Marcus Semien's two-run home run, a run-scoring Mitch Garver single and a pivotal ninth-inning Diamondbacks error produced the runs that enabled Texas to win Major League Baseball's best-of-seven final by 4-1.
LOS ANGELES -- The Texas Rangers captured the World Series for the first time in the team's 63-year history on Wednesday, Nov. 1, defeating Arizona 5-0 to complete a historic playoff championship run.
"It's such a treat," the Rangers' Nathaniel Lowe said."We really did a great job of finishing here on the road. Maybe we struggled at home but we've got a special group." The D-backs suffered their first World Series defeat, having won the 2001 crown in their only prior appearance. Texas shortstop Seager homered three times and drove in six runs in the World Series to win the Most Valuable Player award, becoming only the fourth player to take it twice after his MVP role for the 2020 champion Los Angeles Dodgers.
Semien then blasted a two-run homer into the left-field seats for a 5-0 Rangers lead to all-but settle matters.
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