Andrus drives in 5 as Texas Rangers beat Tampa Bay Rays 9-5

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    Elvis Andrus tossed his bat like he knew he had just hit a tying three-run homer in the seventh inning.

    Now that the longest-tenured Texas player -- never known for going deep in eight previous seasons -- is just one home run shy of his career high with four months left, maybe it's not a stretch to say he was eyeing that visiting bullpen in left-center field.

    Andrus had a career-high five RBI, Jared Hoying hit a tiebreaking single that missed being a grand slam by about a foot and the Rangers scored seven runs in their final two innings to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 9-5 on Tuesday night.

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