Topic: AL West

Hamilton helps Rangers rally past Cardinals at MLB

The Texas Rangers were down to their last three outs, but they would not quit, scoring twice in the ninth inning to defeat St. Louis and level the World Series at one game each.The Rangers batters, who suffered a power outage in ...
The Texas Rangers rallied in the ninth inning to beat St. Louis 2-1 and even the World Series at 1-1 behind a pair of sacrifice flies and another solid performance from their bullpen.Michael Young combined with Josh Hamilton to hit back-to-back sacrifice ...

Motte blames himself for Cardinals' loss to Rangers

St. LOUIS (Reuters) - St. Louis reliever Jason Motte offered no excuses for his late-game performance that allowed the Texas Rangers to even the World Series at 1-1."It stinks," the Cardinals reliever said softly.Motte has been stellar during the postseason but Thursday ...

Late rally saves Rangers from deep World Series hole

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - The power-hitting Texas Rangers resorted to small-ball at its finest, using just two singles to score two runs in the ninth inning to beat the St. Louis Cardinals 2-1 and tie the World Series 1-1.A bloop single by ...

Rangers beat Cardinals to tie World Series 1-1

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - The Texas Rangers scored two runs in the ninth inning to defeat the St Louis Cardinals 2-1 Thursday and tie the best-of-seven World Series 1-1.Trailing 1-0 heading into the ninth, Texas rallied with singles from Ian Kinsler and ...

La Russa rejects "genius" tag as ephemeral

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Texas manager Ron Washington said he would not fancy playing chess against Cardinals manager Tony La Russa, but this is baseball and the Rangers skipper defended his moves in Wednesday's World Series opening defeat.La Russa, one of the ...

Win or lose, Cardinals' Rhodes gets World Series ring

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Whether the St. Louis Cardinals or Texas Rangers win the World Series, Arthur Rhodes is in the unique position of knowing he will receive a championship ring.The crafty, 41-year-old relief pitcher was released by the Rangers in August ...

Cards draw first blood in baseball World Series

The St. Louis Cardinals struck first in the 107th World Series, taking game one behind some superb relief pitching and a clutch pinch-hit single by Allen Craig.Righthander Chris Carpenter fanned four batters in six strong innings and outfielder Craig delivered a timely ...

Cruz gets stuck in mud trying to snare game-winning hit

ST LOUIS (Reuters) - League championship MVP Nelson Cruz nearly played the hero again but his sliding effort to catch a slicing line drive came up short and allowed the run that gave the World Series opener to the St. Louis Cardinals.Cruz ...

Cardinals edge Rangers in World Series opener

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - The St. Louis Cardinals opened the World Series with a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers, combining some timely hitting with a stingy bullpen to win a pitchers' duel at chilly Busch Stadium on Wednesday.After league championship series ...