A wild Game 1 has gone the Texas Rangers way, as Adolis Garcia hit a home run in the bottom of the 11th inning to defeat the Arizona Diamondbacks. This came just two innings after Corey Seager tied the game with a two-run shot of his own in the bottom of the ninth.
It just had to be Garcia who issues the final punch of this pound-for-pound heavyweight fight of a Game 1, as he entered the matchup red hot and has now set the record for most RBIs in a single postseason.
Garcia turned on one and hit a line drive the other way. The home run just barely scraped over the right field wall, but it was enough.
WHAT A HOME RUN!!
— FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 28, 2023
WHAT A GAME!!!
WE LOVE OCTOBER!!! pic.twitter.com/yrO8eieA1N
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Just as viewers discovered there was no ghost runner in the MLB Playoffs, Garcia ensured this game would not go 18 innings, hitting a walk-off home run in the 11th. Baseball fans (and myself) were eternally grateful for that.
WHAT. A. GAME.
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 28, 2023
The Rangers walk it off in the 11th inning thanks to (you guessed it) Adolis García. García is the 1st player to hit a walk-off HR in Game 1 of the World Series since Kirk Gibson in 1988. pic.twitter.com/Ew8Z0QvLw4
What was it like watching Adolis Garcia in the 2023 post season
— Tech N Tortillas 🌵 (@techntortillas) October 28, 2023
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ADOLIS GARCIA CAN'T BE STOPPED. pic.twitter.com/mCSHMOuI3V
— Baseball Quotes (@BaseballQuotes1) October 28, 2023
Adolis Garcia. Legend in the making.
— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) October 28, 2023
Rangers win Game 1 on a walk-off homer by Garcia. pic.twitter.com/A3GtLRevQR
Garcia really is a legend in the making, as he has now surpassed David Freese for the most RBIs in a single postseason. Garcia himself is ironically a former St. Louis Cardinal.
EL BOMBI WALK OFF HOME RUN IN THE WORLD SERIES pic.twitter.com/Vi1paptgaL
— tony beasley superfan (@tonysuperfan27) October 28, 2023
EL BOMBI WALKS IT OFF!!!!!! #WorldSeries pic.twitter.com/nM10QwKXG7
— Bally Sports Southwest (@BallySportsSW) October 28, 2023
Rangers players chanting “El Bombi! El Bombi! El Bombi!” so loudly in the clubhouse that we can hear it in the tunnels.
— Mike Leslie (@MikeLeslieWFAA) October 28, 2023
El Bombi came through in another big moment, and Texas was able to salvage Game 1 despite facing a two-run ninth inning deficit.