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Texas sets club record with Friday’s comeback
- Updated: September 18, 2016
ARLINGTON — The Rangers set a club record on Friday night, recording their ninth win when trailing in the ninth inning or later after Jonathan Lucroy’s two-run walk-off single sent them home winners over the A’s. They are the first team in the Majors to win that many games when trailing in the ninth or later since the 2012 A’s.
Manager Jeff Banister is honored to be a part of the team that set the record, but he has another milestone on his mind — bringing the team its first World Series title.
“I don’t think we’re going to raise a flag out there next year that says that,” Banister said of the record.
Banister wasn’t able to point to one facet of the Rangers that makes them better suited for comebacks. He did, however, push aside the notion that his team has been lucky.
“OK, you got us, we’ve got 472 lucky charms out in that clubhouse with a couple different rabbit’s foots,” he quipped. “The reality is, we’ve got some skilled players that are talented and go out there to win a baseball game. We have to tell them to stop playing at the end of the night. You see them dumping Powerade on each other after every win.”
In Banister’s view, the late wins are one aspect of what has been a great year …
