From Staff & Wire Reports

ARLINGTON, Texas — Evan Carter played well in his return to the lineup for Texas, but it wasn’t enough as the Rangers suffered a 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.

Carter went 2-for-4 after missing 10 games with back spasms.

The Elizabethton High School graduate had an RBI single in the first and doubled ahead of Jake Burger’s 12th homer in the fourth that made it 3-1.

He also had a stolen base.

In his third MLB season, Carter is hitting .244/.326/.390 with four home runs and 22 RBIS in 56 big-league games this summer.

Meanwhile, James McCann and Ketel Marte homered with two outs in a four-run ninth inning for Arizona to beat the Texas in a game that began with the Diamondbacks facing former teammate Merrill Kelly.

Phil Maton (2-4), like Kel

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