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  The Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks have made their respective league championship series interesting after the last couple of days. Let’s take a look at how both these teams were able to do this.             Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros: After losing the first two games of the series at their home ballpark, the Astros have bounced back and won two of the first three games in Arlington. The Astros offense seems to have found their stride as they have scored 18 runs over their last two games. Astros outfielder Mauricio Dubon started the last two games for Houston, and he caught fire, collecting five hits and playing stellar defense. Texas’s pitching has been an issue during these last two games, surrendering seven runs in the first three innings of each games combined. One bright spot for the Rangers has been shortstop Corey Seager, who has continued to tear the cover off the baseball, improving his postseason av...

  We are through two days of League Championship Series play, and two teams are out to 2-0 series leads. Let’s look and see how we got there.               Texas Rangers vs Houston Astros: Texas has jumped out to a 2-0 series lead over Houston after a narrow 5-4 victory in Game Two of the series. Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi was excellent, going six innings, allowing five hits, three runs, and striking out nine. The biggest spot in the game came in the 5 th inning, when the Astros loaded the bases with nobody out. Eovaldi was able to escape the jam and did not allow a single run. Texas got on Astros starter Framber Valdez in the top of the 1 st inning with a four-run inning. Six of the first seven batters Texas reached base in the first inning. Houston scored a run in four separate innings but could never put together a big inning. Game Three is set for Wednesday night at 8:03EST. Houston will give the ball to Chri...

  We are down to the final four teams in MLB Playoffs and League Championship Series action got underway on Sunday. Let’s recap that game and take a look at what’s to come.                 Texas Rangers vs. Houston Astros: These division rivals began the ALCS on Sunday night with the Rangers coming out on top 2-0 in Game One. Rangers starting pitcher Jordan Montgomery was dominant, going six and a third innings, allowing only five hits, one walk, and striking out six. The Rangers received offensive contributions from catcher Jonah Heim and outfielder Leody Taveras. Astros starter Justin Verlander was also brilliant going six and two thirds' innings, allowing six hits, two runs, and striking out five. Game two is set for Monday afternoon at 4:37 EST on Fox. The Rangers will give the ball to Nathan Eovaldi (2-0, 1.32 ERA) and he will be opposed by Astros left-hander Framber Valdez (0-1, 10.38 ERA) ...