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Rangers respond to World Series adversity in dominant fashion
The first time it happened was April 12, when the Rangers’ all-everything shortstop, Corey Seager, hit the injured list with a strained hamstring. Some shuffling opened up an outfield spot for Jankowski, who spent most of his time in Seager’s No. 2 hole in the lineup. In the five weeks before Seager returned, all the […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2023: Do the D-backs have another miracle left?
More Teams. More Games. The Rangers take a 3-1 World Series lead after beating the Diamondbacks 11-7 in Arizona. (3:45) PHOENIX — If the Arizona Diamondbacks can live up to the Answerbacks moniker that they’ve adopted throughout October as the calendar flips to November, what happened in the final innings of their Game 4 loss […]
Continue readingMerrill Kelly silences Rangers bats as D-backs roll in Game 2
More Teams. More Games. Ketel Marte extends his hit streak to 18 straight games, breaking a tie with Manny Ramírez, Derek Jeter and Hank Bauer for the longest in MLB postseason. (0:31) ARLINGTON — Pitching in front of his grandmother for the very first time in the big leagues, and just five years removed from […]
Continue readingWorld Series 2023: How Adolis Garcia became the ultimate postseason hero
More Teams. More Games. Adolis Garcia keeps up his hot postseason as he crushes a walk-off home run in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 1 of the World Series. (0:27) ARLINGTON, TEXAS — They barreled out of the first-base dugout in a flash, congregating around home plate so quickly that Texas Rangers […]
Continue readingThe case for the D-backs as World Series contenders
More Teams. More Games. Jeff Passan tells Scott Van Pelt about the “clash of styles” between the Rangers and Diamondbacks ahead of their World Series showdown. (1:27) IN THE SEVENTH inning of the game in which the team he built clinched a World Series berth, Mike Hazen repaired to the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank […]
Continue readingArizona Diamondbacks share video responding to doubters
More Teams. More Games. Chris “Mad Dog” Russo becomes a camera operator and owns up to his retirement statement after the Diamondbacks advanced to the World Series. (2:41) The Arizona Diamondbacks won two straight games in Philadelphia to make the World Series for the first time since 2001. The Diamondbacks responded to the Philadelphia Phillies’ […]
Continue readingD-backs top Phillies in Game 7, make 1st World Series since ’01
More Teams. More Games. Diamondbacks celebrate reaching their second World Series in franchise history after defeating the Phillies in Game 7, their first appearance since 2001. (0:38) PHILADELPHIA — Doubted and dismissed when baseball’s postseason began, the Arizona Diamondbacks have spent October embodying the words of their manager, Torey Lovullo. “Anything can happen,” he likes […]
Continue readingDiamondbacks ride hot start, Merrill Kelly gem into Game 7
More Teams. More Games. Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly argues with manager Torey Lovullo and storms out of the dugout after being pulled from the game. (0:30) PHILADELPHIA — An improbable postseason ride will continue for the Arizona Diamondbacks, who forced Game 7 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday after beating the Philadelphia Phillies […]
Continue readingMLB Playoffs 2023: How this October delivered two Game 7s
PHILADELPHIA — Every year, October baseball is a treat, a mish-mash of drama, intrigue, strategy, excitement and nerves frayed and fried. Game 7s take each of those elements and supercharge them. Sports exist for series that go the distance. And this October has gifted a pair of them. Two days. Two Game 7s. Early Monday […]
Continue reading‘Scrappy’ D-backs rally again to top Phillies, tie NLCS in Game 4
More Teams. More Games. The Diamondbacks go up 6-5 in the eighth inning after Gabriel Moreno takes a 100-mph fastball to left-center field. (0:33) PHOENIX — First they took down the National League Central champions. Then they knocked out the NL West champions. Of all the rousing Arizona Diamondbacks victories this October, though, their 6-5 […]
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