ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim matched career highs with four hits, Corey Seager had a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers batted around twice in a 13-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep.
Texas matched its season high with 19 hits, sending nine batters to the plate in both the fourth and fifth innings.
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Wyatt Langford and Jonah Heim matched career highs with four hits, Corey Seager had a three-run homer and the Texas Rangers batted around twice in a 13-2 rout of the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep.
Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford, left, stands on second base behind Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, after hitting a run-scoring double in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Corey Seager scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Travis Jankowski follows through on a two-run single against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Nathaniel Lowe and Jonah Heim scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zack Littell throws to the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien fields a double play ball hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rays' Yandy Diaz was out at second on the play. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays' Jose Caballero, foreground, salutes the dugout as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Texas Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi, back left, in the third inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, right, talks with umpires Andy Fletcher (49) and Mike Muchlinksi (76) after Randy Arozarena was called out in an at-bat due to fan interference in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. The call was upheld after a video review. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Fans look on as Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Josh Lowe is unable to reach a double by Texas Rangers' Jonah Heim in the second inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws to the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager follows through on a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Travis Jankowski and Marcus Semien also scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Jonah Heim lines out to Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Isaac Paredes in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford makes a leaping catch on a flyout by Tampa Bay Rays' Josh Lowe in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford, left, follows through on a single as Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt, right, looks on in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
“You look at what Wyatt did. Jonah. We had some big days,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “It was good to see them break out.”
Nathan Eovaldi (6-3) allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, improving to 5-0 with a 1.99 ERA and a .166 opponents’ batting average in 10 starts at home.
“I thought I had really good fastball command,” Eovaldi said. “Usually if I have pretty good fastball command, I have a really good day.”
Defending World Series champion Texas has won eight of its last 10 home games and is 24-21 at Globe Life Field but 18-27 on the road.
Tampa Bay was swept in a three-game series for the first time this season, getting outscored 20-5 after winning its previous five series. The Rays allowed season highs in runs and hits on Sunday.
“That’s not going to be enough,” Rays manager Kevin Cash said of his team’s offense over the weekend. “Their pitchers did a good job, but I’d like to think we can have some better at-bats and find ways to score runs.”
Langford had an RBI double in the first inning, singled to start a six-run fourth and three-run fifth, then singled again in the eighth. The 22-year-old rookie hit cleanup for the second time this season with Texas’ regular No. 4 hitter, Adolis García, given what Bochy called a mental day amid a 2-for-18 slide.
Heim homered, doubled and had two singles with two RBIs.
Travis Jankowski had two hits and three RBIs. He had a swinging bunt up the first base line in the fifth that hugged the chalk and stayed fair and drove in two runs.
Pinch-hitter Robbie Grossman had a solo homer in the seventh against Colin Poche.
José Caballero hit a two-run homer in the third, Tampa Bay got a three-run homer from Yandy Díaz in Saturday’s 4-3 loss.
Zack Littell (3-6) allowed seven runs and nine hits in four innings. Shawn Armstrong, the first of four Rays relievers, gave up the three runs and five hits in the fifth.
The Rays’ Randy Arozarena went 0 for 3, ending his on-base streak at 19 games. His final at-bat was a foul fly down the right-field line in the seventh inning. Jankowski settled under the ball but a fan in a Shin-Soo Choo jersey wearing a glove reached over the railing above the high wall and made a backhand catch. Umpires conferenced and Arozarena was called out by first base umpire Mike Muchlinski for fan interference. During a video review requested by the Rays, the fan held up a sign that read: “Home cooking.” The call was upheld and the game resumed after a 3-minute delay.
“If he’s camped, I totally understand it,” Cash said. “If he’s running pretty full tilt … but Jankowski certainly acted like he was unhappy the ball didn’t go in his glove. So, maybe he would have caught it.”
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Texas Rangers right fielder Travis Jankowski, bottom, tries to catch a fly ball hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Randy Arozarena that a fan, top, catches in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Arozarena was called out on fan interference. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford, left, stands on second base behind Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe, right, after hitting a run-scoring double in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Corey Seager scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Travis Jankowski follows through on a two-run single against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Nathaniel Lowe and Jonah Heim scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays starting pitcher Zack Littell throws to the Texas Rangers in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers second baseman Marcus Semien fields a double play ball hit by Tampa Bay Rays' Brandon Lowe in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rays' Yandy Diaz was out at second on the play. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays' Jose Caballero, foreground, salutes the dugout as he rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off Texas Rangers' Nathan Eovaldi, back left, in the third inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Tampa Bay Rays manager Kevin Cash, right, talks with umpires Andy Fletcher (49) and Mike Muchlinksi (76) after Randy Arozarena was called out in an at-bat due to fan interference in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. The call was upheld after a video review. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Fans look on as Tampa Bay Rays right fielder Josh Lowe is unable to reach a double by Texas Rangers' Jonah Heim in the second inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi throws to the Tampa Bay Rays in the first inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager rounds the bases after hitting a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager follows through on a three-run home run against the Tampa Bay Rays in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. Rangers' Travis Jankowski and Marcus Semien also scored on the hit. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Jonah Heim lines out to Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Isaac Paredes in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers left fielder Wyatt Langford makes a leaping catch on a flyout by Tampa Bay Rays' Josh Lowe in the seventh inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Texas Rangers' Wyatt Langford, left, follows through on a single as Tampa Bay Rays catcher Ben Rortvedt, right, looks on in the eighth inning of a baseball game in Arlington, Texas, Sunday, July 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said, as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region.
Displaced people were sheltering at the mosque that was struck near the main hospital in the central town of Deir al-Balah. A further four people were killed in a strike on a school sheltering displaced people near the town.
