SEATTLE -- The Rangers struck for two runs in the top of the eighth inning to continue their Wild Card postseason push with a 3-1 victory over the Mariners on Tuesday night.
This was a game both teams needed to win and the Rangers pulled it out against Mariners reliever Nick Vincent. Pinch-hitter Carlos Gomez led off with a double. Will Middlebrooks ran for Gomez, and Delino DeShields beat out a sacrifice bunt for a hit. Shin-Soo Choo's sacrifice fly scored the go-ahead run and, after DeShields stole second, Elvis Andrus drove home the second run with a single to left.