Now the Rangers get another chance at the Astros when they meet for the first time in the playoffs in a Texas-sized showdown with a trip to the World Series on the line starting Sunday night in Houston.
The Astros completed the regular season matchup against the Rangers with a three-game sweep at the beginning of September.
But despite the lopsided results this season, both teams say they’ll start with a clean slate for the American League Championship Series.
As manager of the San Francisco Giants in 2002, he lost the World Series to the Anaheim Angels.
“In California we were in the World Series, two teams, us and the Angels, battling for bragging rights in California,” he said.
Persons:
— Houston, Justin Verlander, Josh Jung, Adolis, Nathaniel Lowe, Evan Carter wasn’t, “, Evan, ” Lowe, Dusty Baker, ”, I’ve, Robbie Grossman, Jordan Montgomery, Verlander, Cy Young, Louis, Houston’s Framber Valdez, Nathan Eovaldi, Max Scherzer, Bruce Bochy, Scherzer, “ Max, ” Bochy, “ He’s, we’ll, Chris Young, Bryan Abreu, Abreu, hasn’t, Ryan Pressly, Jim Ross, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, Turner, Stephen Hawkins, ___
Organizations:
HOUSTON, Rangers, Astros, The Astros, Houston, American League, AL West, Lone Star, San Francisco Giants, Anaheim Angels, Angels, Mets, Minnesota, Montgomery, Orioles, Detroit, Dodgers, Arlington, Houston Mayor
Locations:
Texas, Houston, “, California, ”, Montgomery, St, Washington