Adolis Garcia has done it again.
The Texas Rangers outfielder came through clutch in Game 5 of the ALCS against the Houston Astros on Friday. With the Rangers trailing 2-1 in the sixth inning and two runners on base, Garcia turned on a first-pitch fastball from Justin Verlander and golfed it into the left-field bleachers. The massive home run gave Texas a 4-2 lead, and Garcia celebrated, not with a bat flip, mind you, but instead with a powerful bat SPIKE!
Here is the video of the epic sequence.
It is hard to overstate the impact of Garcia’s home run in that spot. Texas had been losing momentum quickly and dropped the last two straight games to Houston, tying the ALCS at 2-2. They were struggling to manufacture any kind of offense against Verlander on Friday and just gave up a go-ahead run in the top half of the sixth inning, making it seem like the Astros were poised to take a 3-2 series lead heading back to Houston. With that one swing, Garcia likely changed the trajectory of the Rangers’ entire season.
It has already been a postseason of heroics for Garcia, who was named an All-Star for the second time in his career in 2023. Garcia pimped his monster homer against the Baltimore Orioles in the previous round and has now outdone himself again by introducing the bat spike to the baseball world.
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