The final two games against the Seattle Mariners have been nothing short of amazing.
After a back and forth game which saw both teams matching the other run for run, Seattle looked to have sealed up the win in the top of the 11th as they got to C.J. Wilson for one.
But in the bottom of the 11th, both Michael Young and Josh Hamilton reached base and Texas looked to have a rally on.
"After you see Michael Young get on base and Josh Hamilton walk, you start feeling it in your body," Andrus said. "You start feeling it that you can get the win, you feel that we can come back right there."
Come back, they did as Hank Blalock stepped to the plate and drilled a double to right center field, scoring both men and giving Texas the dramatic 6-5 win.
"Wow ... what a ballgame," Rangers manager Ron Washington said.
What followed was a home plate dog pile celebration that left at least one player a little light-headed.
"I don't remember what I was doing," Kinsler confessed. "I get so excited that I black out."
"My first beer shower," Blalock said. "It feels great. We were frustrated as a ballclub early in the game. We kept leaving guys on base. But we did a good job of grinding it out, putting it behind us and focusing on our next at-bat."
Another positive that caem out of the game was the way starter Brandon McCarthy battled, going seven innings, his longest outing as a Ranger.
"We did a great job fighting tonight," Blalock said. "We got down early and did a great job of grinding it out. It was a nice win."
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In the final game of the series, Texas again needed some last second heroics. Down 2-0 in the bottom of the 9th, last nights hero, Hank Blalock hit a solo shot to put Texas down one.
After Nelson Cruz flied out, David Murphy kept things going with a double setting up Chris Davis to hit the biggest homerun of his young career.
"It's just an unbelievable feeling," Davis said. "I've been a part of so many moments with this team. We feel we can come through at any time. We're always coming through for each other and picking each other up. It just feels great to be the guy who comes through and picks them up."
The homer was Davis' 4th in nine games. It was also the 1st walk-off homerun of his career.
"It's awesome," Davis said afterward in a beer-soaked T-shirt. "It's awesome to be in the middle of that. It's fun when you're on the outside. But it's awesome to be in the middle and everybody jumping up on top of you."
Matt Harrison continued to pitch well, thorwing his second straight complete game, picking up the victory. He also ran his scorelss innings streak to 22 innings before allowinf 2 runs in the 4th inning.
"Our psyche is already high but that just continues to reinforce what we're trying to do," manager Ron Washington said. "Play nine innings, keep it close and see what happens. We never think we're out of a ballgame. You keep going out there and getting people out, making plays and getting guys on the bags and you never know what will happen."
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