Elvis Andrus’s bases-loaded game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth sent the Tigers back to their Heartbreak Hotel and gave the Rangers a 5-4 win to open the Elvis weekend at the ballpark, honoring both the singer and the shortstop.
After loading the bases on walks, including an intentional pass to pinch hitter Ryan Garko, Elvis Andrus came to the plate against Ryan Perry. On 0-2, he knocked a short single into an open outfield to score Justin Smoak, who was playing in his first Major League game.
The single preserved the much-needed win for the Rangers after the previously untouchable Neftali Feliz blew the save, giving up three hits and two runs in a two-out rally by the Tigers in the top of the night. One 21-year-old phenom picks up another one. Rest assured though the hits were more of the bloop variety rather than screamers off the bat.
For the game, Smoak was 0 for 2 with a groundout, a flyout and two walks.
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