Texas keeps Series from getting dire

ST. LOUIS, Missouri - The Texas Rangers rallied in the ninth inning to beat St. Louis 2-1 and even the World Series at 1-1 behind a pair of sacrifice flies and another solid performance from their bullpen.

Michael Young combined with Josh Hamilton to hit back-to-back sacrifice flies in the top of the ninth on Thursday for the Rangers, who rebounded from a Game 1 loss to the Cardinals the night before.

Starting pitcher Colby Lewis held off the Cardinals explosive offence for 62/3 innings and shortstop Elvis Andrus turned a couple of clutch defensive plays early in the game for Texas, which hasn't lost consecutive contests since late August. But they didn't get their bats going until late in Game 2 in front of a crowd of 46,606 at Busch Stadium.