On Monday night, Corey Seager looked like himself again. Which is to say that the Rangers shortstop hit a home run and reacted with near indifference, calmly setting down his bat, not so much as a smile on his face. He jogged around the bases with an air of obligation that would be more befitting someone walking up to an appointment at the DMV than hitting a moonshot in the World Series.
Seager’s two-run shot in the third inning helped push the Rangers to a 3–1 victory over the Diamondbacks. It puts Texas up in the series two games to one. And it marks a return to form for Seager. He has been hitting home runs like this all October. But after the rare displays of emotion accompanying his game-tying shot in Game 1 of the World Series and his first-inning blast in Game 7 of the ALCS? His businesslike calm on Monday was more like what we’re used to seeing.
He knew, the bench knew, we all knew. pic.twitter.com/JqV06oVkgy
— Texas Rangers (@Rangers) October 31, 2023
