The hitters coming off the bench for Texas look really rusty. Most of them haven't had much action lately, and that's hurting the Rangers so far in the World Series.
Down to their last three outs and facing another serious World Series deficit, the Texas Rangers did some rallying of their own.
Texas scored twice in the ninth inning to take a 2-1 lead.
Neftali Feliz closed it out, and Rangers win 2-1 thanks to a two-run rally in the ninth inning against the St. Louis bullpen. World Series tied at one game apiece, with Game 3 on Saturday night in Texas.
Josh Hamilton and the Rangers are heading home with all the momentum _ and their slumbering offense is finally showing signs of life.
Chris Carpenter is fired up, yelling at himself on the mound after missing with a pitch. He got pumped up again after getting Mike Napoli to ground into a double play to end the top of the second.
Josh Hamilton, Nelson Cruz and the homer-happy Texas Rangers experienced another power outage in the opening game of the World Series.
Did someone fail to turn the microphone on when "American Idol" winner Scotty McCreery started singing the national anthem? Or maybe the Busch Stadium public address system wasn't on? Seemed that way. His lips were moving, couldn't hear a thing on TV.
A look at the best-of-seven World Series between the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals:
