ARLINGTON, Texas — Jonathan Aranda took an intentional walk to teammate Yandy Díaz as a personal slight — then made the Texas Rangers pay with a 409-foot, three-run home run in the 10th inning, powering the Tampa Bay Rays to a 6-3 victory at Globe Life Field.

“To be honest, when they put Yandy [Díaz] on and they intentionally walked him, I took it personally,” Aranda said via interpreter Kevin Vera. He drove lefty Jacob Latz’s 1-2 slider to right-center field, scoring Jorge Mateo, who had started the inning as the automatic runner at second and advanced on Taylor Walls’ sacrifice bunt.

The win kept Tampa Bay’s four-game lead in the American League East intact. The Yankees kept pace with a 5-1 victory at San Diego.

“A tough matchup right there, but Jonny hung in there in a big way. [He] got to two strikes and it looked like he went down and got a [slider],” manager Kevin Cash said. “Huge home run.”

Drew Rasmussen delivered one of his sharpest outings of the season, limiting Texas to one run on three hits with seven strikeouts and no walks, outdueling Rangers ace Jacob deGrom. Joc Pederson’s first-pitch solo homer in the sixth was Rasmussen’s only blemish. Over his past nine starts since July 21, Rasmussen holds a 2.17 ERA, allowing 13 earned runs on 35 hits over 54 innings with 58 strikeouts and 10 walks.

“This organization does a great job of preparing us to give our team the best chance to win,” Rasmussen said. “It’s as simple as preparation and execution. If you execute the game plan that you go in there with, most of the time you’re going to find good results.”

The Rays nearly lost the game in the eighth when the bullpen surrendered a two-run lead. Evan Carter led off with a home run, and Justin Foscue doubled in Cam Cauley to tie the score. Tampa Bay’s relief corps has posted a 4.56 ERA over the club’s previous seven games, allowing 13 earned runs in 25 2/3 innings.

Right-hander Tyler Wells (4-2) earned the victory by working scoreless ninth and 10th innings. Cash said he pushed Wells further than usual given the stakes. “He’s been huge for us and today we probably pushed him a little farther than we normally would, but we knew that this was a big opportunity, a big chance for us to win a game,” Cash said. “I felt confident with him out there. The way he commands the baseball is pretty special.”

Liam Hicks also contributed a key eighth-inning RBI single that scored Aranda, who had started a two-out rally. The Rays continue their series against Texas at Globe Life Field on Sunday.