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Adolis' walk-off HR in 11th punctuates dramatic Game 1 win in Texas

Adolis walkoff HR in 11th punctuates dramatic Game 1 win in Texas
ARLINGTON -- One swing from Corey Seager, and it was a brand new ballgame. One swing from Adolis García, and it was a Texas-sized triumph. Two innings after a two-run Seager swat tied it at 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, the unstoppable American League

Rangers win 2023 World Series Game 1

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ARLINGTON -- One swing from Corey Seager, and it was a brand new ballgame. One swing from Adolis García, and it was a Texas-sized triumph.

Two innings after a two-run Seager swat tied it at 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, the unstoppable American League Championship Series MVP García hit an opposite-field solo shot off Miguel Castro in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the Rangers a stunning 6-5 walk-off win over the D-backs in Game 1 of the World Series at Globe Life Field on Friday night.

The first extra-inning game of this postseason produced the first World Series walk-off since the Rays’ win over the Dodgers in Game 4 in 2020 (also at Globe Life Field) and the first in a Game 1 since the Royals’ win over the Mets in 2015. It was the first walk-off home run in a Game 1 since Kirk Gibson’s cinematic swat off Dennis Eckersley in 1988.

The spark was Seager, who won the 2020 World Series MVP honor in this building as a member of the Dodgers during the COVID-19 bubble and who has now hit 10 postseason home runs at Globe Life.

“That was one of the best moments of the game," García said after the game. "He tied the game. It fired me up, you know? It got us excited, too, and I knew we could get the win.”

The finishing blow came from the ample bat of García, who has gone deep in an astounding five straight postseason games -- tied for the second-longest such streak in MLB history behind only the six straight by the Mets’ Daniel Murphy in 2015. García’s 22 RBIs are the most in a single postseason in AL/NL history.

"It was an exciting moment, you know?" he said. "I was just looking to the dugout, looking at all my teammates being happy.”

Teams winning Game 1 of any best-of-seven postseason series have gone on to win the series 122 of 190 times (64%), although the D-backs came back from a 1-0 deficit in the League Championship Series. In series with the current 2-3-2 format, clubs taking a 1-0 lead at home have come out on top in the series 65 of 98 times (66%).

This was an epic October evening, a captivating start to a Series between two resilient clubs that weren’t widely forecasted for the Fall Classic. Few expected the Rangers and D-backs to be here, and they both played like they didn’t want to leave. They each erased a deficit in a way that fit their particular formula -- Texas with brute baseball-bashing, Arizona with a multipronged manufacturing of runs.

It was the Rangers’ game early when they scored a pair of first-inning runs against Arizona ace Zac Gallen. Rookie sensation Evan Carter doubled home a run, and García knocked him in with an RBI single. Globe Life Field -- hosting its second World Series but its first with the actual home team -- was rocking, and the Rangers had a 2-0 lead posted on their ballpark’s gigantic video boards.

Ah, but that’s where the Snakes shine.

The “Answerbacks,” as they’ve come to be known, indeed had answers for Nathan Eovaldi. An energetic offense that heists bags, rips triples, moves runners over, grinds out at-bats and occasionally hits some dingers (if you’re into that sort of thing) was at it again in the third. Singles from Alek Thomas and Evan Longoria and a sac bunt from No. 9 hitter Geraldo Perdomo brought likely National League Rookie of the Year Corbin Carroll to the plate. Carroll connected with Eovaldi’s 0-2 splitter and smacked it to center for a two-run triple, then hustled home ahead of Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe’s throw home on a Ketel Marte fielder’s choice to make it 3-2.

Though the Rangers answered with a run on Mitch Garver’s bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the third inning, Gallen escaped the jam without further damage. The D-backs further asserted their control of the game with Tommy Pham’s solo shot in the fourth and Marte’s RBI double in the fifth to make it 5-3.

Gallen’s ability to pitch a 1-2-3 bottom of the fifth against the heart of Texas' lineup in Seager, Carter and García on a night when he was not at his sharpest helped bridge the gap to the D-backs’ high-leverage bullpen arms. Ryan Thompson, Joe Mantiply and Kevin Ginkel extended the scoreless-innings streak by Arizona's bullpen to 13.

But then came the ninth.

It began when D-backs closer Paul Sewald surrendered the dreaded leadoff walk to Leody Taveras. Then, with one out, Seager unloaded on the first pitch he saw -- an elevated four-seam fastball. He let out a scream of ecstasy the moment he connected, and the no-doubt blast sailed into the right-field seats to even the score at 5 and put the “Life” back in Globe Life.

“I’m fired up, man. This is awesome. This is so much fun," Carter said after the game.

The game drifted into extras. Castro was brought in to face García with one out in the 11th. After working the count to 3-1, the right-handed García connected with a 96.7 mph sinker that he lofted just over the right-field wall, setting off a raucous celebration on a night in which the Fall Classic lived up to its billing.

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