The Major League Baseball (MLB) Texas Rangers have won two straight games in the American League Championship Series (ALCS) to advance to the World Series in a best-of-seven series .Texas scored four runs in the first inning to win Game 2 of the ALCS, 5-4, against the Houston Astros on Sunday at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Texas, which swept last year’s World Series champion Houston for the second straight day (2-0), improved to 7-0 all-time in the postseason and furthered its chances of advancing to the World Series .In the history of the best-of-seven postseason, the team that dropped Games 1 and 2 has gone on to win the series 75 of 89 times, giving them an 84 percent chance of winning, MLB.com reported .And in the current best-of-seven format, where Games 1, 2, 6 and 7 are played at the home of the higher seed and Games 3 and 5 are played at the home of the lower seed, the team that wins Games 1 and 2 on the road has a whopping 90 percent (26 of 29) chance of winning the series, giving Texas an overwhelming advantage to win the American League title. Game 3 between the two teams will be played at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, home of the 온라인카지노 Texas Rangers, at 9 a.m. on April 19.
