PHOENIX — Adolis Garcia is not typically one for speeches, but the mood struck him Tuesday afternoon, moments after learning a strain of his obliques would prematurely end his dominant run through this postseason.
He gathered his Texas Rangers teammates in Chase Field's visiting locker room and told them he loved them. He told them to win two more games and capture this franchise's first World Series championship, in his honor.
And he told them he was confident they would pull it off. «He was vulnerable,» Rangers shortstop Corey Seager said after helping to ignite an 11-7 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks in Game 4. «That's hard to do.
To be able to come in, knowing the headspace he's in, not being able to help us and still contribute — that's a hard thing to do.