Texas Rangers veteran outfielder Travis Jankowski saved the night with a game-saving, walk-off-preventing home run-robbing catch in the bottom of the ninth against the White Sox.
were hoping for a no frills bottom of the ninth as they finished off a doubleheader sweep of the worst team in baseball.
Texas led the Chicago White Sox 4-3 with one out and two on in the bottom of the ninth when Andrew Vaughn sent an Andrew Chafin slider to deep left. Vaughn's smash was over and behind the fence when veteran outfieldersized it up, timed it right, and leapt to make a game-saving , walk-off-preventing catch for the second out of the inning.
Jankowski remained stoic immediately after the catch, but during the pitching change his outfielder teammates Leody Taveras and Adolis Garcia made a point to celebrate the moment and Jankowski cracked a smile.
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