Had been Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth good luck charms for the Texas Rangers throughout Sport 1 of the World Collection?
The 2 main champions from Dallas had been in attendance collectively for his or her hometown workforce’s historic victory Friday evening over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Globe Life Park.
This wasn’t their first go to to Globe Life Park. Spieth threw out the primary pitch at a Rangers recreation in 2021 and Scheffler did the identical in 2022, donning his inexperienced jacket shortly after his Masters victory.
Again in Arlington, Texas, for the Rangers’ first World Collection look since 2011, the 2 had been decked out in Rangers gear.
The Rangers had been trailing 5-3 heading into the underside of the ninth inning. Hoping for a comeback, Spieth and Scheffler flipped their caps inside out — referred to as a “rally cap.”
And it seems to have labored. Rangers shortstop Corey Seager blasted a game-tying dwelling run to ship the sport into further innings. Then, within the eleventh inning, Adolis García, at present the most well liked hitter on the planet, smashed an opposite-field walk-off homer for a 6-5 Rangers victory — sending Spieth’s and Scheffler’s part right into a frenzy.
That swing was García’s twenty second postseason RBI, which broke an MLB report. The Rangers additionally turned the primary workforce in MLB historical past to win Sport 1 of the World Collection when trailing by a number of runs within the ninth inning or later.
So perhaps Spieth and Scheffler want to go again to Globe Life Park for Sport 2 on Saturday evening to maintain the Rangers’ good juju alive because the workforce seems to seize its first-ever championship.
