BOSTON (AP) — Rob Refsnyder hit a game-winning single with two outs in the 10th inning after pinch-hitter Enmanuel Valdez’s leadoff double tied the score, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the fading Texas Rangers 5-4 to snap a four-game losing streak Monday night.
The Red Sox were coming off a three-game sweep by Houston last weekend, when they were outscored 23-10.
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BOSTON (AP) — Rob Refsnyder hit a game-winning single with two outs in the 10th inning after pinch-hitter Enmanuel Valdez’s leadoff double tied the score, lifting the Boston Red Sox over the fading Texas Rangers 5-4 to snap a four-game losing streak Monday night.
Boston Red Sox's Connor Wong, right, is congratulated by Ceddanne Rafaela, left, after scoring on a Nick Sogard sacrifice fly during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Texas Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello celebrates after striking out Texas Rangers' Adolis García to end the top of the fifth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager, right, is congratulated by Jonah Heim (28) after his two-run home run off Boston Red Sox pitcher Bailey Horn during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder watches his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Corey Seager had a tying two-run homer for defending World Series champion Texas (55-64), which lost for the ninth time in 12 games to fall a season-low nine games under .500.
Before the game, Boston suspended outfielder Jarren Duran for two games without pay after he shouted a homophobic slur at a fan behind home plate who heckled him during the loss to Houston on Sunday.
With automatic runner Romy Gonzalez on second, Valdez hit a drive to the edge of the triangle in right-center off Gerson Garabito (0-1) that just got past Leody Taveras and bounced into the stands for a ground-rule double.
Nick Sogard blooped a single to center and pinch-hiter Mickey Gasper drew a one-out walk in his major league debut against Walter Pennington to load the bases. Following a force at home on Masataka Yoshida’s grounder, Refsnyder hit a 2-0 pitch to win it.
“Gave up the double, now you’ve got your work cut out,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “We got two outs there, had a chance to get out of it.”
Texas closer Kirby Yates had struck out Refsnyder with the bases loaded to end the eighth.
“It was a bummer in the eighth — I was facing Kirby and didn't come through,” Refsnyder said. “It was nice to get another opportunity right there. I was pretty disappointed I didn't come through there for the team.”
Josh Winckowski (3-1) worked a hitless inning for the win.
Valdez was asked if he thought his drive might be caught.
“Yeah maybe, because it was a high flyball, but luckily enough the ball bounced and we were able to tie the game,” he said through a translator.
Josh Smith’s grounder to shortstop drove in automatic runner Marcus Semien from third in the top of the 10th.
Rangers reliever Andrew Chafin walked in two runs to give Boston a 3-1 edge before Seager hooked Bailey Horn’s first-pitch sweeper into the seats in right field in the seventh.
With the score tied at 1 in the fifth, Chafin replaced starter Tyler Mahle with a runner on second and two outs. Chafin fell behind Rafael Devers 3-0 before Bochy elected to intentionally walk him.
Chafin threw a wild pitch, advancing both runners, before Connor Wong was intentionally walked to load the bases. Chafin then walked Gonzalez and Danny Jansen, forcing home two runs.
After coming off the paternity list before the game, Boston starter Brayan Bello gave up a run and four hits in six innings. He struck out five and walked three.
Red Sox shortstop David Hamilton stole his 30th base, joining Jacoby Ellsbury in 2008 and Amby McConnell in 1908 as the only rookies in club history to reach that mark.
Mahle was charged with two runs and three hits in 4 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and walked three.
“I felt fine,” he said after throwing a season-high 92 pitches. “I felt like I could have kept throwing. Obviously, I shouldn't have.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: RHP Jacob deGrom threw two simulated innings against teammates Travis Jankowski and Ezequiel Duran before the game. It was deGrom's second live session since having elbow surgery last June. The right-hander is expected to have one more, and after that the club will determine when he goes on a rehab assignment.
Red Sox: SS Trevor Story took live batting practice on the field for the first time as he works back from April shoulder surgery much quicker than expected. He’s been taking grounders for a while and hitting seems to be the last step before he goes on a rehab assignment. He was originally thought to be out for the season after surgery. … Devers was back in the lineup after having Sunday off. … LHP James Paxton was placed on the 15-day injured list with a strained right calf.
UP NEXT
Rangers RHP José Ureña (3-7, 3.74 ERA) faces Red Sox RHP Kutter Crawford (7-9, 4.11) in the middle game of the series Tuesday.
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Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Connor Wong, right, is congratulated by Ceddanne Rafaela, left, after scoring on a Nick Sogard sacrifice fly during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Texas Rangers pitcher Tyler Mahle delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox pitcher Brayan Bello celebrates after striking out Texas Rangers' Adolis García to end the top of the fifth inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Texas Rangers' Corey Seager, right, is congratulated by Jonah Heim (28) after his two-run home run off Boston Red Sox pitcher Bailey Horn during the seventh inning of a baseball game at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder, center, celebrates after his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Red Sox's Rob Refsnyder watches his winning RBI single in the 10th inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers at Fenway Park, Monday, Aug. 12, 2024, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Exceptionally heavy rainfall pounding Central Europe has prompted deadly flooding in the region, with four new deaths reported Monday in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Romania.
