Article: Blalock's blast gives Rangers win.

Byline: Evan Grant

Sep. 3--ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Hank Blalock has spent so much time remaking himself as a defender during his three-month convalescence from shoulder surgery that you might have forgotten this:

The guy can hit a little bit.

Blalock still doesn't have enough juice in his arm to play the field, but apparently the same muscles aren't used when swinging the bat. Just four at-bats into his return from the disabled list, Blalock hit a game-changing grand slam in the Rangers' 8-7 win over Los Angeles on Sunday.

The game ended up as one of the tightest, most exciting wins of the season for the Rangers. They took an 8-5 lead to the ninth, but C.J. Wilson ...

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