Rangers' powerhouse offense, Nathan Eovaldi's gem help clinch 2-game sweep of Rays in AL Wild Card Series

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The Texas Rangers had one of the best offenses in all of baseball, and they reminded everyone of such on Wednesday.

The Rangers slugged their way to a 7-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays, winning their wild-card playoff series.

Texas blanked the Rays in Game 1 on Tuesday thanks to dominant pitching from Jordan Montgomery, who tossed seven scoreless frames. They say momentum is only as good as your next day's starter — well, the Rangers had momentum.

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Texas Rangers' Evan Carter celebrates with Josh Jung after hitting a two-run home run during the fourth inning against the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 2 of the wild-card playoff series at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, on Wednesday. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

Nathan Eovaldi toed the rubber for the Rangers on Wednesday and mowed down the Rays, who hadn't scored a run in 33.2 postseason innings. He kept the Rays scoreless until the seventh before allowing his lone run on an RBI single to Curtis Mead. In all, he allowed six hits and struck out eight in his 6.2 frames.

Eovaldi had plenty of room to work with, though, thanks to his supportive offense. In the third inning, the Rangers put up a four-spot, thanks to an Adolis Garcia solo homer, an RBI triple by Josh Jung after a missed diving play, and then a two-run shot by Evan Carter. Nathaniel Lowe drove in a run on a fielder's choice in the fifth, and in the sixth, Marcus Semien and Corey Seager each had an RBI double.

Before the game, Texas received good news, too. After it was previously thought that pitcher Max Scherzer would miss the rest of the season, he was ramped up in a