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PHOENIX (KTTV) - The World Series championship stays in Texas – but this time in Arlington.
The Texas Rangers captured the franchise’s first World Series title after beating the Arizona Diamondbacks in five games. The Rangers clinched the series after beating the D-backs 5-0 in Game 5 Wednesday.
The Rangers drew first blood in the seventh inning to take a 1-0 lead after an RBI single from Mitch Garver. Texas got on board after being no-hit by Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen through the first six frames.
Rangers all-star pitcher Nathan Eovaldi avoided several jams but threw six scoreless innings for the now-World Series champs. Corey Seager was named World Series MVP, his second, after hitting .318 and blasting six home runs over the course of the 2023 postseason run.
Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers celebrates after the Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 in Game Five to win the World Series at Chase Field on November 01, 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images) (Getty Images)
SERIES AT A GLANCE
Game 1: Rangers 6, D-backs 5. Final/11
Game 2: D-backs 9, Rangers 1. Final
Game 3: Rangers 3, D-backs 1. Final
Game 4: Rangers 11, D-backs 7. Final
Game 5: Rangers 5, D-backs 0. Final
FAMILIAR FACES FROM THE RANGERS
- Corey Seager captured the 2020 World Series MVP as a Dodger. He played for the Boys in Blue from 2015 to 2021.
- Max Scherzer was picked up by the Dodgers during the 2021 trade deadline. He was scratched from the active roster after Game 3 due to an injury.
- Nathan Eovaldi pitched for the Dodgers from 2011 to 2012.
- Andrew Heaney pitched for the Dodgers briefly in 2022. "Heandog" also pitched for the Los Angeles Angels 2015-2021.
- Josh Sborz pitched for the Dodgers from 2019 to 2020.