Last-placed Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 8-5 on Wednesday to match a season-high form and record their fourth straight win in Major League Baseball. 

Nathaniel Lowe smacked three hits while Jose Trevino drove in three runs for the Rangers. The Texas side have matched a run from June 25-29, with both streaks coming on the road, where the Rangers are 20-51.

After the loss, Arizona fell a season-low 50 games under .500 at 45-95. They have lost five straight, all at home, and 10 of 11 overall.

In the sixth inning, a scoreless pitch from Jharel Cotton (1-0) sealed the win for Texas. Joe Barlow, the eighth Rangers pitcher, got the last out for his fourth save.

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With his ninth home run, David Peralta led off the second inning for Arizona. Following that, Henry Ramos led off with a single to left, moved up on an infield out, and scored on Daulton Varsho’s double off left fielder DJ Peters’ glove.

Luke Weaver (3-4) struck out the first nine Rangers players he faced, but Texas scored three runs in the fourth inning despite bringing nine runners to the plate.

Leody Taveras, who turned 23 on Wednesday, led up the fourth inning with a triple to the 413-foot marker in centre and later scored on Isaiah Kiner-third-inning Falefa’s bouncer. Lowe added an RBI triple and came home on an infield grounder by Nick Solak.

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Weaver knocked out pitcher Kohei Arihara on a curveball after Texas loaded the bases. In the first three innings, Weaver threw 36 pitches, and in the fourth, he threw 33.

With two runs in the sixth inning and three in the eighth, the Rangers piled on the pressure on the bullpen. In the sixth, pinch-hitter Yohel Pozo produced an RBI double, then Trevino drove in two runs with a single in the eighth.

Nick Ahmed of Arizona blasted his sixth home run in the ninth inning against DeMarcus Evans.

Both Arihara and Weaver were making their comeback appearances after lengthy layoffs.

Arihara was forced to sit out the first half of the season due to an injury to his right finger, and subsequently underwent surgery to repair an aneurysm in his throwing shoulder. After playing for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham-Fighters of Japan’s Pacific League for six years, the 29-year-old right-hander is in his debut MLB season. In his tenth start, Arihara allowed four hits and two runs over four innings.

Weaver was out for more than three months due to a right shoulder injury. He pitched five innings and gave up four hits and three runs while striking out four batters. In his most recent start, he limited San Diego to one run over six innings in a Diamondbacks victory.

With inputs from the Associated Press