70-75 - Rangers come up empty in World Series rematch

The Texas Rangers scored zero runs while the Arizona Diamondbacks scored six runs.

Unlike the Rangers, the Diamondbacks eventually got over their October hangover despite sitting at 41-43 through June. While Texas has never really gotten going all year, Arizona has become one of the hottest teams in baseball in the season’s second half and would make the NL playoffs as a Wild Card competitor were the season to end today.

Tonight, with a chance to reenact their Game 5 win from ten months ago, the Rangers came up with a dud against Zac Gallen while Nathan Eovaldi couldn’t find his own postseason form. In this case, it was the long ball that hurt Eovaldi as he gave up three Diamondbacks homers.…