ARLINGTON -- The Rangers are not a one-man show this year -- first-place teams seldom are -- but Corey Seager has certainly earned marquee billing atop their capable cast of contributors.

With another momentous home run Saturday at Globe Life Field, Seager helped the Rangers rally over the Marlins, 9-8, as they recovered quickly from a 5-0 deficit with seven runs combined in the fourth and fifth innings. The Rangers have won five games in a row, including all four games Seager has played in since returning from a short stint on the injured list.

While many hitters don’t look like their true selves immediately after coming off the IL, Seager has two multihit games and three homers in his four games since returning. Manager Bruce Bochy said it takes “incredible talent” to come back at such a productive level so quickly.

“He’s as good a hitter [as there is] in baseball -- that’s how I feel about him and the numbers show that,” Bochy said. “He’s just so good that he amazes us at times. When he comes back, it just seems like he’s got that swing there, he’s got his timing, he’s on time all the time.”

Mindful of his star shortstop’s health, Bochy said he plans to give Seager a day off Sunday, but the manager must feel conflicted about leaving his name off the lineup card. Seager’s value to the Rangers is hard to overstate considering how they have fared with and without him this year.

The Rangers are 43-27 (.614) with Seager and 22-19 (.537) in his absence. They stumbled while he was out with a sprained right thumb from July 22-Aug. 1, going 3-6. Their lead over the Astros in the American League West, now at 2 1/2 games, dropped from three games to a half-game during that span.

Much of the Rangers’ AL-leading plus-164 run differential can be attributed to Seager’s bat.

“With Corey having runners on base, you’re almost expecting the ball to really get drilled, and he came through again,” said Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, whose pair of RBI doubles in the seventh and eighth innings helped the Rangers hang on for the win.

Seager’s two-run smash in the fifth tied the game at 5 after starting pitcher Jon Gray labored in the previous two innings, and the Rangers fell down 5-0.

After Marcus Semien’s leadoff double, Seager launched a towering homer that hung in the air long enough to travel a projected 392 feet to right, according to Statcast. With an exit velocity of 97.3 mph, it was more of a balloon than a rocket -- but it still lifted the Rangers out of a big hole Saturday.

“He’s just special,” Lowe said. “He’s our superstar player for a multitude of reasons, and it definitely shows in the batter’s box.”

After Seager’s homer in the fifth, Josh Jung’s two-run shot later that inning put Texas up 7-5, and, thanks to Lowe, the Rangers prevailed even though closer Will Smith allowed two runs in the ninth.