Michael Young’s Night: Rangers 6 Marlins 3

C.J Wilson wouldn’t have directed it any better.

With the bases loaded and two outs in the top of the eighth inning, Michael Young stroked a 2-2 pitch through the middle for career hit #1,748. The bases-loaded, two-run single off Jay Buente put Young at the top of the hit list for Rangers franchise history, one ahead of future Hall of Famer Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez.

The hit couldn’t have come at a more opportune time for the Rangers. It transformed a then 3-2 lead into a more comfortable 5-2 advantage.

But what more could we expect. Young sets his standards higher than most and has become one of the premier two-strike clutch hitters in baseball, but he remains humble.

Young tied Pudge’s record one inning earlier with a double.