The Texas Rangers shut down their ballpark Monday night, and still there is season left for them.
Theyd never done that before.
Rangers catcher Mike Napoli pumps a fist after throwing the ball to first base to record the final out of Game 5 of the World Series.
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The World Series will go to six games, maybe seven, and include them.
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Theyd never played that deep into a season.
They hold a lead in the World Series for the first time in franchise history, and can win the thing by taking a Game 6 or a Game 7 on the road against the establishment St. Louis Cardinals, this for a Texas team that hasnt lost consecutive games since August.
Fresh from answering questions about becoming their generations Buffalo Bills – Ouch, their pitcher, C.J. Wilson(notes), had responded, hurt – they are just a taut game, or a blowout, or a lucky win, or a fouled phone line, anything, from the first championship in franchise history.
One more, second baseman Ian Kinsler(notes) confirmed, perhaps as much to himself as anyone.
Never before has a Texas Ranger – or a Washington Senator, for that matter – uttered those words this time of year.
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In yet another gripping game that darted from delight to agony and back, after a month of games that felt just like it, the Rangers are that close.
Theyd ended Game 5 with catcher Mike Napoli(notes) in pursuit of strike three and the 27th out, which had deflected off his left knee and was rolling in the direction of first base. Lance Berkman(notes), whod swung through a slider, dashed down the line. The crowd pounding in his ears, his own bellow following the epic strike-him (Albert Pujols(notes))-out-throw-him (Allen Craig(notes))-out double play still singeing his lungs, Napoli reached the ball and underhanded the final out to first baseman Mitch Moreland(notes).
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