Marcus Semien’s two-run triple and three-run homer, and Corey Seager’s long home run lifted the Texas Rangers to 11-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night, moving ahead three games to one in the World Series.
The Rangers took a 10-0 lead and became the first team in Series history with consecutive five-run innings.
Texas improved to a record 10-0 on the road this postseason and moved within one win of the first title in the 63-season history of a franchise that started as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961.
Nathan Eovaldi tries to close out the third all-wild card Series tonight against Zac Gallen in a rematch of Game 1 starters.
** Forty-two of 49 previous teams to take 3-1 leads have gone on to win the World Series. The most recent club to overcome a 3-1 deficit was the Chicago Cubs against Cleveland in 2016.
D-backs’ Lourdes Gurriel Jr. crushes a three-run home run to cut the Rangers’ lead
Marcus Semien blasts a three-run home run to extend Rangers’ big lead over Diamondbacks
Jonah Heim launches a solo home run to extend Rangers’ lead over Diamondbacks
