Down to their last three outs, and in danger of dropping into a serious World Series deficit, the Texas Rangers rallied against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 9th inning. Hamilton and Michael Young lifted sacrifice flies in the ninth and Texas startled the Cardinals 2-1 on Thursday night to even the Series at 1-all.
For the second straight night, Cardinals pinch-hitter Allen Craig greeted reliever Alexi Ogando with a go-ahead single. This time, Craig did it the seventh. In Game 1, his hit in the sixth sent the Cards to a 3-2 win.
Now, after a travel day, Texas will host Game 3 on Saturday night. Matt Harrison is set to start for the Rangers against Kyle Lohse.
Texas has not lost two straight games since Aug. 23-25.
Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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