Indians get revenge, pull past Texas in 9th

Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Texas

Saturday night, the Cleveland Indians turned the tables on the Texas Rangers.

A night after watching Texas come back twice in an emotional win, the Indians put together a late rally of their own with a four-run ninth inning for a 7-5 victory over the AL West leaders in 106-degree heat.

Michael Brantley hit a go-ahead RBI double and Jason Kipnis homered in Cleveland’s late outburst to help the Indians beat Texas for the first time this season after five consecutive defeats.

On Friday night, Texas came back from an early five-run deficit and a two-run hole in the ninth for an 8-7 win in 11 innings.

“It was very important to win this ballgame because the game yesterday was very tough and you don’t want those games to snowball, because those games, at times, if you don’t have some resiliency, it takes a couple of days for the team to recuperate,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “These guys have shown that resiliency the whole year.”