ARLINGTON -- A struggling Robinson Chirinos faced a 3-2 count in the eighth inning of a tie game when he remembered a prudent piece of advice from Rangers hitting coach Dave Magadan -- swing at a cutter or hard slider like you would a fastball.
Chirinos had been late and missed on two previous sliders from Indians reliever Scott Atchison. He got the bat ahead on the next pitch early, and he sent it into the left-field bleachers for a go-ahead home run.
The Rangers ended up losing, 10-8, as bullpen woes again cost them, but Chirinos -- who was hitless in his past nine at-bats entering Saturday -- went 3-for-4 with the homer and a double.