How They Got There: Rangers

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March 30: Opening Day win vs. Phillies The Rangers pick up a shaky Jacob deGrom, scoring 9 runs in the 4th after being no-hit through 3 to tie the most runs they’ve scored in an inning on Opening Day (1992)

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April 14-16: Texas takes 2 of 3 in Houston The year’s first Silver Boot Series matchup, Marcus Semien points to the performance as the series that showed they could compete

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April 29: Jacob deGrom injured deGrom goes down with elbow inflammation, and ultimately has UCL surgery on June 6

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April 29: Eovaldi's shutout On the same day Jacob deGrom was placed on the IL, Nathan Eovaldi tossed the 1st shutout of his career, striking out 8 and walking 0 as the Yankees mustered just 3 hits

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June 30: Rangers acquire Aroldis Chapman Amid continued bullpen struggles, Texas acquires closer Aroldis Chapman a month before the Trade Deadline

July 11: Rangers send 6 to Seattle ASG Texas had 5 players in the AL starting lineup -- Jonah Heim, Marcus Semien, Corey Seager, Adolis García and Josh Jung -- and Nathan Eovaldi pitched

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Aug. 1-8: Big win streak After the Trade Deadline, Texas goes on an 8-game win streak, including sweeps over the White Sox and Marlins

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Aug. 9: Josh Jung injured In the middle of win-streak excitement, Texas loses Rookie of the Year candidate Josh Jung to a fractured left thumb

Aug. 16-25: 8-game losing streak Texas follows its eight-game winning streak with a matching losing streak not long after, including sweeps at the hands of the Brewers and D-backs

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Sept. 4-6: Swept by Houston The Rangers and Astros close out the season’s Silver Boot Series in Arlington and Texas is swept, falling 3 or more games back in the division for the 1st time

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Sept. 13: Scherzer injured Max Scherzer, acquired at the Deadline, lands on the IL with a right teres major muscle strain, ending his season after just 8 starts in Texas. He is not ruled out for the postseason.

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Sept. 8: Evan Carter called up With Adolis García on the IL with a right patellar tendon strain, the Rangers call up top prospect Evan Carter, who singled in his 1st big league at-bat

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Sept. 18-24: Full healthy lineup returns With Adolis García and Josh Jung off the IL, the Rangers take 2 of 3 from Boston and sweep Seattle to close out the final homestand of the regular season

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Sept. 30: Rangers return to postseason On the penultimate day of the regular season, the Rangers clinch their first postseason berth since 2016 with a 6-1 win in Seattle

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Oct. 4: Sweeping way to ALDS Texas allowed just 1 run in a dominant Wild Card Series victory over the Rays

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Oct. 10: How sweep it is Corey Seager and Adolis García went deep, while Nathan Eovaldi struck out 7 over 7 innings to send the Rangers to the ALCS for the first time since 2011

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Oct. 23: AL is all Rangers Behind ALCS MVP Adolis García's huge game (2 HRs, 5 RBIs), the Rangers routed the rival Astros to clinch their first World Series appearance since 2011

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Nov. 1: Champs at last! The Rangers went an unbelievable 11-0 on the road in the postseason, culminating with the franchise's 1st World Series title