García, Seager Slug Rangers To First World Series Trip Since 2011 In Game 7 Rout Of Astros
Oct 23, 2023, 9:50 PM
The Texas Rangers celebrate after defeating the Houston Astros in Game Seven to win the American League Championship Series at Minute Maid Park on October 23, 2023 in Houston, Texas. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
(Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images)
HOUSTON (AP) — Adolis García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached the World Series with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night.
García went deep for the fourth straight game and set a record for RBIs in a postseason series with 15. Corey Seager got things started for the Rangers with a long home run in the first inning, and Nathaniel Lowe also went deep to give Texas — one of six major league teams without a World Series title — its first berth in the Fall Classic since consecutive trips in 2010 and 2011.
THE @RANGERS ARE GOING TO THE WORLD SERIES! #CLINCHED pic.twitter.com/ii4dRJ6jqH
— MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2023
After winning their Lone Star State showdown with Houston, the wild-card Rangers open the World Series at home Friday night against Arizona or Philadelphia, who play the decisive Game 7 of their NLCS on Tuesday night.
How the #ALCS was won.
(MLB x @BudweiserUSA) pic.twitter.com/MhQUN7WmbS
— MLB (@MLB) October 24, 2023
Bruce Bochy, who came out of retirement this season to manage the Rangers, became the first skipper to win a League Championship Series with three different teams, after previously leading San Diego and San Francisco to NL pennants.
Hello World Series! #GoAndTakeIt pic.twitter.com/PaOyxEsfLI
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) October 24, 2023
