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Claudio’s relief sweet for hang-tough Rangers
- Updated: August 17, 2016
ARLINGTON — Ian Desmond, who scored the winning run, almost refused to talk about all the wild things that happened in the 10th inning of the Rangers’ 5-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night.
All he wanted to do was talk about reliever Alex Claudio, who threw four scoreless innings after being pressed into service in the third because of the injury to starter Lucas Harrell.
“Alex Claudio continues to do an unbelievable job for all of us,” Desmond said. “When Alex came in and did the job he did, we felt we were in the game. So many great things happened in that game because of what Claudio did.”
Maybe that’s why manager Jeff Banister called him the most valuable player of the game.
“If he doesn’t do that, there is no way we win that game,” Banister said after the Rangers’ 38th come-from-behind win, the most in the Major Leagues.
The Rangers won it even after they lost it, letting a 2-1 lead slip away in the ninth against closer Sam Dyson and seeing the Athletics score two in the 10th against reliever Keone Kela to take a 4-2 lead.
But as the Rangers walked off the field after the A’s went ahead, Banister saw no deflation …
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