However, while Fernando Salas and Marc Rzepczynski were as excellent as always in the 8 inning, Jason Motte is less than perfect order was all he did with the Texas Rangers mount a rally full of firecracker in the ninth. Sacrifice fly by Josh Hamilton over Arthur Rhodes and Michael Young over Lance Lynn were all it took.
Making a success of the clutch was I suppose, Allen Rock, Alexi Ogando out for the second night in a row. Thursday night had a different ending than on Wednesday. The two teams combined for 0-for-17 from the gates over aces Jaime Garcia and Colby Lewis.
It was not until Matt Holliday in the second inning with a walk out that each team had a base runner. The first success did not come to the bottom of the third when Rafael Furcal doubled San Luis was with two outs, but we had to wait all the way into the seventh inning for the first race. David Freese raced home as it did during the first game as Nick Punto in the first game was on board of the bags.
