Nathan Eovaldi pitches six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver breaks a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh and Texas finishes with a postseason-record 11-0 road mark after a 5-0 victory. Corey…
The Texas Rangers celebrate after defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-0, in Game 5 of the World Series on Wednesday night in Phoenix. It is the first World Series championship for the franchise, which began as the Washington Senators.
One night after Texas took a 10-run lead by the third in a Game 4 snoozer, it finished baseball’s third all-wild card Series by outlasting the Diamondbacks in a white-knuckle pitchers’ duel, piling on four runs in the ninth for good measure. It’s the first title for the Rangers, whose history dates to 1961 when they were the expansion Washington Senators. They moved to Texas for the 1972 season and came agonizingly close to a World Series championship in 2011, needing just one strike on two occasions before eventually falling to the St. Louis Cardinals.It wasn’t easy. Texas led the AL West for a big chunk of the season but coughed up the division title on the final day of the regular season to rival Houston.
Gallen was one of the best pitchers in the majors this season, starting for the National League in the All-Star Game. But the 28-year-old hadn’t been as sharp in the playoffs, with a 2-2 record and 5.27 ERA over five starts.
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