Nathan to close for the night.

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Nathan to close for the night.

Nathan threw a wild pitch as Crowe slid in for a stolen base, which allowed Corporan to score and Crowe to get to third. 8-6.The first batter he faced, Trevor Crowe, laced a single up the middle to score Carlos Corporan and move Pena to third to close the lead to 8-5.Then, Nelson Cruz tying another game with a two-run home run, which actually shouldn’t be a surprise anymore — it’s the third time he tied a game with a long ball this week — leading to a six-run inning that seemingly had the game in hand for the Rangers.MLB Rangers Jersey

It took all of the veteran savvy that Texas Rangers closer Joe Nathan could muster to finish off a Saturday night of surprises at Minute Maid Park.Nathan entered the game with a four-run lead, two runners on and no outs in the bottom of the ninth.Nathan was somehow able to get to the slow roller and fire a fastball to first base to beat Dominguez by a step.Neftali Feliz Jersey

Manager Ron Washington’s hope starting the bottom of the ninth was that Michael Kirkman could get the final three outs with the Rangers leading 8-4.Astros third baseman Matt Dominguez, who had given the Astros a 3-1 lead with two home runs off Darvish, hit a dribbler down the third-base line.But Kirkman, who has struggled this season, allowed two hits, the second a lefty-lefty matchup with Carlos Pena that ended with a double off the left-center field wall.Mike Napoli Jersey