MLB playoffs ALDS Game 3: Rangers complete sweep to eliminate Orioles, Astros within one win of ALCS

The MLB postseason experienced its first major upset on Tuesday.

All four American League teams were in action, but it was Baltimore Orioles who needed to win the most. Too bad they didn't show up.

The Texas Rangers rolled past the Orioles 7-1 to complete the three-game sweep and secure their spot in the ALCS for the first time since 2011. It marked the first time that the Orioles had been swept in any series this season, and it ended their first 100-plus-win season in more than 40 years. The Rangers are the first team in the playoffs to close out their division-round series.

The Rangers' offense was relentless in Games 1 and 2 vs. the Orioles. Game 3 started with more of the same, as the Rangers got on the board right away in the first inning.

It was the second inning, though, when the game got away from Baltimore. Mitch Garver hit a two-RBI double to kick off the scoring, and then Adolis García drilled a deep, three-run home run that he capped with a perfect bat flip. Just like that, the Rangers were up 6-0.

Nathaniel Lowe hit a solo shot in the sixth to keep the Rangers' lead at six runs after Gunnar Henderson hit an RBI single the inning before to finally get Baltimore on the board. From there, the Rangers cruised into the ALCS for the first time since their back-to-back World Series runs in 2010 and 2011.

The Rangers will take on either the Astros or the Twins starting Sunday in Game 1.

Javier and Abreu pull Astros within one win of ALCS

The Astros scored early and — this can't be emphasized enough — often in their 9-1 win over the Twins on Tuesday at Target Field. Seven of Houston's nine runs in Game 3 were scored via the long ball.

Jose Abreu got the party started early with a first-inning homer to give the Astros a 4-0 lead. Alex Bregman hit a home run to left field in the fifth, Yordan Alvarez homered to right field in the ninth, and then Abreu hit his second home run of the afternoon to complete Houston's scoring.

All six of Alvarez's hits in this series have been for extra bases. He hit three homers between Games 1 and 2, then added two doubles and a home run in Game 3.

Cristian Javier held the Twins' bats to one hit — a Max Kepler double in the first— in the first five innings. The pitcher recorded nine strikeouts and pitched himself out of jams in the first, third and fifth innings to hold the Twins scoreless. Houston can clinch the series and move on to the ALCS with a win Wednesday in Game 4.

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