The D-Backs handed their closer a two-run lead. But Sewald did not execute, and Seager sent the game to extras. Now they must bounce back.
ARLINGTON, Texas — saw this coming in spring training. Not this, exactly, not blowing a save in the World Series opener for the . But he figured the , who took in 11 innings on Friday, would play on this stage. “I thought that they’ve been the best team in the American League since we set out in March — and now they’re representing the American League,” Sewald said on Thursday, before the Diamondbacks’ workout at Globe Life Field. “So I’m not surprised that they’re here.
It’s just one of those things where he got me tonight and I’ll have to try and figure out how to get him tomorrow night.” Historically — as you’d expect — it’s been hard for teams to overcome . The 1988 Oakland A’s and two teams blew ninth-inning leads on the road in Game 1, and all went on to lose the World Series in five. Two of those leads disappeared with home runs, by the Kirk Gibson off Dennis Eckersley in 1988 and the Alex Gordon off Jeurys Familia in 2015.
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