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Rangers win first World Series in franchise history!

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 For the first time in their 63-year franchise history, the Texas Rangers have won the World Series! They defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-1 in the series, capturing the World Series title. Here is how they did it.  Texas was powered by lights out pitching and their offensive trio of Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, and Adolis Garcia. To go along with these three offensive superstars, starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi tied the postseason record for wins by a pitcher in the postseason with five. Outside of Texas's 11-7 victory in Game Four, the bullpen was dominant for the Rangers. The Diamondbacks struggled to find offense in the series outside of Tommy Pham and Ketel Marte.      For the Rangers, Corey Seager became only the fourth player in MLB history to win the World Series MVP two times in a career. Seager, who signed with the Rangers two years ago, joined Reggie Jackson, Sandy Koufax, and Bob Gibson. If you know anything about baseball, you know that is s...

World Series even after 2 games.

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      Through two games, the 2023 World Series is tied 1-1. The Rangers took Game One in dramatic fashion with a walk-off homerun from Adolis Garcia. Garcia's walk-off came in the bottom of the 11th inning, two innings after Corey Seager hit a game-tying homer off of Diamondbacks closer, Paul Sewald. The walk-off homer for Garcia gave him the most RBIs in MLB Postseason History. With at least three games left in the series, we should see Garcia expand his RBI total.     Arizona would bounce back in Game Two with a dominant 9-1 victory. D-Backs starter, Merrill Kelly, was brilliant, going seven innings, only allowing three hits, one run, and striking out nine. His postseason ERA lowered to 2.25 after this outing. The Arizona offense was led by a 4-4 performance from outfielder Tommy Pham. This marked Arizona's first World Series victory since Game Seven of the 2001 World Series.      Game Three will see Max Scherzer (0-1, 9.45 ERA) vs. Brandon...