You possibly can name it the Wild Card World Sequence. For under the third time in baseball historical past, two Wild Card groups will meet within the World Sequence. The Texas Rangers went 90-72 and have been the second-to-last group to qualify for the playoffs within the American League. The Arizona Diamondbacks completed the 12 months at 84-78 and grabbed the sixth and ultimate playoff spot within the Nationwide League on the penultimate day of the common season.
Each groups bought sizzling in October, nonetheless, and adopted related paths to the World Sequence, sweeping the primary two rounds of the postseason earlier than profitable their respective League Championship sequence in seven video games. It is fairly a turnaround for 2 groups that every misplaced greater than 100 video games two years in the past.
Whereas a Rangers-Diamondbacks World Sequence just isn’t what many baseball followers anticipated, or actually wished exterior of Arizona and Arlington, there are enjoyable gamers on each golf equipment to get to know. For the Rangers, shortstop Corey Seager and proper fielder Adolis García each mashed greater than 30 house runs within the common season and have not slowed down within the postseason. The Diamondbacks are led by second baseman Ketel Marte and rookie proper fielder Corbin Carroll. Marte is driving a 16-game postseason hitting streak, and the diminutive Carroll has each energy and pace — and is sort of assured to be named NL Rookie of the 12 months.
The 2023 World Sequence begins Friday at 8:03 p.m. ET (5:07 p.m. PT) on Fox.
Adolis García has hit seven house runs and pushed in 20 runs over the primary three rounds of the MLB postseason to guide the Texas Rangers to the World Sequence.
What is the schedule for the World Sequence?
The Texas Rangers received the ALCS in seven video games to advance to the franchise’s first World Sequence since 2011. The Arizona Diamondbacks prevailed in seven video games within the NLCS to succeed in their first World Sequence since 2001. The Rangers received eight extra video games than the Diamondbacks within the common season to earn house subject benefit.
The 2023 World Sequence begins on Friday. Every recreation of the best-of-seven sequence is scheduled to begin at 8:03 p.m. ET (5:03 p.m. PT) on Fox.
Friday, Oct. 27
- Recreation 1: Diamondbacks at Rangers
Saturday, Oct. 28
- Recreation 2: Diamondbacks at Rangers
Monday, Oct. 30
- Recreation 3: Rangers at Diamondbacks
Tuesday, Oct. 31
- Recreation 4: Rangers at Diamondbacks
Wednesday, Nov. 1
- Recreation 5*: Rangers at Diamondbacks
Friday Nov. 3
- Recreation 6*: Diamondbacks at Rangers
Saturday, Nov 3
- Recreation 7*: Diamondbacks at Rangers
* If needed.
You possibly can see the full postseason schedule right here.
The best way to watch the World Sequence with out cable
If you do not have a cable or satellite tv for pc TV subscription, you possibly can watch the World Sequence with a reside TV service. Fox is offered on every of the 5 main streaming providers. Not each service carries each native community in each space, nonetheless, so you will want to test every service, utilizing the hyperlinks beneath, to verify it carries Fox the place you reside.
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