Rangers take the shine off the Diamondbacks at the start of the World Series

2023-10-28 07:11:34

ARLINGTON.— Adolis García homered in the eleventh inning, two after Corey Seager had tied the score with a two-run homer, and the Texas Rangers They opened the World Series this Friday with a dramatic 6-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Cuban García found a pitch from Dominican Miguel Castro with a 3-1 count and deposited the ball between the right field seats. Corbin Carroll jumped but couldn’t reach the ball with his glove.

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It was the second run driven by “Bombi” García in the match, to establish a record, with 22 produced in the postseason.

García has homered in five consecutive games, tying the second-longest such streak in playoff history. The last time a home run had ended a Fall Classic game was in 2018, when Max Muncy led off the 18th inning with a hit for the Los Angeles Dodgers off Nathan Eovaldi, who was then with Boston and started the Fall Classic game. Friday for the Rangers.

And the last time a team that trailed by more than one run in the ninth inning ended up winning a World Series game was in 2015, when the Kansas City Royals took the title in Game 5 against the New York Mets. York.

The second game is scheduled for tomorrow, also in Texas at 6:03 pm (Central Mexico time).

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Seager tied the score when he found Paul Sewald’s 94 mph fastball and sent the ball 419 feet from home to the right field stands to drive in two runs.

For the Diamondbacks, Dominicans Ketel Marte 1-for-5 with two RBIs, Geraldo Perdomo 1-for-3 with one run scored. Venezuelan Gabriel Moreno 5-0. Cuban Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 5-1.

For the Rangers, Cuban García was 3-for-4 with one run scored and two RBIs. Dominican Leody Taveras was 0-3 with one run scored.

MARS TIES POSTSEASON RECORD

The Dominican player of the DBacks managed to tie a postseason record by achieving an RBI double with which he extended his number of consecutive games hitting in the playoffs to 17, being the only player in history who has done so in his first games.

Hank Bauer hit in 17 consecutive games for the New York Yankees during the World Series, from 1956 to ’58. His record was equaled by Jeter from 1998 to ’99 and by Dominican Manny Ramírez with the Boston Red Sox, from 2003 to 2004.