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Finally, at the very last moment, when they were three outs away from falling behind two games to none in their second straight World Series, the Rangers started to play their brand of baseball. That rediscovery of their identity allowed them to turn a 1-0 ninth-inning deficit to the Cardinals into a 2-1 win, and to tie the series at one game apiece.
Before Game 1, manager Ron Washington had promised that his club would not shy away from the aggressive, base path-churning style that had become their signature, even though they would have to try to steal bases against the Cardinals' rifle-armed catcher, Yadier Molina. "Whether it's Johnny Bench or whoever is back there, Molina, we're going to run, if the numbers say we can run," Washington said.
But Molina gunned down leadoff man Ian Kinsler in the first inning of Game 1. In the 16 innings to follow, the...
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