Topic: AL West
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...