Maybe the Texas Rangers should stop taking seven-run leads.
A day after nearly blowing one at Yankee Stadium, the Rangers watched one disappear Monday against the Cleveland Indians, who found success against Cole Hamels and didn’t stop hitting until well after they had turned around their touchdown deficit.
The Indians sent 19 batters to the plate in the fifth and sixth innings, and nine of them scored. The defending American League champions came off the mat and knocked out the Rangers by scoring the game’s final 13 runs en route to a 15-9 victory.
The Rangers led 9-2 after they batted in the fourth inning, but then lost for the first time since 2006 when leading by seven.