By Erwin Quiñonez
01 Nov 2023, 23:03 PM EDT
The Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in an impressive pitching duel to win the first World Series in their history, also managing to win all of their games (11) as a visitor in the 2023 postseason.
Zac Gallen, of the D-Backs, had one of the best starts of his career in which he was throwing a no-hitter and no run until the seventh inning, however he was not supported by his team’s offense that could not take advantage of the multiple opportunities which they had leaving a total of nine runners in scoring position, against Rangers starter Nathan Eovaldi, who was not in his best outing of the playoffs.
And as happens many times in sports, the Texas team did take advantage of the first opportunity they had when Corey Seager appeared to connect the first hit and later break the zero on the scoreboard driven by Mitch Garver.
History was sealed in the ninth inning when Marcus Semien appeared to hit a home run with two men on base, ending all the hopes of his rivals who still had their last chance at bat, but already completely demoralized by not taking advantage of the many opportunities they had. they had.
63 years passed since the creation of the organization to win its first championship in the Major Leagues, but one of the greatest merits of this achievement has general manager Chris Young as its protagonist, and that is that after losing more than 100 games two seasons ago, He managed to put together a competitive team and brought multiple champion manager Bruce Bochy out of retirement to achieve the most important achievement in his history.
Precisely in that job of putting together a winning team, they signed Seager and Semien, who turned out to be the leaders of the team on the field and in the clubhouse, something that was evident in this postseason, in which, despite the fact that the second of these He was off for some games, he managed to appear at the right times to help the team.
For his part, Corey Seager’s work was certified when he was chosen as Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the World Series, a recognition that he had already received when he was champion with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2020.
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