AL wildcard leader Tampa Bay wins 5-3 in 11 over Rangers

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    Kean Wong was churning hard to get to first base and keep the Tampa Bay Rays going in the 11th inning when his two-out slow roller was being bobbled by the pitcher.

    Only when Wong was safe at first, after Texas Rangers rookie reliever Emmanuel Clase's desperate throw bounced away from the bag , did he realize the ball had then been thrown into left field, allowing the Rays to score the tiebreaking run.

    "I was just like, `Get there. Get there. Can you get there?' I saw the first baseman come off the bag," Wong said. "Then I was like, `Go! Go!"

    Austin Meadows tied the game with a two-run homer in the eighth before the Rays (87-59) were helped by the two errors on the same play in the 11th of a 5-3 win Tuesday night. They have won six in a row, and 11 of 12, to stay 1 1/2 games ahead of Oakland for the top AL wild-card spot after the A's won 21-7 at AL West-leading Houston.

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