Josh Hamilton has home run, three hits in Rangers’ victory.

BOSTON — Following Josh Hamilton’s resurgence, the Texas Rangers outslugged the Boston Red Sox.

Hamilton continued to work his way back from of a prolonged slump and the Rangers belted four home runs to beat the Red Sox 10-9 despite blowing a late four-run lead Wednesday.

Hamilton homered among his three hits and had four RBI for Texas, which couldn’t hold a 9-5 edge before pulling out its sixth victory in eight games.

“He’s the heart of the lineup,” said right fielder Nelson Cruz, who added a two-run home run. “When he’s doing good, everybody’s seeing more pitches to hit and drive runners in.”

Mitch Moreland and Geovany Soto also homered for the Rangers. It was Soto’s first with Texas since being acquired from the Chicago Cubs in a nonwaiver deadline deal last week.

It was only Hamilton’s fourth multi-hit game in his past 27. Before Wednesday, he had just two home runs and 16 RBI since the All-Star break.

“I saw him coming out of it a week or so ago,” Rangers Manager Ron Washington said. “He’s laying off the real bad pitches. Because Josh is a swinger, he’s going to swing at some pitches. ... He’s swinging the bat well. When he’s going real well is when there’s RBI out there, and he’s not missing very many.”

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