Texas wins 3 straight wins over '101 wins' Baltimore and advances to ALCS

exas won 7-1 against the Baltimore Orioles in Game 3 of the American League Division Series (ALDS) held at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, on the 11th. Texas, which won both the first game (3-2) and the second game (11-8) away from Baltimore, won the third game in front of its home fans and succeeded in advancing to the ALCS for the first time in 12 years since 2011.

A close game was expected against Baltimore, which had the most wins (101 wins) in the AL during the regular season, but Texas' momentum, which had already won two away games, was sky-high. Texas' hard-hitting line, which ranked first in the AL in major categories such as team batting average (0.263), OPS (0.789), and home runs (233, tied for first with the Minnesota Twins), bombarded the Baltimore mound from the beginning of Game 3.

In the bottom of the first inning, with no runners on base and one out, Texas' second batter, Corey Seager, hit a solo home run against Baltimore starter Dean Kremer to take the lead.

The game was actually decided in the second inning. With one out in the bottom of the second inning, Josh Young got on base with a single, and after Leody Taveras' foul fly ball out, Marcus Simien doubled, creating a chance for 2nd and 3rd bases with 2 outs. Baltimore intentionally walked Seager, who had hit a solo shot in the first inning, but the bases-loaded strategy ultimately failed.

With the bases loaded and 2 outs, Mitch Garber targeted Kremer's 2nd pitch changeup and brought in 2 runners with a sharp, timely hit that passed by the 3rd baseman. Texas, ahead 3-0, went up 6-0 with two outs and runners on second and third base when Adolis Garcia hit Kremer's high-course fastball on the fourth pitch and hit a three-run home run that went over the left-center wall. After hitting the ball, Garcia looked at the batted ball as if he was sure of a home run and expressed his joy by flipping the bat.

In the end, Baltimore removed starter Kremer after 1⅔ innings (7 hits, 2 home runs, 6 runs) and activated the bullpen early. Afterwards, the game entered a lull for a while.

Texas starter Nathan Ibaldi, who continued his scoreless streak until the fourth inning, gave up his first run in the fifth inning. Baltimore reached base with one out in the top of the fifth inning when Jordan Westberg reached base with a single and advanced to second base with the follow-up batter's ground ball. Then, Gunner Henderson attacked Ibaldi's second pitch cutter and brought in a runner with a timely hit to right. It was Ivaldi's first and last goal of the day.

When Ivaldi finished the top of the sixth inning with a three-way strike, Texas ran away with a 7-1 lead when leadoff hitter Nathaniel Rowe hit a solo home run in the bottom of the sixth. Ibaldi, who received extra points, finished the day's pitching with a strikeout, fly ball, and strikeout in the first 7th inning. He pitched perfectly in 7 innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 run, no walks, and 7 strikeouts.

Texas faced a crisis as Aroldis Chapman, who took over the mound in the 8th inning, was shaken. Chapman struck out the first batter in the top of the eighth inning and then got hit by Henderson, sending out a runner. After catching Adley Lutchman with a fly ball to right field, Chapman suddenly lost control and threw eight consecutive balls, allowing two batters to walk in a row. In the end, Chapman, who created the bases-loaded crisis with two outs, went down and Jose Leclerc came on the mound. After a full-count match with Aaron Hicks that went all the way to the 7th pitch, LeCluck settled the crisis with a ground ball to first base.

LeClerk, who also came up in the 9th inning, treated Austin Hayes with a fly ball to third base and Cedric Mullins with a ground ball to second base, then struck out Westberg, the last batter, with three pitches to put an end to the game.

Texas, tied for first place in the AL West with the Houston Astros with 90 wins and 72 losses (0.556 winning percentage) in the regular season, met the Tampa Bay Rays (99 wins, 63 losses, 0.611 winning percentage), second in AL overall winning percentage, in the previous wild card series. Texas was expected to be inferior, but defeated Tampa Bay with two consecutive wins and succeeded in advancing to the ALDS. They then successfully swept the series against Baltimore, the team with the highest winning percentage in the AL (101 wins, 61 losses, 0.623 winning percentage), defeating the two strong teams in the AL East in succession and advancing to the ALCS.

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