The Texas Rangers never really planned on a two-week trip that would take them from one coast to the other. That journey has finally brought the wild-card Rangers home for their first-ever playoff game at Globe Life Field. They will try for a sweep of their AL Division Series against Baltimore in Game 3 on Tuesday night. The Rangers haven't played at home since September 24. They went from a regular-season finale in Seattle on October 1 to the Wild Card Series in Tampa Bay before going north to
Adley Rutschman, izquierda, receptor de los Orioles de Baltimore, observa como Mitch Garver, centro, de los Rangers de Texas, celebra mientras cruza el plato después de batear un durante la tercera entrada del Juego 2 de la Serie Divisional de la Liga Americana, el domingo 8 de octubre de 2023, en Baltimore. Baltimore Orioles fans look on during the eighth inning in Game 2 of an American League Division Series baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Baltimore.
Instead of being the division champion and No. 2 seed that would have meant a bye into the ALDS with home-field advantage, Texas had to fly across the country — passing over North Texas in the process — for the best-of-three Wild Card Series they swept in Tampa Bay. Then it traveled north to Baltimore to start the division series.
The 27-year-old Kremer is making his first postseason start, but was the Orioles starter in both of their clinching games this season. The right-hander allowed one run in five-plus innings of an 11-inning win over Tampa Bay on Sept. 17 that secured a playoff spot, and tossed Eovaldi, a Texas native who is in his first season with the Rangers, won the clinching game of the Wild Card Series, striking out eight in 6 2/3 innings on Wednesday at Tampa Bay. That was the longest and best of his seven starts since returning in early September after seven weeks on the injured list because of a right forearm strain.
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