Nathan Eovaldi leads the Rangers in Game 5 to win the World Series
Nathan Eovaldi tossed six bold innings to help pace the Rangers to their first World Series championship in their 63-year team history, defeating the Diamondbacks 5-0, in Game 5 on Wednesday night.
Eovaldi threw six scoreless frames, pitching out of trouble for the majority of the night. The righty stranded two in the first, and in the third inning he managed to escape out of a second-and-third, one out jam. In the fifth inning, the DBacks had the bases loaded with two outs, Eovaldi then forced outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. to hit into an inning-ending groundout to Corey Seager at shortstop.
The tough right-hander worked a 1-2-3 inning in the sixth. He allowed four hits, five walks and struck out five in the game clinching win.
“I kind of joked around: I don’t know how many rabbits I have in my hat,” said Eovaldi, who improved to 5-0 this postseason. “I didn’t really do a great job tonight in attacking the zone. But our defense, incredible again.”
Eovaldi was nails this postseason for the Rangers posting a 5-0 record with a 2.95 ERA. In his career, he improved to 9-3 with a 3.05 ERA in the playoffs and World Series. He has now won two World Series titles, his first coming with the Red Sox in 2018.
“He was a traffic cop tonight,” cracked Texas pitching coach Mike Maddux on the Fox post-game show. “But it shows his mettle...That’s why we love Nate, man. He’s a winner. He never gave in. He kept trying to make his pitches and used their aggressiveness against them in certain situations.”
This is the first title for the Rangers, their history dates back to 1961 when they were the Washington Senators. The Rangers came very close to securing their first title in 2011, but eventually fell to the Cardinals.
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