LCS recaps: Texas gets it done, Arizona forces a Game 7

Kicking off the last day of the year we’ll have more than one baseball game, the Diamondbacks kept their season alive with a 5-1 victory in Philadelphia over the Phillies.

Starters Aaron Nola and Merrill Kelly got through a scoreless first inning without much drama. However, Nola hung a knuckle-curve to Tommy Pham in the top of the second, and Pham did not miss it, for a 1-0 lead. Three pitches later, Nola threw a sinker to Lourdes Gurriel Jr. that caught too much of the plate. Gurriel took the sinker deep to left-center for Arizona’s second straight home run.

The next batter was Alek Thomas, who was unable to add a home run to make it back-to-back-to-back. However, Thomas drew a walk on four…