of 10,070.

Texas had lost the opener of the series Friday night, falling 8-3 to the Athletics, who had won five of their previous eight games. The Rangers had dropped four of five entering Saturday before winning the middle game of the three-game set.

The Athletics out-hit Texas early and got a strong start from Ginn, but the Rangers’ bullpen trio of Chase Silseth, Jakob Junis and Latz combined for 1 1/3 scoreless innings to close out the game. Silseth and Junis each recorded one-third and one inning, respectively, without allowing a hit.

The victory moved the Rangers to 4-6 in their last 10 games. The Athletics have lost six of their last eight.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Texas Rangers 5, Athletics 2. Interstat’s ELO system gave Texas a 56.40 percent probability to win. Texas was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 8 went over the over/under line of 9.5.