World Series Game 1 live: Rangers, D-backs top highlights - ESPN

27.10.2023 - 21:03 espn.com

Play ball! The 2023 World Series is here… and, if you predicted this matchup, well, you have the experts beat. The 84-win Arizona Diamondbacks shocked the baseball world by reaching the Fall Classic, dropping the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers and defending National League champion Philadelphia Phillies along the way.

On the American League side, the powerhouse Texas Rangers KO'd the Houston Astros — the defending World Series champs — in a seven-game league championship series.

All that is now ancient history, as Arizona and Texas open their best-of-seven World Series tonight in Arlington, Texas. We'll have you covered with lineups and live updates and analysis during the game, followed by takeaways after the final pitch.

Once again: Play ball! Key links: Full playoffs schedule and results Arizona Diamondbacks (Zac Gallen) at Texas Rangers (Nathan Eovaldi), 8:03 p.m.

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The Texas Rangers 5-0 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks for their first championship on Wednesday night drew the largest audience of this World Series. However, it was not enough to prevent the five-game series from being the least-watched Fall Classic in recorded TV history.

World Series 2023: Do the D-backs have another miracle left? - ESPN

PHOENIX — If the Arizona Diamondbacks can live up to the Answerbacks moniker that they've adopted throughout October as the calendar flips to November, what happened in the final innings of their Game 4 loss will be where the latest story in a postseason full of surprises begins.

World Series betting tips, picks, MVP predictions - ESPN

It took seven games to eliminate the rival Houston Astros, but the Texas Rangers dethroned the defending champs in the ALCS and are headed to the 2023 World Series to face the Arizona Diamondbacks, who also went seven games in their series with the defending NL champion Philadelphia Phillies. The Rangers' last trip to the World Series was in 2011, when they lost in seven games to the Cardinals. The Diamondbacks won their only other trip to the World Series, topping the Yankees in seven games in 2001. Arizona won the season series with the Rangers 3-1, splitting in Arlington in May and taking both games at home in August. Game 1 is Friday in Texas.

Diamondbacks' Gallen, Rangers' Eovaldi get World Series Game 1 nods - ESPN

Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Zac Gallen and Texas Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi will start Game 1 of the World Series on Friday in Arlington, Texas.

D-backs NLCS win over Phillies excites Arizona - ESPN

The Arizona Diamondbacks are World Series bound!

Arizona Diamondbacks into World Series; Nuggets open with win against Lakers

The Arizona Diamondbacks will face the Texas Rangers in the World Series after completing a comeback series win against the Philadelphia Phillies.