ARLINGTON (Interstat) — Brandon Nimmo had four hits and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers defeated the Athletics 8-5 on Tuesday night at Globe Life Park.

Nimmo doubled in the first inning to score Corey Seager, singled in the third inning to score Seager again, lined a two-run single in the fifth and added an RBI single in the sixth as the Rangers built an 8-1 lead. He finished a triple short of the cycle.

Texas struck first when Seager doubled and Nimmo followed with a ground-ball double to left. The Athletics answered in the third inning when Zack Gelof singled, advanced on a throwing error and scored on Lawrence Butler’s single. Texas regained the lead in the bottom half on Nimmo’s sharp single to right that scored Seager.

The game turned in the fifth inning. Joc Pederson singled, Seager walked and Wyatt Langford singled to load the bases with no outs. Nimmo then grounded a single to right that scored Pederson and Seager, with Langford moving to third. Ezequiel Duran’s groundout brought Langford home, stretching the Rangers’ lead to 5-1.

Texas added three more runs in the sixth. Evan Carter singled and Elias Díaz doubled before Logan O’Hoppe hit a sacrifice fly to score Carter. Seager followed with a sacrifice fly to score Díaz, and Nimmo singled to right on a ball deflected by second baseman Michael Stefanic to score Langford. The inning ended with Texas leading 8-1.

MacKenzie Gore earned the win for Texas, allowing one earned run over 5 1/3 innings. He gave up five hits and struck out four. Gore improved to 8-10 on the season.

Jacob Latz recorded the final two outs for his 27th save, striking out both batters he faced. Chase Silseth preceded Latz with two-thirds of a scoreless inning, also striking out two.

The Athletics chipped away in the late innings. Gelof walked to open the seventh, moved to third on Jonah Heim’s single and scored on Michael Stefanic’s single. In the eighth, Carlos Cortes singled, advanced on Henry Bolte’s single and scored when Butler hit a sacrifice fly to center. Jeff McNeil then homered in the ninth, a two-run shot to right-center that scored Stefanic and cut the Rangers’ lead to 8-5.

McNeil finished 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Athletics. Butler had two hits and drove in two runs. Heim, Stefanic and Gelof each contributed in the losing effort.

Yunior Tur pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings of relief for Oakland, allowing no hits and striking out three. Brady Basso took the loss, allowing two earned runs over 2 1/3 innings with two strikeouts. Basso fell to 0-2 on the season. Luis Medina allowed one earned run over one inning with one strikeout.

Corey Seager went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs scored and an RBI for Texas. Wyatt Langford doubled in the sixth and scored, and Díaz added a double and scored as part of the Rangers’ three-run sixth.

The Rangers had 12 hits and the Athletics had 11. Texas made two sacrifice flies in the game.

Attendance was 24,253, and the game lasted 3 hours 8 minutes.

The Rangers improved to 69-70 with the win. The Athletics dropped to 53-86.

The game was the second of a three-game series between the teams. Texas won the opener Monday, and the teams will play again Wednesday before the Athletics travel to Seattle for four games.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Texas Rangers 5, Athletics 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Texas with a 63.60 percent probability to win. Texas was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus 1.5. The total score of 13 went under the over-under line of 7.5.