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Adolis Garcia Does Something Not Done For Nearly 20 Years in Baseball History in Game 7 Show

Texas Rangers outfielder Adolis Garcia took home ALCS MVP honors on Monday night after a historic performance in Game 7 against the Houston Astros.

Brady Farkas

Adolis Garcia Does Something Not Done For Nearly 20 Years in Baseball History in Game 7 Show
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The Texas Rangers routed the Houston Astros 11-4 on Monday night to punch their ticket to the World Series for the first time since 2011.

At the center of the victory was ALCS MVP Adolis Garcia, who went 4-for-5 with five RBI and three runs scored. He hit two home runs in the win.

With his huge performance, he's put himself in all kinds of baseball history.

All these notes come from Sarah Langs of MLB.com:

multiple HR in a Game 7: 

2023 ALCS Adolis García 

2004 ALCS Johnny Damon 

2003 ALCS Jason Giambi 

1956 WS Yogi Berra

Damon's multi-home run game punctuated the Red Sox comeback over the Yankees in that 2004 season. For the playoffs, the 30-year-old Garcia is hitting .327 with seven home runs and 20 RBI.

most RBI, single postseason: 

2011 David Freese: 21 (18 games) 

2023 Adolis García: 20 (12 games so far) 

2020 Corey Seager: 20 (18 games)

So Garcia is on track to break that over the course of the World Series. The Rangers don't know who they'll play yet in the World Series but it will be either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Arizona Diamondbacks.

And finally, there's this note on Garcia:

Cuban-born postseason MVPs: 

2023 ALCS Adolis García 

2021 WS Jorge Soler 

2021 ALCS Yordan Alvarez 

2020 ALCS Randy Arozarena 

1999 ALCS Orlando Hernández 

1997 NLCS & WS Liván Hernández

This regular season, Garcia hit .245 with 39 home runs and 107 RBI. He also stole nine bases and posted an .836 OPS.

The World Series begins on Friday night.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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