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ARLINGTON, Texas — Trevor Story hit a three-run home run off All-Star closer Jacob Latz in the eighth inning, capping a comeback from a three-run deficit as the Boston Red Sox beat Texas 4-3 on Thursday night and dropped the Rangers out of the AL West lead.

Texas (76-77) had won four straight games to gain a share of the lead but dropped one game behind Houston (77-76), which holds the tiebreaker. The Rangers trail by two games for the last AL wild card.

Boston (83-70) has a five-game lead for the top AL wild card and improved to 8-59 when trailing after seven innings. Texas dropped to 63-2 when leading after seven innings.

Latz (3-3) entered after Wilyer Abreu walked starting the eighth and Willson Contreras was hit by a pitch from Jakob Junis.

Latz struck out Adley Rutschman, but Story, who is from nearby Irving, reached down for Latz’s second straight low curveball and drove it over the left-field wall for his fourth home run this season.

Boston’s Wyatt Olds (2-0) got three outs and Garrett Whitlock pitched the ninth for his fourth save in eight chances, getting Jake Burger to ground into a game-ending double play.

Josh Jung hit a first-inning homer off Sonny Gray, and Texas opened a 3-0 lead in the second on Danny Jansen’s RBI single and Evan Carter’s safety squeeze bunt.

Roman Anthony hit into a run-scoring forceout in the seventh.

Texas’ Cody Bradford followed a one-inning opener with 4 1/3 shutout innings, seeking his first major league since Sept. 18, 2024. He missed last season following elbow surgery.

Gray gave up three hits in 6 1/3 innings, throwing a season-high 102 pitches.

Red Sox: Left-hander Ranger Suarez (7-4, 3.33) will go against left-hander Ian Seymour (9-6, 4.27) on Friday at Tampa Bay.

Rangers: Right-hander Kumar Rocker (5-11, 4.54) starts Friday against visiting Toronto and right-hander Dylan Cease (11-5, 2.38).