Rangers pull off improbable comeback in 9th

HOUSTON — The Rangers trailed, 2-1, going into the top of the ninth Tuesday night, and Astros reliever Ken Giles started the inning by getting Adrian Beltre to ground out. Then he struck out the next two batters.

Yet, somehow, the Rangers managed to rally for a 3-2 victory over the Astros at Minute Maid Park.

The Rangers have had some improbable comebacks and some amazing victories this season, but this one has to rank at least near the top. Not many teams win a game after they’ve made what should have been the 27th out.

“I don’t know how we did it,” Beltre said.

They did it with a big break on one of the strikeouts, a big gamble on the basepaths and two big hits from Elvis Andrus and Jurickson Profar, leaving the Astros in a daze.

“That was just another amazing win,” Andrus said. “I think that separates this team from past years, we really don’t give up until the last out.”

Just to review the numbers — the Ranger are now 33-10 in one-run games, they have 44 comeback victories and they have seven wins when trailing after eight innings. They are …

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