Dallas, Texas — The Texas Rangers made it very clear

Tuesday night at Globe Life Field, the Rangers crushed the Baltimore Orioles 7-1 to complete a sweep of their best-of-five ALDS series.

The Houston Astros and Minnesota Twins winner will face the Rangers in the ALCS, which they will be going to for the first time since 2011. After defeating the Twins 9-1 on Tuesday afternoon, the Astros now lead their ALDS 2-1. They’ll play for the series championship on Wednesday at Target Field in Minneapolis at 1:07 p.m.

The AL West rivals, who both finished 90-72, would square off in the Lone Star State Showdown if the Astros prevailed. A 9–4 advantage against the Rangers in head-to-head play helped the Astros win the division.

Watched by the largest crowd (40,861) in Globe Life Field’s four-year history, the Rangers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on a solo home run by Corey Seager and then blew it up with five more runs in the second.

Nathaniel Lowe faced Orioles pitcher Dean Kremer for 15 pitches to begin the first before lining out to left center. Josh Jung dropped a single just after that. The Rangers went straight for the kill after Leody Taveras fouled out for the second time. Mitch Garver doubled in two runs after Marcus Semien doubled and Seager was intentionally walked.

Texas took a 6-0 lead as Aroldis Garcia ripped a 1-2 pitch into the left-center field bleachers for a three-run, game-ending home run that forced Kremer out of the game.

After winning an AL-high 101 games in the regular season, the Orioles had gone 91 series without being swept. Baltimore hasn’t been swept since May 2022 at Detroit. Only two teams—the New York Giants from 1803–05 and the St. Louis Cardinals from 1942–44—have longer streaks.

Over seven innings, Eovaldi allowed the Orioles to score just one run on five hits. He walked none and struck out seven.

After sweeping the Rays in a best-of-three Wild Card series and the Orioles 3-0, the Rangers are 5-0 in the postseason.

After recording two fast outs in the eighth, manager Bruce Bochy had to rely on closer Jose Leclerc to bring in pinch-hitter Aaron Hicks after Aroldis Chapman gave up a single and walked two to load the bases. Hicks initially grounded out to strand the