Texas, toast? Not after a 7-run 8th inning

ARLINGTON — Ryan Rua finished off a stunning seven-run rally in the bottom of the eighth inning with a three-run home run that lifted the Rangers to a 13-11 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night in a game which was delayed by rain for one hour and 18 minutes prior to the third inning.

The Rangers trailed, 11-6, going into the inning before they struck back against three relievers for their first victory in five tries against the White Sox this season. Ian Desmond also had a big blow with a two-run triple in the inning.

“Incredible victory all-around,” Rua said. “How the day turned out … the long delay, different people stepping up. It was a lot of fun.”

Alex Claudio ended up as the winning pitcher with a career-high 4 1/3 innings of relief after both Derek Holland and Anthony Ranaudo struggled early. The game was delayed with the Rangers holding a 2-1 lead.

White Sox relievers were 5-0 with a 1.98 ERA on the season before Scott Carroll, Zach Duke and Matt Albers were knocked around in the eighth. Albers have up the three-run homer to Rua, who went deep for only the second time this season to knock starter Carlos Rodon from the win column.

“It’s a tough night, we had a good lead, I thought Carlos, with the stop and start, he kind of fought through it,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “We got some runs, gave them up, got them back, we kept inching along and they just had a …

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