Last Sunday, the Rangers trailed the Tigers 2-0 entering the eighth, and came out of it leading 7-2.
Tonight, they did it again, except it was a bigger deficit. They came into the eighth down 11-6, chipping away at Scott Carroll and Zach Duke before landing the knockout punch against Matt Albers. It took the form of a Ryan Rua three-run homer that capped off an improbable comeback against a bullpen that had been damn near untouchable.
The Sox might not have started the inning with Carroll under normal circumstances, but after using seven pitchers in a 12-inning game the night before, and seeing this one delayed by an hour and 18 minutes after the second inning (with a day game to follow), the Sox hoped to get by with the least.