ARLINGTON, Texas _ It felt like this type of inning should have happened sooner.
There just hadn't been many chances.
There had, in fact, not been a single game in which the events that transpired Tuesday night at Globe Life Park could have occurred.
Wil Myers came to bat with Eric Hosmer on base.
It felt big.
It ended up being big.
Myers doubled to start the scoring in a three-run inning that led to a 3-2 victory over the Texas Rangers.
It was just the second time in 41 tries the Padres won a game in which they trailed after seven innings.
In the first game in which Myers hit behind Hosmer and just the 13th game they have played together with the Padres, the team's two biggest names and two highest-paid players figured prominently in a victory.
The Padres were on the verge of wasting another fine outing by Tyson Ross, their most consistent starter who they consistently fail to support with runs.
Ross allowed two runs _ on solo homers, by Rougned Odor in the second and Robinson Chirino in the fourth _ before leaving after the sixth inning.
It was his 10th quality start and the 14th time in his 15 starts he went at least five innings. It was the third straight game in which the Padres did not score while he was in the game.
After Matt Strahm (2-2) pitched a scoreless seventh, Travis Jankowski led off the eighth with a walk.
He went to third on Hosmer's single to center field.
After Myers drove in Travis Jankowski and moved Hosmer to third base, pinch-hitter Christian Villanueva hit the first pitch he saw to left field for a sacrifice fly that brought Hosmer home.
Hunter Renfroe followed with a double that scored Myers.
Kirby Yates struck out all three batters he faced in the eighth inning, and Brad Hand finally got his career-high and National League-leading 22nd save after blowing his last two opportunities.
