On this day in 2023, the Texas Rangers took down the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 in Game 1 of the World Series.

It didn’t take long for Texas to get the scoring started as Evan Carter laced an RBI double off the bottom of the Rangers bullpen wall in right-center to score Corey Seager from first and make it 1-0.

Just a few pitches later, Carter would come home on an RBI single that Adolis Garcia laced into left field.

With that swing, Garcia tied the record for most RBIs in a single postseason. He would go on to break the record later in the game.

Arizona would take the lead in the top of the third as they struck for three runs against Texas starter Nathan Eovaldi, who went 4.2 innings and allowed all five runs the Diamondbacks scored.

With the Rangers trailing 5-3 in the ninth, Leody Taveras worked a massive leadoff walk to set the stage for one of the biggest swings in Texas franchise history.

Seager stepped back up to the plate and smashed a game-tying, two-run home run to square things at 5-5.

After a scoreless 10th and top of the 11th, it was Garcia’s turn to etch himself into the Rangers' history books.

Garcia flipped a walk-off home run just over the right field wall to win the game for Texas in dramatic fashion.

At the time, Garcia’s blast was the first walk-off home run in the World Series since Game 3 in 2018.

The Rangers also became the first team to win a World Series game when trailing by multiple runs in the ninth since 2015.

What’s not to be lost in all the dramatic swings is the strong performance of the Texas bullpen on that night.

Dane Dunning, Cody Bradford, Jon Gray, Will Smith, and Jose Leclerc combined to pitch 6.1 shutout innings in the win.

Leclerc would retire all six batters he faced in the 10th and 11th innings in what was a sensational postseason run as Texas closer.

The win, of course, would set up the Rangers to win the World Series, only to drop game two, which was played the next day.

Texas won all three games played in Arizona and after their initial two home games, didn’t return back to the metroplex until they had the World Series trophy in hand.