Answerbacks head home with Series tied up

Plus: Gold Glove? Walker has a gold hand

Sunday, October 29 View In Browser Good morning! Yes, Ketel Marte got a hit. TOP NEWS Answerbacks head home with World Series tied up   One night after having their hearts ripped out by the Rangers, the Arizona Diamondbacks once again showed their resilience with a methodical 9-1 win over Texas in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday night at Globe Life Field. Kelly thrills D-backs -- and grandma -- with dazzling start Merrill Kelly's grandmother hadn't seen him pitch since Little League. He put on quite the show for her in Game 2. 10 fun facts from Game 2 Tommy Pham's four-hit game put him in some rare company -- with Albert Pujols and no one else. That's just one of the developments from Game 2 that stood out to Sarah Langs. Long ball 1, Small ball 1: Clash of opposites shows early in WS This World Series is, indeed, long ball Texas dueling small ball Arizona. Big blasts against the death by a thousand cuts. Manufacturing runs out of thin air versus constructing them through scrappiness and guile. Marte stands alone with 18-game postseason hit streak After going hitless in his first four plate appearances, Ketel Marte roped a two-out, two-run single up the middle in the eighth inning of Game 2 to claim sole possession of the longest hitting streak in postseason history. Rangers set sights on the road after bats go cold in Game 2 Texas -- which led the AL with a .789 OPS in the regular season -- managed just four hits and one walk in Game 2. MORE TOP NEWS TOP PERFORMANCES Merrill Kelly: 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 9 K's 1st SP with 7 IP in World Series since 2019 Ketel Marte: 1-for-5, 2 RBIs Has hit safely in all 18 career postseason games Tommy Pham: 4-for-4, 2 R, 2 2B 2nd AZ player with 4 hits in a World Series game Gabriel Moreno: 1-for-4, HR, BB 5th-youngest catcher to hit HR in World Series Mitch Garver: 1-for-4, HR 3 HRs, 13 RBIs in 11 games this postseason MORE STATS PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MUST-SEE PLAY Christian Walker shows why he has one Gold Glove Award already and is a finalist this year.  STAFF PICKS Series shifts to Arizona for Game 3 on Monday Texas -- which is 8-0 on the road this postseason -- plans to start Max Scherzer against Arizona rookie Brandon Pfaadt at Chase Field on Monday at 8 p.m. ET. Familiar faces from your favorite team represented in World Series There are only two teams left battling in the World Series, but the players on the Rangers and D-backs collectively -- and amazingly -- have direct connections to all the other 28 MLB teams. O say can she sing! Pearle Peterson, a high school senior from Sequim, Wash., got Game 2 of the World Series off to a powerful start with a magnificent rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner." Baseball, softball stars of tomorrow at World Series Dozens of student-athletes took part in a special PLAY BALL event at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy, then were celebrated and recognized at Globe Life Field before Game 2. MORE STORIES © 2023 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (gahleexholly.hdhask@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@mail.mlblists.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.