They won all three games at Texas and returned to Minute Maid Park a win shy of their third straight pennant, but Houston's pitching staff got pounded for 20 runs in the final two games of the team's seventh consecutive ALCS. Meanwhile, the defending World Series champion Astros were finally dethroned.įittingly, it came at home, where they went 40-47 this year and 0-4 in this series. But it’s great to be wearing the horns in Texas.” To come in here and beat such a great team like Houston - and congrats on their year. He and general manager Chris Young have spearheaded a swift turnaround with Texas, making its first playoff appearance since 2016 after losing 102 games in 2021 and going 68-94 last year. It was really fun to watch.”Īfter winning their Lone Star State showdown with rival Houston, the resilient Rangers open an all-wild card World Series at home Friday night against Arizona or Philadelphia, who play the decisive Game 7 of their NLCS on Tuesday night.īruce 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 leading San Diego and San Francisco to NL pennants. “To be able to come into this atmosphere and get booed every at-bat and do what he did was really special. He had four hits, scored three times and was the obvious choice for ALCS MVP in a series that saw the road team win every game. García homered for the fourth straight game and set a record for RBI in a postseason series with 15. 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 20.

García homered twice and drove in five runs as the Texas Rangers reached their first World Series in 12 years with an 11-4 blowout of the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the AL Championship Series on Monday night.Ĭorey Seager got the Rangers started with a long homer in a three-run first inning. HOUSTON - Adolis García and these road-happy Rangers are not only tops in Texas, they're best in the American League.

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