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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Cole Hamels flirted with a no-hitter until the sixth inning Friday night, but Adrian Beltre upstaged him in the Texas Rangers 6-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.Beltre had four hits, including leading off consecutive innings with home runs that gave him 434 for his career, moving him into a tie with Juan Gonzalez and Andruw Jones for 45th place all-time.Thats who he is, thats what he means to us, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. Hes obviously a future Hall of Famer ... and weve seen this type of performance before.Several of those efforts have come against the Rays. Beltre has homered in four of his last five games against Tampa Bay, and he hit three homers at Tropicana Filed in Game 4 of the 2011 ALDS. Beltres 20th and 21st home runs of the season Friday night marked the 30th multi-homer game of his career.But Hamels was the story until Beltres power surge. Hamels had retired 15 straight, striking out seven, when Corey Dickerson singled with two outs in the sixth for Tampa Bays first hit.I saw the big zero on the scoreboard and for some reason, I thought he was going to get it today, said Elvis Andrus, who scored from first on Ian Desmonds single in the fifth. (Hamels) was in command of everything from the first pitch of the game, and when he gets that way its a lot of fun to watch.Hamels (13-4) gave up one run and three hits, including Steve Souza Jr.s home run, while striking out 10 in 7 1/3 innings.Mitch Morelands 21st home run broke a scoreless tie in the fifth.Beltre led off a three-run sixth off Tampa Bay starter Matt Andriese with the first of his two homers. The Rangers tacked on two more runs in the inning, taking a 5-0 lead when reliever Ryan Garton walked Jurickson Profar with the bases loaded.Beltres second homer came off Garton in the seventh.Andriese (6-5) lost his third straight start, giving up five runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings.The Rangers have won four straight and 10 of 13.The loss ended the Rays four-game winning streak.We got out-pitched, we got out-hit, out-defended, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. They didnt make any mental mistakes, we made a handful. So a pretty disappointing effort.FOND MEMORY FOR HAMELSHamels only other start at Tropicana Field was for the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 1 of the 2008 World Series, of which he was named the MVP.It was a sellout, a pretty important game, he recalled. So I had to kind of get to that mindset where youre hearing about 50,000 bells, as opposed to the 10 or 11 that were here. (The announced attendance Friday night was 15,109).WHOS LEFT?The Rays had three left fielders in the game before they got their first hit.Mikie Mahtook started the game in left, but moved to center field after the second inning when Kevin Kiermaier left with tightness in his left hip.Nick Franklin, who replaced Mahtook in left, was replaced by Dickerson in the fifth, leaving backup catcher Luke Maile as the only healthy position player on the Rays bench.Franklin was placed on the 7-day concussion DL.TRAINERS ROOMRangers: RHP Colby Lewis (right lat strain) threw 42 pitches over two innings in a simulated game. Banister said pitching in a rehab game Wednesday is part of the plan for Lewis, who last pitched on June 21.Rays: SS Matt Duffy, who left Wednesdays game after three innings due to left Achilles soreness, played. ... 2B Logan Forsythe (back spasms) remains out of the lineup but doesnt expect to go on the DL.UP NEXTRHP A.J. 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About the only thing I have left after this will be retirement.St. Louis added depth to the back half of its bullpen by acquiring the veteran left-hander from the Chicago White Sox. The Cardinals gave up minor league outfielder Charlie Tilson in the trade announced before their game Sunday at Miami.Duke went 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA for the White Sox this year and leads the American League with 53 appearances.The one area we needed to address was the bullpen, Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak said. We were fortunate to get somebody of the caliber of Zach Duke. He will fit in ideally.Duke embraced the move to St. Louis.Its a great situation for me and my family, he said. Its about the closest team to our home base in Nashville, and a great organization. The Cardinals are top-notch all the way, so it should be a good thing.Duke is in the second year of a $15 million, three-year contract, which made him more appealing, Mozeliak said.I was not looking for a rental, Mozeliak said.Since 2014, Duke has appeared in 198 games, which ranks fourth in the majors. Hee made 169 career starts, all from 2005 to 2013.ddddddddddddWhile the Cardinals are in the mix for an NL wild-card berth, the White Sox became sellers at the trade deadline after dropping below .500 in the AL Central. Manager Robin Ventura acknowledged the deal sends a signal to the clubhouse.Any time you get around the trade deadline and something like this happens, it affects guys differently, Ventura said. Theyre professional, theyll go out there and continue to play, but its definitely a tough day.Duke will join the Cardinals for the start of their next series Tuesday in Cincinnati. He adds depth to a bullpen undermined by the struggles of Trevor Rosenthal, who lost his job as closer and went on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of inflammation in his right shoulder.The 23-year-old Tilson was the Cardinals second-round pick in 2011 and is batting .282 this season for Triple-A Memphis. He has a .293 career minor league average in 471 games.Sometimes you have to make decisions with a steep cost, Mozeliak said. Charlie Tilson was someone we were very high on and thought he had some upside, but at some point you have to give up something to get something, and ultimately we feel like we have helped our big league club.---AP freelancer writer Brian Hall in Minneapolis contributed to this report. ' ' '