Rangers on verge of world series triumph

Adolis Garcia gathered Texas Rangers hitters in a clubhouse side room Tuesday and told them his World Series was over.

Max Scherzer was finished, too, injuries costing the American League champions their top slugger and potential game seven starting pitcher.

"Pull together guys. Let's finish it!" Travis Jankowski recalled Garcia saying.

Rangers batters not only bonded, they whipped through the Arizona Diamondbacks like a desert storm.

Marcus Semien's two-run triple and three-run homer powered Texas to a 10-run lead by the third inning, Corey Seager hit another long home run and the Rangers won 11-7 to move ahead three games to one in the World Series.

"That took a lot of guts for him to come out there and speak," Seager said of Garcia. "He was vulnerable. He wants to be out there. He told us he loved us."

Texas improved to a record 10-0 on the road this postseason and closed to within one win of the first title in the 63-season history of a franchise that started as the expansion Washington Senators in 1961.

Nathan Eovaldi tries to clinch the third all-wild card Series against Zac Gallen in a rematch of game one starters.

"We've got our top guy on the mound now," Semien said. "He's a guy who's been waiting for this moment the entire year."