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3:05 pm EDT Sun Jun 6, 2010

The Tampa Bay Rays have the majors’ best road record. Success when visiting Arlington, however, continues to elude them. The Rays try to avoid getting swept on the road for the first time this season Sunday when they face the surging Texas Rangers. After winning eight of its first nine series away from Tropicana Field, Tampa Bay faces its first road sweep since Sept. 12-13 versus Boston. Tampa Bay is 21-8 away from home - no other team has more than 16 road wins. The Rays had won eight of 10 on the road before losing the last two games at the Ballpark in Arlington, where they went 1-5 last year. They are 10-25 there since the start of the 2003 season. Matt Garza lost both of his starts in Arlington last season while posting an 11.17 ERA, and he takes the mound Sunday looking to avoid a third straight loss overall. Garza has received two runs of support over his last three starts after getting the lowest run support in the AL last season.The Rays didn’t score until after Garza departed in the seventh inning of a 3-2 loss to Toronto on Monday.

The right-hander, though, surrendered a season-high 10 hits Monday and has been tagged for four homers in his last two starts. He gave up five home runs in his first nine outings. Avoiding more such trouble could be a challenge the way the AL West-leading Rangers have been hitting the ball. After tagging Rays pitching for 13 hits in Friday’s 9-6 victory, Texas had 10 on Saturday. The Rangers are batting .339 and scoring 7.2 runs per game while winning four of five. Josh Hamilton and Elvis Andrus have keyed the surge. Hamilton is batting .455 this month and will try to homer in three straight games for the first time since a four-game stretch May 31-June 3, 2008. He is 2 for 12 with four strikeouts lifetime versus Garza. Andrus doubled, tripled and drove in two runs Saturday while extending his hitting streak to 11. He’s hit .364 in his last 10 home games.