Among the things that make good baseball teams go are the delivery of timely hits and receiving contributions from players who were never expected to make a significant impact.
It also helps when the team’s best players live up to their reputations.
The Texas Rangers still believe they are a good team. Of late, seeing has been believing.
On Monday, they struck on the good things they need to keep afloat in the American League playoff picture, with Austin Bibens-Dirkx and Tanner Scheppers, Elvis Andrus and Adrian Beltre coming through.