ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Elvis Andrus picked a nice time to break out of a hitting funk.
The Texas shortstop drove in his first runs since July 2, smacking a solo homer to stop an 0-for-16 skid and then snapping a 10th-inning tie with a two-out infield single that gave the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
“It was a resilient win for us,” Andrus said after Texas rallied from a 3-1 deficit in the ninth and stopped a five-game losing streak. “Even when we were down, we still feel that we were in the game.