Paredes hits two homers to lead Rays 8-3 over Rangers

Tampa Bay Rays beat the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Friday night in a direct matchup of the two teams with best records in the MLB this season.

Isaac Paredes hit two home runs and drove in a career-high six runs, Tyler Glasnow got his first win in two years.

Paredes had an RBI double with two outs in the first inning and made it 4-1 with a three-run homer in the third off Andrew Heaney (4-4).

It’s time for the daily scheduled Rays Home Run tweet! Isaac Paredes gives the Rays a 4-1 lead over the Rangers 💥

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His second home run was a two-run shot off Spencer Howarda and it came in a four-run sixth that put Tampa Bay ahead 8-1.

Paredes has a team-best 44 RBIs so far.