TORONTO — When August began, the Texas Rangers were in third place in the American League West, eight games behind the leaders. Now, they are one win away from the A.L. Championship Series.
The Rangers stunned the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-4, in 14 innings on Friday to take a two-games-to-none lead in the best-of-five division series. Game 3 is Sunday in Arlington, Tex.
In a 4-hour-57-minute epic, the Rangers trailed by a run, only four outs from defeat when they tied the game. From there, both teams struggled to get hits at the key moments until the Rangers broke through in the 14th to send a sellout crowd of 49,716 at Rogers Centre — not to mention a city and a country — into stony silence.