‘Grind it out’ style leads to Rangers’ big rally

ARLINGTON — The Rangers have come away with three late-inning comeback wins in the last four games. But Tuesday’s 13-11 victory over the White Sox that ended four hours and 40 minutes after first pitch amazed even them.

The Rangers trailed, 11-6, going into the bottom of the eighth before rallying with seven runs. Ian Desmond had a two-run triple and Ryan Rua finished it off with a two-out, three-run home run.

“A great feeling, a great team win,” Rua said.

“That was so sweet, actually,” shortstop Elvis Andrus said. “It’s in my top 10 wins of my whole career. An amazing team job. From top to bottom, we didn’t give up.”

This was the Rangers’ largest comeback win since overcoming a six-run deficit against the Angels in an 11-10 victory on Aug. 1, 2012. Tuesday’s game was delayed after the second inning for one hour and 18 minutes, and the Rangers trailed, 10-5, after four innings.

From that point on, it seemed like both teams just wanted to get the game over with until the Rangers struck hard in the eighth inning.

“That was awesome,” first baseman Mitch Moreland said. “You can’t draw it up like that. A complete team effort, grinding it out like that. … The rain delay, getting behind. We …

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