ARLINGTON -- These are the Texas Rangers, and this is the summer they turned gritty.
The Rangers’ plethora of injuries is well documented at this point. The unsung heroes that have stepped up are not strangers at this point either, as the club continues rattling off wins to stay in the thick of the American League Wild Card race.
Down four All-Stars in addition to multiple other major contributors, you think they would come back down to earth eventually.
“Eventually” wasn’t today.
For the second day in a row, Rangers rookie Michael Helman put the team on his back. The 29-year-old robbed a homer in the fifth inning before launching a game-tying, two-run shot of his own in the bottom half of the frame, helping to propel Texas to a 5-4 win over the Brewers to secure a series victory a