The flooding has swamped parts of Austria, the Czech Republic, Poland and Romania as a low-pressure system crossing the region has unleashed record-high rains for days, and it was expected to affect Slovakia and Hungary later in the week. So far 16 people have been reported killed — seven people in Romania, five in Poland, three in the Czech Republic and one in Austria.
In Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk held an emergency meeting and later declared a disaster in flooded areas, a government measure to facilitate evacuation and rescues. He also said the government would provide 1 billion zlotys ($258,000) in immediate payouts to victims.
The flooding in Poland has burst dams and embankments while receding waters left streets covered in piles of debris and mud. It prompted a hospital in the southwestern Polish city of Nysa to evacuate about 40 patients.
Schools and offices in the affected areas were closed Monday and drinking water and food were being delivered by trucks. Many Polish cities, including Warsaw, have called for food donations for flood survivors.
Experts warned of flood threats due to the cresting Oder River in Opole, a city of some 130,000 residents, and Wroclaw, home to about 640,000 residents and where disastrous flooding happened in 1997.
Firefighters in southwestern Poland said flood victims included a surgeon whose body was found Monday morning in Nysa after he returned from hospital duty. The bodies of two women and two other men have been found in other communities in the region.
Police in the Czech Republic said that a woman and two men drowned in the northeast, which has been pounded by record rainfall since Thursday. The woman was found in the water in the town of Krasov and the men were found dead at different locations after water receded in the town of Krnov which was almost completely submerged on Sunday
Romanian authorities said Monday that another person died in the eastern county of Galati, bringing the total number of deaths there to seven.
One death previously was reported in Austria.
Authorities in the Czech Republic declared an emergency in two northeastern regions, including in the Jeseniky mountains near the Polish border.
A number of towns and cities had been submerged in the northeast, with thousands evacuated. Military helicopters joined rescuers on boats in efforts to transport people to safety. Waters were receding from the mountainous areas on Monday, leaving behind destroyed houses and bridges and damaged roads.
In most parts of the country, conditions were expected to improve later Monday.
Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala visited the town of Jesenik, one of the hardest hit places.
“The worst is behind us and now, we have to deal with all the damage,” Fiala said following the visit.
In Hungary, the mayor of Budapest warned residents that the largest floods in a decade were expected to hit the capital later in the week, with the waters of the Danube River set to breach the city’s lower quays by Tuesday morning.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán canceled his planned foreign engagements, including an address to a plenary session of the European Parliament on Wednesday where heated debates were expected over his conduct since Hungary took over the European Union’s rotating presidency in July.
“Until we reach the peak and get past the worst of it, I naturally won’t be leaving the country, I’ll be here at home,” he said.
Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony wrote on Facebook that the city would use 1 million sandbags to bolster flood defenses, and asked residents to take extra care when near the river.
Karel Janicek reported from Prague. Justin Spike contributed to this report from Budapest, Hungary.
Residents ride bicycles through a flooded street in Litovel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A resident walks through a flooded street in Liotvel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A resident rides a bicycle through a flooded street in Litovel, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A car is stucked on a river bank after recent floods in Domasov, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
An aerial view of a flooded neighborhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Soldiers build barriers with sandbags against flood water at the bank of Danube River in Pilismarot, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Soldiers build barriers with sandbags against flood water at the bank of Danube River in Pilismarot, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Robert Hegedus/MTI via AP)
View of the river Elbe in flood, in Rathen, Germany, Monday Sept. 16, 2024. The water levels continue to rise in Saxony. (Jan Woitas/dpa via AP)
An electricity pylon stands in the flood waters of the Neisse, in the Hagenwerder district of Görlitz, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)
A view of the southern Görlitz district of Weinhübel and the Neiße river overflowing its banks, in Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)
Dark clouds are seen over the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, during the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
A dam is built to protect Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary, due to the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
Dark clouds are seen over the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, during the flooding of the Danube river on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
People fill sandbags to reinforce the dam due to the flooding of the Danube river at Tahitotfalu, Hungary, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)
View of the Bratislava castle as the water level of the Danube river rises during recent floods in Slovakia, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Tomas Hrivnak)
An aerial view of the River Neisse overflowing its banks, south of Görlitz, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Paul Glaser/dpa via AP)
An aerial view of a flooded neighbourhood in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)
This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)
This handout photo provided by the Polish fire department, shows a flooded area near the Nysa Klodzka river in Nysa, Poland on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (KG PSP Photo via AP)
A resident struggles through mud to his house after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Residents look at the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Residents walk through debris after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Residents look at the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A resident rides a motorcycle after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
View of the destroyed bridge after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A resident struggles through mud to his house after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Resident struggle through mud after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
A resident looks at his damaged car after recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Two German Federal Police officers patrol at the border crossing to Poland in Frankfurt/Oder, Germany, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)
A view of the damage done by recent floods in Jesenik, Czech Republic, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
