ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom was able to celebrate his 38th birthday with a win after some big gifts from the Texas Rangers offense.

That came after he had given up something he never had in his previous 262 career starts: a grand slam. And Ty France’s big blast in the first came the batter after deGrom and the Rangers thought they had an inning-ending strikeout when there were only two umpires on the field.

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