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00:03 DRS, let's start with the end of the American League
00:07 Championship Series.
00:09 The Astros, a win away at home for their third consecutive
00:13 American League pennant.
00:14 The Rangers trying to get back to the World Series
00:16 for the first time in more than a decade since 2011.
00:21 And in October, DRS, in these huge and monumental spots
00:25 in a game seven, your legend can grow brighter
00:28 and it can live forever.
00:30 And Adoles Garcia is certainly doing that for Texas.
00:34 11 to 4 the victory for the Rangers
00:36 last night in Houston, DRS.
00:39 They are a perfect 8 and 0 on the road in this October run.
00:43 Texas clinches the first spot in the 2023 World Series.
00:48 Pimping ain't easy, as they say here.
00:49 And Adoles Garcia was pimping a lot at the plate.
00:52 And you know what?
00:53 The best part about this is when superstar players do that.
00:55 He was so hot, nobody even got mad.
00:57 You rocket one off the top of the Crawford boxes
01:00 or just about to get into there.
01:01 And you end up with a single that drives in.
01:02 Nobody cared.
01:03 Why?
01:03 Because he just kept coming up and pulverizing the baseball.
01:06 And that's how you become an ALCS MVP.
01:10 I was so impressed with that because so many times, Ben,
01:12 you need your biggest stars to come up in the biggest moments.
01:15 And he absolutely provided that.
01:16 Now granted, for the series, striking out a lot.
01:18 But in some of those times, he was like, you know what?
01:20 You go on the road and you need some help here.
01:22 How about a grand slam on the road in game six?
01:24 How about absolutely knocking the cover off the baseball
01:27 for five RBI and two home runs last night in a game seven
01:31 on the road against a hated rival?
01:32 I was so impressed by that lineup here.
01:34 And not to be undermined, Seager goes three for five
01:37 in a pivotal game seven.
01:38 And away they go.
01:39 And also, coming into that baseball game last night,
01:41 I'm looking at Max Scherzer to myself and saying,
01:43 I don't even like this opportunity here.
01:45 I'm going to back to Houston Ashers
01:46 because I don't think I'm going to like what I get out of Max
01:49 Scherzer.
01:50 He was shaky in the first inning.
01:51 Got that double play ball to get him out.
01:53 Otherwise, you might have been looking at a tie game,
01:54 three to three, and the momentum back on the Astros side.
01:57 That didn't happen here.
01:58 But having said that, Christian Javier on the mound.
02:01 Are you kidding me?
02:02 In a game seven performance where they really need you,
02:04 you get a third of an inning, four hits and three earned
02:07 runs, where that team is waiting for you to shut it down
02:10 in the first inning.
02:11 And that crowd is waiting for you to get to the plate
02:13 and take the lead.
02:14 And away you go.
02:14 And you give up three in the top of the first inning.
02:17 That was disappointing.
02:18 You can't take anything away from the Texas Rangers.
02:20 This is an unbelievable playoff run where, as I said,
02:24 if the Philadelphia Phillies get to the World Series
02:27 and the Rangers now have home field advantage,
02:29 beat the Philadelphia Phillies, this
02:30 is the best run through the playoffs
02:32 I've ever seen in my 46 years, Ben.
02:35 And when you think about that home field advantage, DRS,
02:38 will it matter?
02:39 Because the Rangers have been road warriors.
02:41 A perfect 8-0 on the road, winning all four games
02:46 in Houston against their divisional foe.
02:48 And Donnie, we'll talk about that in just a moment.
02:51 But we highlight Adoles Garcia, 4 for 5 last night.
02:55 5 RBIs, 2 home runs.
02:57 5 home runs, DRS, in the American League Championship
03:01 Series, all coming in the final four games of this set.
03:05 15 ribbies.
03:07 15 runs batted in in the ALCS as well.
03:11 The ALCS MVP in a large way.
03:15 Donnie, of course, he has come to a couple
03:17 of scuffles against their in-state and divisional foes
03:20 in the Astros.
03:22 If Houston needed to hate one man, it was Adoles Garcia.
03:25 So for him to do what he did last night,
03:28 in the cap off an 11-run performance
03:30 with a solo shot in the eighth, just for one final
03:33 you-know-what to the Houston crowd, Adoles Garcia,
03:37 a legend born in game number 7.
03:40 DRS, growing up, people thought his head--
03:43 his friends thought his head looked like a light bulb,
03:45 so they called him El Bumby.
03:47 That is his legendary nickname now.
03:50 Adoles Garcia, a legendary run in the ALCS,
03:53 sending Texas to their first World Series since 2011.
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