Rangers teammates Andrus, Odor share pain of costly errors against Blue Jays

At the time, the Rangers were the first team in post-season history to make three errors in a single inning of a sudden-death post-season game.

“It happened to me last year and it’s not about the errors, it’s about losing the game,” Andrus said. “A lot of people get caught up in, ‘Oh you made an error’, but we didn’t lose the series on one play, we lose the series in three games.

“I talked to Rougy already, it’s hard. It’s hard being in that situation. I talked to him after that play, I’m proud of him, that’s the best he can do. You want to keep everything under control. He did what he wanted to do, he tried to get the double play and get back to the dugout, but it didn’t happen. As long as you give 100 per cent, and leave it all on the field, nothing bad with that.”

Moreland, who saw the throw coming from Odor was offline, was attempting to hold Donaldson at third.

“I just tried to keep it in front of me, trying to get the out right there,” he said. “I was just trying to keep it in front of me, at least give me a chance to knock it down, keep it right there where he didn’t advance.”

Texas entered the best-of-five series with the best regular season record in the American League going 95-67. However, with home field advantage for the ALDS, the Rangers fell behind 0-2 losing both games by a combined 15-4.

“It’s tough, we didn’t expect to lose three in a row,” said veteran third baseman Adrian Beltre. “It hurts because we knew we had a very good team to accomplish what we wanted to. Came short.”

Dhiren Mahiban , The Canadian Press

by Canadian Press

Rangers teammates Andrus, Odor share pain of costly errors against Blue Jays

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