Mitch Garver hit a third-inning grand slam and the Texas Rangers won their fourth consecutive game to start this postseason, pushing the Baltimore Orioles to the brink of elimination with an 11-8 victory in Game 2 of the AL Division Series. The wild-card Rangers have outscored the Orioles and Tampa Bay — the top two teams in the American League in the regular season — by 25-11. Bruce Bochy moved within one win of his first AL Championship Series as a manager. He reached that round four times in
Texas Rangers’ Mitch Garver drops his bat after hitting a grand slam during the third inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Baltimore. As Baltimore Orioles catcher Adley Rutschman, left, looks on, Texas Rangers’ Mitch Garver, center, celebrates as he crosses home plate after hitting a grand slam during the third inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game, Sunday, Oct.
Hicks drove in five runs, including a three-run shot with one out in the ninth that brought the Orioles within three runs for the first time since before Garver’s grand slam. But it was too little, too late.After Kershaw’s debacle, the Dodgers look to regroup with a rookie against the D-backs in NLDSTexas fell behind for the first time this postseason when the Orioles scored two runs in the first, but the Rangers answered with five in the second to knock out rookie Grayson Rodriguez.
The 68-year-old manager was rewarded for that move, and there were plenty of other contributors for the Rangers. A walk, a single and a two-run double by No. 9 hitter Leody Taveras tied the game. Marcus Semien grounded out to the mound, with first baseman Ryan Mountcastle needing to make a diving snag of Rodriguez’s wild throw. After a walk to Seager, Garver hit a dribbler in front of the plate that brought home a run, and he beat it out when Rodriguez — perhaps spooked by his poor toss earlier — lobbed the ball weakly to first.
Neither starting pitcher made it through the fifth. Cody Bradford got the win in relief of Jordan Montgomery, tossing 3 2/3 scoreless innings.
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