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Watch: Adolis Garcia hits walk-off homer to win World Series Game 1
Texas Rangers OF Adolis Garcia slugs a walk-off homer against the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 1 of the World Series Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Adolis Garcia has put the Texas Rangers on his back all postseason long. The 30-year-old Cuban did it one more time in Game 1 of the World Series.

The Rangers were down 5-3 and three outs away from losing the series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Field. A game-tying home run from Corey Seager in the bottom of the ninth forced extra innings in Arlington, Texas.

Seager’s home run set the stage for Garcia to play the role of hero once again. Garcia led off the bottom of the 11th following three scoreless half-innings. He drew a 3-1 count against Diamondbacks reliever Miguel Castro then smacked a 97 mph sinker to the opposite field seats. Garcia’s walk-off home run gave the Rangers the 6-5 win.

Garcia finished 3-of-4 with 2 RBI and 1 walk. The solo home run gave the Rangers star 22 RBI this postseason – the most in MLB history.

It seems as though Rangers fans’ peculiar tactic to motivate Garcia during his first at-bat worked to perfection.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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