The Israeli military said both strikes targeted militants, without providing evidence.
An Associated Press journalist counted the bodies at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital morgue. Hospital records showed that the dead from the strike on the mosque were all men.
Israel is still battling Hamas in Gaza a year after the group's attack on Israel, and has opened a new front in Lebanon against Hezbollah, which has been trading fire with Israel along the border since the war in Gaza began. Israel has also vowed to strike Iran itself after Tehran launched a ballistic missile attack on Israel last week.
The widening conflict risks drawing in the United States, which has provided crucial military and diplomatic support to Israel, as well as U.S.-allied Arab countries that host American forces. Iran-allied militant groups in Syria, Iraq and Yemen have already joined in with long-distance strikes on Israel.
The Israeli military, meanwhile, announced a new air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, in northern Gaza, home to a densely populated refugee camp dating back to the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation. It circulated photos and video footage showing a column of tanks heading toward the area.
Israeli forces encircled Jabaliya as warplanes struck militant sites inside, the military said. Over the course of the war, Israel has carried out several large operations there, only to see militants regroup.
Israel reiterated its call, from the opening weeks of the war, for the complete evacuation of northern Gaza. Up to 300,000 people are estimated to have remained in the heavily destroyed north after earlier Israeli warnings that sent around a million fleeing to the south.
“We are in a new phase of the war,” the military said in leaflets dropped over the area. “These areas are considered dangerous combat zones.”
Palestinian residents reported heavy Israeli strikes across northern Gaza. The Civil Defense — first responders who operate under the Hamas-run government — said several homes and buildings had been hit and they were not able to reach them because of the bombardment.
Residents posted about the airstrikes and mourned their relatives on social media. Imad Alarabid said in a Facebook post that an airstrike on his home in Jabaliya killed a dozen family members, including his parents. Saeed Abu Elaish, a Health Ministry medic, said he was wounded and bleeding.
“Pray for us,” he wrote on Facebook.
Local journalists said one of their colleagues, Hassan Hamd, was killed in artillery shelling on his home in Jabaliya. He had worked as a freelance TV reporter and his footage had aired on Al Jazeera and other networks. Anas al-Sharif, an Al Jazeera reporter in northern Gaza, confirmed his death.
Avichay Adraee, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said it has expanded the so-called humanitarian zone in southern Gaza, urging people to head there. Hundreds of thousands of people have already sought refuge in sprawling tent camps there with little in the way of food, water or toilets. Israel has carried out strikes in the humanitarian zone against what it says are militants hiding among civilians.
The latest strikes add to the mounting Palestinian death toll in Gaza, which is nearing 42,000, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The ministry does not differentiate between civilian and militant deaths, but many of the dead were women and children.
Hamas-led militants killed some 1,200 people in the Oct. 7 attack and took another 250 hostage. They are still holding around 100 captives, a third of whom are believed to be dead.
In Beirut, airstrikes lit up the skyline and loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, throughout the night, as Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah militants sites. The strikes reportedly targeted a building near a road leading to Lebanon’s only international airport and another formerly used by the Hezbollah-run broadcaster Al-Manar.
Israel’s military confirmed it was striking targets near Beirut and said about 30 projectiles had crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory, with some intercepted.
Hezbollah said it successfully targeted a group of Israeli soldiers in northern Israel “with a large rocket salvo, hitting them accurately.” It was not possible to confirm the claim.
At least 1,400 Lebanese, including civilians, medics and Hezbollah fighters, have been killed and 1.2 million driven from their homes in less than two weeks. Israel says it aims to drive the militant group away from its border so that tens of thousands of Israeli citizens can return to their homes.
Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the strongest armed force in Lebanon, began firing rockets into Israel almost immediately after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, calling it a show of support for the Palestinians. Hezbollah and Israel’s military have traded fire almost daily.
Last week, Israel launched what it said was a limited ground operation into southern Lebanon after a series of attacks killed longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and most of his top commanders. The fighting is the worst since Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006. Nine Israeli soldiers have been killed in ground clashes that Israel says have killed 440 Hezbollah fighters.
It is not possible to verify battlefield reports from either side.
French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday reiterated his call for a partial arms embargo on Israel — a demand that prompted an angry response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a written statement, Macron’s office said he favors a halt to arms exports for use in Gaza because a cease-fire is needed “to stop the mounting violence, free the hostages, protect civilians and clear the way to the political solutions needed for the security of Israel and the whole Middle East.”
Macron's earlier similar remarks led Netanyahu to release a video statement in which he called out the French president by name and referred to such calls as a “disgrace.”
Macron's office insisted that “France is Israel’s unfailing friend” and called Netanyahu's remarks “excessive and irrelevant to the friendship between France and Israel.”
Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writer Sylvie Corbet in Paris contributed.
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Palestinians carry the body of a person who was found under the rubble of a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians examine a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians examine a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians examine a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Smoke rises following Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
People check the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Firefighters extinguish a fire at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
A man checks the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Charred cars at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Palestinians examine a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians examine a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians carry an injured man from a destroyed mosque following an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli soldiers pray at a staging area in northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
An Israeli soldier prays at a staging area in northern Israel, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
Emergency workers inspect a building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinian men who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Gaza, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of a mosque destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
A man rides his scooter as he drives on the debris of destroyed buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man looks as smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, early Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Smoke rise from Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, early Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man leaves a street after he saw the building where he was living and destroyed by Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man checks a destroyed building where he was living and which was hit by Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man rides his scooter as he drives on the debris of destroyed buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
People run from a warplane sound on the debris of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man takes pictures of a destroyed building hit by Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man pushes his scooter in front of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
A man rides his scooter through debris of destroyed buildings hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
People pass in front of destroyed buildings that were hit by Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
