Follow along because at the end there is going to be a Game 7 in the ALCS, between the Rangers and the Astros.
Follow along because at the end there is going to be a Game 7.
Let’s begin with how unmercifully the Minute Maid Park crowd booed Public Enemy No. 1 in Houston, Adolis Garcia, through each of his at-bats Sunday night — the first four of which ended in strikeouts and, thus, euphoria in the stadium.
But in what Rangers catcher Jonah Heim called “baseball justice,” Garcia got the last swing and the last laugh by hitting a grand slam in the ninth inning of Game 6 that assured the Rangers would win 9-2 and keep intact the hospitality that the two Lone Star clubs are showing each other in this AL Championship Series.
For there is no home-field advantage. Six games. Six road victories. Do the math. That means the series is tied at three games apiece.
The only time in any of the four major North American sports leagues (not including the pandemic NBA bubble) that the road team won every time in a seven-game series was the 2019 World Series. The Astros lost Games 1-2 and 6-7 in that series at Minute Maid and the Game 7 starter for the Nationals in their title clincher was Max Scherzer.
And that is where we are, as promised. Game 7. At Minute Maid again. And the Rangers are starting Scherzer, who they acquired from the Mets at the deadline to help them get into the playoffs for the first time since 2017, GM Chris Young said, but also, “Yes, we wanted him for these moments.
