Because they got hurt in Game 3, the Rangers will be without Adolis Garcia as well as Max Scherzer over the rest for the World Series.
Both Aroldis García (outfielder) and Max Scherzer (right-hander) got hurt in Game 3 and will not be able to play for the Texas Rangers for the rest of the World Series.
Manager Bruce Bochy says Garcia has a “moderate oblique strain,” which he tweaked during the Rangers’ win over the Diamondbacks of Arizona in Game 3 on Monday night. García wasn’t in the starting group for the Rangers because of this.
García would be checked out by Bochy, but Buster Olney of ESPN said that he was going through the clubhouse in a bat and saying “all is good.”
However, things changed when the Rangers organization said he had been taken off the squad and utility player Ezequiel Duran would be put in his place.
The MLB made the announcement soon after the Rangers said that García would not be playing in Game 4 because he hurt his left oblique in Game 3.
Rangers manager Chris Young revealed the changes and told reporters that every injury would put the player on the injured list for a while if it happened during the course of the regular season.
Young told me that García “went down to the cage and offered it a go.” “He was clearly in pain.” The next between five and seven days won’t make things better.
Young was upset that Scherzer, the three-time Jonathan Young winner, wasn’t available for a possible Game 7.
“We certainly would like to have them out there in a seventh game situation,” said Young. “Unfortunately, that’s unlikely to be the case.”
The news is a big blow to the Rangers, who are ahead in the series 2-1. Scherzer wasn’t supposed to pitch once more until a possible Game 7, but García’s absence is more of a worry right now.
The Rangers have relied on García’s hitting, throwing, and leadership in the playoffs. Scherzer, on the other hand, has won a World Series and has a lot of experience in the playoffs.
During the Rangers’ amazing playoff run, García has been their best player. He has been an All-Star twice.
He was named ALCS MVP after getting at least a single home ball in four straight games, which helped the Texas Rangers beat the Astros of Houston in seven games.
In the series as a whole, García launched five home runs, two of which won Game 7. He had 15 RBI by the end of the series, which is an MLB track for a single playoff series.
Both Aroldis García (outfielder) and Max Scherzer (right-hander) got hurt in Game 3 and will not be able to play for the Texas Rangers for the rest of the World Series.
Manager Bruce Bochy says Garcia has a “moderate oblique strain,” which he tweaked during the Rangers’ win over the Diamondbacks of Arizona in Game 3 on Monday night. García wasn’t in the starting group for the Rangers because of this.
García would be checked out by Bochy, but Buster Olney of ESPN said that he was going through the clubhouse in a bat and saying “all is good.”
However, things changed if the Rangers said he had been dropped off the squad and utility player Ezequiel Duran would be put in his place.
Travis Jankowski took García’s place in the lineup because he will play right field. Mitch Garver additionally moved up the order and put García in the third spot, where he had been before. Josh Jung hits fifth, and Evan Carter may hit fourth.
Scherzer can’t pitch in the rest of the series either. He had to leave Game 3 early because of back pain two innings after a comebacker hit him in the lower back. Brock Burke, a right-handed reliever, will play his spot on the team.
When García flew out in the ninth inning on Monday night, he left the game. As soon as he hit the ball, he felt pain, so Bochy took him out of the match right away to be checked out more. Before Bochy said anything about his oblique, the first evaluation was tightness on the left side.
It was García’s three home runs in six at-bats that helped Texas beat the Houston Astros in Games 6 and 7. He was named the ALCS MVP.
Corey Seager’s two-run rocket in the bottom about the ninth inning sent Game 1 of the World Series into extra innings. In the 11th inning, he hit a walk-off blast to win the game.
Garcia hit a home run that drove in 22 runs, which broke David Freese’s record set by St. Louis Cardinals third baseman during the 2011 playoffs, when the Cardinals beat the Rangers in the World Series.
The Rangers are okay without García because they beat the Diamondbacks 3-1 on Monday night and are now up 2-1 in the series. It’s an attitude of “next man up.”
“Whoever slots into the position in the rotation is going to do a great job; anyone who plays right field is going to do a great job,” Nathaniel Lowe said to ESPN. “It’s nothing new to us.”