The Rangers beat the Diamondbacks in five games to win the 2023 World Series, their first in franchise history.
Texas Rangers designated hitter Mitch Garver celebrates a RBI single, scoring Corey Seager, during the seventh inning in Game 5 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix.No-hit for six innings on a warm Wednesday night in the desert, the Rangers put more than 50 years of futility to rest with a 5-0 win over Arizona to clinch their first World Series title. They won the best-of-seven series, 4-1.
Aroldis Chapman, the first in-season acquisition made by Young during the summer, got two outs in the seventh. Josh Sborz, whom Young held on to when it looked like he had no spot on the roster, got the final seven outs to finish off a dominant postseason. He closed out the game by getting Ketel Marte on a called third strike.. The two teams that previously did it were branded miracles: the 1914 “Miracle” Boston Braves and 1969 “Miracle” New York Mets. They need a nickname.
Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi celebrates the final out with the bases loaded at the end of fifth inning in Game 5 of the World Series against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in Phoenix. Over the course of their first 51 seasons in Texas, they’ve mostly been losers who passed summers in a sweat box where fans idled away the time waiting for Cowboys training camp to start. They lost 100 games in their first season in Texas, ran the best hitter alive completely out of the game and went 25 seasons before even making the postseason. Then went another 15 before winning a postseason series. Went to the World Series in 2010.
Over their 52 seasons, the Rangers lost more often than they have won. They’ve had 29 losing seasons.
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