World Series Game 4: Rangers stars Corey Seager and Marcus Semien power Texas to within ONE WIN of the club's first World Series title with 11-7 victory over Diamondbacks... two years after the pair signed for $500m

Coming disconnected a 102-loss play successful 2021, Texas Rangers wide head Chris Young splurged a half cardinal dollars connected Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager and Toronto Blue Jays 2nd baseman Marcus Semien. 

Now, pinch nan nine a triumph distant from its first World Series title, it each seems worthy it.

Texas' mediate infielders mixed for 2 location runs and 7 RBIs connected Tuesday nighttime successful Phoenix, wherever nan Rangers pushed their World Series lead to 3-1 pinch an 11-7 triumph complete nan Arizona Diamondbacks. 

Not only did Seager homer for nan 2nd consecutive game, but he apt put himself successful position to triumph his 2nd World Series MVP, pursuing nan 1 he earned pinch nan Dodgers successful 2020. 

Of course, Texas still needs 1 much triumph to make that happen, and that imaginable was analyzable by Tuesday's revelation that pitcher Max Scherzer (back) and correct fielder Adolis Garcia (oblique) person been scratched from nan World Series roster, ending their respective seasons. 

Without a caller starting pitcher astatine his disposal, Diamondbacks head Torey Lovullo opted alternatively for an 'opener' connected Tuesday, putting reliever Joe Mantiply connected nan elevation to statesman nan game.

The determination worked for 1 inning earlier Mantiply surrendered a leadoff double to rookie 3rd baseman Josh Jung successful nan apical of nan second.

Then, aft Mantiply struck retired Nathaniel Lowe, Lovullo pulled nan southpaw successful favour of Miguel Castro, who surrendered a chaotic pitch, scoring Jung.

Texas halfway fielder Leody Taveras followed pinch a walk, Travis Jankowski knocked an RBI-single, and past Semien collapsed nan crippled unfastened pinch a two-run triple to near for nan 3-0 lead.

Kyle Nelson came connected successful alleviation connected Castro, only to surrender a location tally to Seager, putting Texas up 5-0. For Seager, who was named 2020 World Series MVP pinch nan Dodgers, it was his 3rd location tally of nan Fall Classic. 

And nan Rangers weren't done there.

After scoring 5 runs successful nan second, Texas did truthful again successful nan 3rd connected Jankowski's two-run double and a three-run homer by Semien to push nan lead to 10-0. 

Catcher Jonah Heim added a location tally of his ain successful nan eighth to push nan lead to 11-1. 

The Diamondbacks' bats weren't wholly quiet.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.'s eighth-inning homer plated 3 runs and trim Texas' lead to 11-5.

Catcher Gabriel Moreno would adhd a two-out, two-run azygous successful nan bottommost of nan ninth to trim nan lead to 11-7. 

In nan end, though, Rangers José Leclerc sewage Christian Walker to foul out, and Texas survived nan scare. 

Of course, nan news wasn't each bully for Texas connected Tuesday. 

Slugger Adolis García and pitcher Max Scherzer will miss nan remainder of nan World Series, nan Rangers revealed up of Game 4. 

García, nan AL Championship Series MVP, has a mean strain of his near oblique. Scherzer, who had been successful statement to transportation a imaginable Game 7, has a musculus tense connected nan correct broadside of his back.

They were replaced connected nan progressive roster by infielder/outfielder Ezequiel Durán and left-hander Brock Burke earlier Game 4.

'They've worked their full lives to beryllium connected this shape and beryllium successful this infinitesimal and they've some suffered injuries that are going to return them retired of that,' Rangers wide head Chris Young said. 'I person awesome empathy for them successful position of that.'

García grabbed his near broadside while coming retired of nan batter's container connected his flyout against Luis Frías successful nan eighth inning Monday.

'Adolis did everything he could today,' Young said. 'He came in, was nan first feline successful today. He sewage arsenic overmuch curen arsenic possible. He went down to nan cage and gave it a go, and it was very clear he was successful pain. It's not thing that's going to get immoderate amended complete nan adjacent 5 to 7 days. I deliberation it would beryllium a much important timeline if this were nan regular season. Made nan determination beautiful easy.'

García deed .323 successful nan postseason pinch 8 homers and a awesome league-record 22 RBIs, 1 much than David Freese had for nan 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. García was 3 for 10 successful nan World Series pinch 2 RBIs, including an 11th-inning location tally disconnected Miguel Castro that gave Texas a 6-5 triumph successful Friday's opener. He besides threw retired Christian Walker astatine nan sheet from correct section successful Game 3.

The two-time All-Star batted .357 pinch 5 homers and 15 RBIs successful nan ALCS against Houston, a large convention grounds for RBIs successful 1 postseason series. He homered successful 5 consecutive games, tied for nan second-longest streak successful postseason history, earlier going 0 for 3 pinch a locomotion successful Game 2 of nan World Series.

Travis Jankowski started successful correct section and was successful nan No. 9 slot successful nan batting bid Tuesday aft replacing García successful nan eighth inning of Game 3. Jankowski deed .263 pinch 1 homer and 30 RBIs successful his first play pinch nan Rangers.

'Travis has had a really bully twelvemonth for america successful his role,' head Bruce Bochy said. 'Got pressed into a starting domiciled location for a while erstwhile we had our injuries and really picked america up erstwhile we needed it. Solid each around. Smart player. Good defender. Speed. He's a feline that tin grip nan bat. He tin bunt. He does a bully occupation putting nan shot successful play.'

Mitch Garver moved from 5th to 3rd successful nan order, wherever García had been. Josh Jung moved from eighth to fifth, and Nathaniel Lowe moved from seventh to sixth, flipping pinch Jung. Leody Taveras moved up to eighth.

Durán past played connected September 29 and Burke faced 3 batters successful Game 2 of nan Division Series connected October 8.

Scherzer near Game 3 aft 3 innings. Asked aft nan crippled whether he was taking a musculus relaxant aliases thing stronger, Scherzer responded: 'All of nan above.'

'He received a afloat time of curen and location was nary progress,' Young said. 'Our aesculapian squad has utmost interest successful position of his expertise to retrieve complete nan adjacent fewer days.'

Acquired from nan New York Mets connected July 30, Scherzer strained a musculus successful his correct enarthrosis connected September 12 and returned to make 2 starts successful nan AL Championship Series against Houston, going 0-1 pinch a 9.45 ERA. He allowed 5 runs complete 4 innings and took nan nonaccomplishment successful Game 3, past gave up 2 runs successful 2 2/3 innings successful a no-decision successful Game 7.

He was pitching Monday pinch a trim connected his correct thumb covered pinch fabric and Super Glue, what he termed Sunday arsenic 'a small arts and crafts successful nan training room.'

Scherzer is 1-0 pinch a 3.72 ERA successful 4 World Series starts, getting a no-decision for Detroit against San Francisco successful 2012's Game 4, winning nan 2019 opener for Washington astatine Houston and getting a no-decision successful nan Game 7 triumph that twelvemonth aft getting scratched from a scheduled Game 5 commencement because of an irritated nervus adjacent his neck.

'He's honest, he's unfastened and he's authentic,' Young said. 'He gives america arsenic overmuch accusation arsenic he perchance tin provide, and wants america to make nan champion decision. But he doesn't conflict erstwhile nan decision's made. He understands that we effort to do what's champion for nan team. He understood completely.'