"Josh Hamilton got a little pep talk before his 10th inning home run.

It didn't come from manager Ron Washington or anybody else on the field. It was a higher voice than that. And it was very clear what message the Lord was sending, Hamilton said.

"He said, you haven't hit one in a while and this is the time you're going to,'' Hamilton said. "But there was a period at the end of that. He didn't say, you're going to hit it and you're going to win.' ''

When a team is trying to win its first World Series and is playing a St. Louis team that has 10 of them throughout history, it's not supposed to be easy. And it wasn't in Game 6, which the Rangers lost 10-9 despite Hamilton's first home run since Sept. 23."