Snakes and Rangers advance to World Series.

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Both the NLCS and ALCS have been completed, and we have our matchup for the 2023 World Series! The Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Texas Rangers. Let’s take a look at how we got there.

            Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros: After taking a commanding 2-0 lead, then losing all three games at home, the Rangers bounced back to win Game Seven and advance to their first fall classic since 2011. Their 11-4 victory in Game Seven was powered by their offense, more specifically, Adolis Garcia, who after being drilled by a 99mph fastball in Game Five, went 5-10 with 9rbi’s in Games six and seven. Texas continued to get production from Mitch Garver in the DH spot as well. The Astros pitching continued to struggle, as their starter Christian Javier did not make it out of the first inning. This series became the second MLB playoff series in history in which the road team won all seven games.

            Arizona Diamondbacks vs. Philadelphia Phillies: The Diamondbacks did the unthinkable and went into Philadelphia and took Games six and seven from the Phillies and advanced to their first World Series since 2001! Arizona was led by their dominant starting pitching and bullpen to take this series away from the Phillies. Arizona starters Merrill Kelly and Brandon Pfaadt combined to limit the high-powered Philly offense to only three runs in nine combined innings on the mound. Arizona’s offense got contributions from both Ketel Marte and Corbin Carroll who both provided clutch hits in the last two games. Marte has tied a franchise record with at least one hit in all 16 of his career postseason games. The Phillies big bats of Harper, Schwarber, and Turner went ice cold in the last two games, only combining for one hit.

Sources

Diamondbacks win NL pennant: Phillies stunned in NLCS as Arizona wins Game 7, advances to 2023 World Series - Al Jazeera News Today

García powers Rangers to first World Series since 2011 with rout of Astros in ALCS Game 7 - The Columbian

🚨 THE MOMENT THE TEXAS RANGERS WON THE 2023 ALCS 🚨 - YouTube

🚨 THE MOMENT THE ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS WON THE 2023 NLCS 🚨 - YouTube


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