Texas will get the top-seeded Baltimore Orioles in a series that begins Saturday in Baltimore.
The Texas Rangers took the long road after missing out on the division but they’re in the ALDS nonetheless after an impressive sweep at Tampa Bay.dominated the Tampa Bay Rays in the Wild Card Series as their sweep of the 99-win Central Florida squad now sends them to Baltimore for a showdown with the American League East champion Orioles.
In Game 2, Carter decided he would add to the accolades. After drawing another walk in his first PA of the day, the 21-year old rifled a 391-foot, two-run homer into the right field bleachers on the tail end of a four-run inning by the Rangers to crack open a scoreless game. With the walk and home run, Carter brought his streak of consecutive plate appearances reaching base to start his postseason to six.
Montgomery went seven shutout innings, while Eovaldi turned back the clock to the days when he was winning May Pitcher of the Month and put up 6 ⅔ innings of one-run ball. Such was the impervious state of the starting pitching that only three relievers had to be called on total during the series – Aroldis Chapman, who threw one shutout inning, Josh Sborz who threw 1 ⅓ shutout innings, and Jose Leclerc.
Over the course of the year, Robbie Grossman’s slash line against left-handed starting pitching was .326/.435/.574, which is excellent and shows his place on the team. However, neither Tyler Glasnow nor Zach Eflin were left-handed starting pitchers. They are right-handed, and Grossman’s line against right-handed starting pitching is .188/.282/.290.
The Rangers used Leclerc in both games of this series and, even though they led 7-1 on Wednesday, Leclerc was summoned to shut the door. This isn’t unexpected in the postseason. Why take a chance? Still, making sure Leclerc is not overworked should also be a priority as he’s been the stabilizing arm at the end of games that they’ve lacked for much of the season.
Strikeouts are part of the game, but there were runs left on the table. In a situation where you’re not always going to get the performances from your starting pitching like Texas did in this series , the opportunities from the lineup have to be taken.
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