It doesn't get any more exciting than a winner-take-all Game 7 in baseball. And the 2023 postseason brought us two in as many days. On Monday night, the Rangers blew out the Astros in Game 7 of the ALCS at Houston's Minute Maid Park, punching their ticket to the World

HOUSTON -- It’s probably fitting that the Rangers sealed the American League Championship Series with a landslide 11-4 win on Monday night vs. the Astros. Texas set the tone on Opening Day with an 11-run outburst in a win against the Phillies. The Rangers scored 10 or more runs in

HOUSTON -- Outside the north entrance of Globe Life Field stands a statue of former Rangers closer Neftali Feliz jumping into the arms of catcher Bengie Molina after getting the final out of the 2010 American League Championship Series.

We are so lucky to witness Bruce Bochy’s baseball life. From nine seasons as a backup catcher, including a sparkling 1.000 batting average in the World Series (1-for-1 in 1984), to a storied managerial career that’s now in its 26th season, he has been a calm, steadying force. Bochy came

HOUSTON -- At this point, who could fault Adolis García for stopping and staring? The Rangers’ cleanup hitter made history in the 2023 American League Championship Series, capped by a two-homer, five-RBI night in an 11-4 Game 7 win over the Astros on Monday. García’s 15 runs driven in became

HOUSTON -- Rangers first baseman Nathaniel Lowe sprinted from the stage in center field, carrying a large flag adorned with a “Texas Rangers: American League Champions” logo. He waved the flag in front of hundreds (thousands?) of fans wearing red, white and blue at Minute Maid Park, before disappearing into

One pennant-deciding Game 7 wasn't enough. Let's play two. A day after the Rangers and Astros clashed in Game 7 to decide the American League Championship Series, the Phillies and D-backs are going to Game 7 in the National League Championship Series. It will be the first Game 7 in

HOUSTON -- When he finally won his elusive World Series title as a manager a year ago, Dusty Baker emphatically talked about returning this year and making a run at title No. 2. His mantra became, “If I win one, I want to win two.” At no point during the

HOUSTON -- Chas McCormick freely admits, without apology, that he feels “spoiled” by being part of an Astros organization that views October success as a given. After reaching the World Series in each of his first two seasons, there was no reason not to expect another trip in 2023. “After

HOUSTON -- While the Rangers hooted and hollered on the field and popped champagne bottles in a jubilant clubhouse, the sounds emanating from the Astros’ clubhouse were a stark contrast. The sound of pats on the back and the slaps of goodbye handshakes filled the otherwise quiet air, along with

Game 7 is always special. In the case of the 2023 American League Championship Series, it’s only fitting that the first postseason meeting between the Astros and Rangers will be decided in a winner-take-all contest for the AL pennant. After all, as they say: Everything is bigger in Texas. As

The only thing better than a Game 6 is a Game 7. On Monday, we get both. Thanks to the Rangers’ rebound victory in Houston on Sunday night -- keeping alive the streak of the road team winning every game in that ALCS -- there are two massively important baseball

HOUSTON -- Rangers reliever Josh Sborz admitted the club had a night to sulk after a gut-punch loss in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series. “One hundred sixty two games, you're going to have bad days,” he said ahead of Game 6. “Things might not go our way,

HOUSTON -- The first six games of the American League Championship Series between the Astros and Rangers have provided enough entertainment value to span many Octobers. There were heartbreakers, nail-biters, heroic wins and crushing losses. And there's still one more left to play.

HOUSTON -- All October, the Rangers have heaped praise onto Nathan Eovaldi, complimenting the right-hander for his stuff and his poise and raving about their confidence in the 33-year-old. And when push came to shove on Sunday night, with the Rangers’ season on the line, manager Bruce Bochy showed exactly

HOUSTON -- Overwhelming boos turned into deafening silence, and Adolis García took his time rounding the bases again. The Rangers’ slugger sealed his team’s 9-2 win over the Astros in Sunday night’s Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, quieting the Minute Maid Park crowd with a ninth-inning grand

HOUSTON -- Astros reliever Bryan Abreu's two-game suspension for hitting Adolis García with a pitch in Game 5 of the ALCS was upheld upon Abreu's appeal, but it will be deferred until the first two games of the 2024 season, Major League Baseball announced on Monday. Abreu said he was

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Get some rest while you can, because today's action won’t be for the faint of heart. With the Rangers’ 9-2 rout of the Astros extending their season by at least one more day, Game 7 of the ALCS will be played on the heels of NLCS Game 6, where the

HOUSTON -- Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said he thought closer José Leclerc took Friday night’s blown save hard. Who wouldn’t have? Up 4-2 in the ninth in Game 5, Leclerc allowed a massive go-ahead three-run homer to Jose Altuve that gave the Astros a 3-2 lead in the American League

HOUSTON -- It was the final game of a best-of-seven postseason series, one in which the road team had bizarrely claimed each of the previous six contests, and the visitors at Minute Maid Park were placing their hopes into Max Scherzer’s capable right hand. The date was Oct. 30, 2019,

HOUSTON -- The Astros and Rangers battled for the American League West crown for 162 games and both finished with 90 wins, with Houston taking the division flag on the season’s final day because of its better head-to-head record. After six games of the ALCS, the Lone Star State rivals

HOUSTON -- After an emotional back-and-forth affair at Globe Life Field on Friday night, the American League Championship Series headed back to Houston, with the Astros holding a 3-2 lead over the Rangers.

ARLINGTON -- There have been plenty of storylines to track in this “Silver Boot” American League Championship Series, though it was not until the late innings on Friday that the simmering hostilities between the Astros and Rangers finally boiled over on the diamond. Struck on the left shoulder by Bryan

We'll be talking about the wild, raucous, downright electrifying Game 5 of the American League Championship Series for a long, long time -- it will certainly be a part of baseball lore in the state of Texas for decades to come. Dramatic homers! Bench-clearing scuffles! A postseason legend hitting one