MLB: Texas Rangers defeat Arizona Diamondbacks in World Series to take 3-1 lead

TheTexasRangers unleashed an early barrage in an 11-7 defeat of theArizonaDiamondbacksonTuesday to move within one victory of a first everWorldSeries. Star shortstop Corey Seager and Marcus Semien blasted home runs asTexasseized a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven Major League Baseball championshipseries. Texashad been rocked earlier Tuesday by confirmation that star outfielder Adolis Garcia and veteran pitcher Max Scherzer would play no further part in theseriesafterpicking up injuries in Monday's game three win in Phoenix.

But the Rangers responded to that double setback like a team determined to bring theseriesto a swift conclusionaftera devastating burst of scoring that left them 10-0 upafterthe first three innings. Josh Jung got the first runonthe board forTexas, scrambling home from third baseaftera wild pitch from Miguel Castro to make it 1-0 in the top of the second.

Semien then extended the lead with a two-out line-drive to left field that allowed Leody Taveras and Travis Jankowski to score for a 3-0 lead. Arizona, going with a bullpen game from the mound, pulled Castro for Kyle Nelson but the onslaught continued as Seager crushed a home run to center field for two more runs that made it 5-0.

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Nelson fared little better in the top of the third inning, giving up two singles that allowed Jung and Nathaniel Lowe to getonbase.Nelson was pulled to make way for Luis Frias, but stillTexasdominated, with Jonah Heim reachingona fielder's choice to load the bases.

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Frias struck out Taveras to leave the Rangers two down, but again the visitors piledon, Travis Jankowski's double driving in runs for Lowe and Heim to make it 7-0. Semien then rubbed salt in with a three-run homer to left center field that brought home Heim and Jankowski for a 10-0 lead.

Arizonafinally gotonthe board in the bottom of the fourth when Lourdes Gurriel's sacrifice fly allowed Gabriel Moreno to score. But by that stage the damage had been done and there was no way back forArizonawith Andrew Heaney and Dane Dunning shutting down the Diamondbacks scoring.

Heim added another homer forTexasto extend the lead to 11-1 in the top of the eighth, before Tommy Pham drove in a run and Gurriel hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the inning to giveArizona's fans something to cheer about. The Diamondbacks tackedontwo more runs in the ninth. Game five in theseriestakes place in PhoenixonWednesday, where the Rangers can clinch a firstWorldSeriescrown in the franchise's history.

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