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Rangers steal a victory from Rockies
- Updated: August 9, 2016
DENVER — The Rangers not only expected to rally in the ninth inning on Monday night, they planned exactly how they were going to pull it off.
Field coordinator Jayce Tingler told both Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar to look for a chance to run on Rockies closer Carlos Estevez. They did exactly as told, and their double steal was the pivotal play that allowed the Rangers to come from behind for a 4-3 victory at Coors Field.
This is one in which the advance scouting work of Greg Smith, Adam Lewkowicz, Mitchell Webb and Adam Brenner came up big, and Tingler put it to work.
“That’s a great job by our coaches and our scouts,” manager Jeff Banister said. “We look for opportunities. We had the right combination of guys on the bag and the appropriate time. There were a number of factors; let’s just say the coaches stayed on top of it.”
The Rangers had recorded just three hits going into the ninth and trailed, 3-1, but Tingler had been thinking ahead, and it all fell into place. This victory — their fifth of the season when trailing after eight innings — comes right after their 11-inning win over the Astros on …
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