(Reuters) – The Texas Rangers crushed the Detroit Tigers 15-5 on Saturday to reach the World Series for the second year in a row by winning the best-of-seven American League Championship Series 4-2.
The Rangers erupted for nine runs in the third inning to overturn a 2-0 deficit and launch a Texas-sized party at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.
After Michael Young caught Brandon Inge’s pop up at first base, the post-game celebrations began with players pouring out of the dugout to hug each other in the middle of the diamond, spraying ginger ale over one another’s head and delaying the champagne in deference to recovering alcoholic Josh Hamilton.
At the center of the celebrations was slugging outfielder Nelson Cruz, who launched another ‘Cruz missile’ with his two-run home run in the seventh inning that gave him a playoff series record six homer and 13 runs batted in, as well as the ALCS Most Valuable Player Award.
“The more you win, it’s getting more exciting,” Cruz told reporters. “We’re back to the World Series, what more can we ask for?”
With former U.S. President George W. Bush, a one-time owner of the Major League Baseball club, sitting in the stands next to co-owner and baseball Hall
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