PHOENIX — Adolis García was headed for an MRI tube and Max Scherzer walked as stiffly as a kid in a Frankenstein Halloween costume giving a poor interpretation of what Mary Shelley had in mind for the monster’s mobility. “Agony,” was the word Scherzer used to describe his physical condition, not something you ever want associated with your presumed World Series Game 7 starter.
What happened after the Rangers won Game 3 Monday night, 3–1, may decide the World Series even more than that game. Based on the MRI on García’s oblique, which appeared to snap like a guitar string on an eighth-inning swing, and how Scherzer responds to back spasms that drove him from the mound grimacing after three innings, Texas may need to replace on its roster the hitter who is having an all-time great postseason and one of their top starting pitchers.
It was such a harrowing night for Texas—even reliever Josh Sborz required medical attention after tweaking a hamstring, but he remained in the game—that at one point Rangers GM Chris Young texted his trainer with gallows humor: “Quit f------ texting me. I’m tired of you tonight.”
