The second the Rangers outfielder hammered a 1-2 fastball, he instantly began his residence run trot, hollering in celebration along with his dugout.
García had a superb motive to: The 418-foot, three-run blast put Texas up 6-0 within the second inning of the Rangers’ 7-1 win in Recreation 3 to clinch the American League Division Sequence on Tuesday night time, capping a five-run body and knocking Orioles starter Dean Kremer out of the sport.
The Rangers leapt out to an early lead with Corey Seager’s 445-foot residence run within the first. His eighth postseason residence run at Globe Life Area (seven in 2020 with the Dodgers) got here in entrance of a Texas crowd having fun with their first residence playoff sport within the ballpark.
After a Josh Jung single and Marcus Semien’s double within the second inning, Baltimore didn’t danger pitching to Seager once more, as a substitute deliberately strolling the lefty slugger to load the bases. Seager walked once more within the fourth inning, his ninth this sequence, to prime Barry Bonds for many in a Division Sequence.
Following Mitch Garver’s two-run double, García made the Orioles pay once more — scoring Seager and Garver on the three-run residence run with a celebration to reflect his walk-off blast vs. Minnesota on Sept. 3.