Who else but Corey Seager and Adolis García would play superhero for the Rangers? The duo delivered late-inning homers to lead Texas to a 6-5 comeback in Game 1 of the World Series.
Before this October, Seager had his share of signature moments at Globe Life Field. On Friday, he cemented himself in Texas lore forever. With the Rangers down to their last two outs and trailing by two runs in the ninth inning, Seager took, as the Rangers spilled onto the field and celebrated their dramatic 6-5 win in Game 1 of the World Series.The blue, white, and red crowd of 42,472 at Globe Life Field, simmering for nine innings, finally erupted with all it had.
Seager is one of baseball's relative stoics. The business-like shortstop doesn't allow himself to get excited, let alone show that response to the world. But this was different. This moment was too big, too important. This was the most emotion Seager has ever shown on a baseball field. The second Seager turned on the first pitch from Sewald — a 94 mph fastball at the top of the zone — he knew it was gone. Everyone did. Standing at home plate, holding his bat, with his chin pointing skyward, Seager howled right then and there. After he watched it go, but before the ball had even touched down, Seager turned to his teammates in the dugout and screamed at them, too. Only once he rounded first base did the detached, cold-blooded Seager return.
Seager now owns the third-most home runs by a shortstop in postseason history , trailing only Derek Jeter and Carlos Correa . Playing in his 14th career World Series game, Seager has crushed the most home runs by a shortstop in World Series history , eclipsing Jeter and Correa in this category.
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