PHOENIX — The Rangers beat the Diamondbacks 3–1 in Game 3 of the World Series on Monday night to take a 2–1 series lead. The teams return to action on Tuesday for Game 4, when a revolving door of pitchers and a few streaky hitters may make the difference.
Bullpenning
Two games after a throwback in which both starting pitchers made it into the seventh, the Rangers and the Diamondbacks will return to 2023 baseball with the bullpen game. Texas has a few starters pitching out of the bullpen—lefties Andrew Heaney and Martín Pérez and righty Dane Dunning—who can give them a little length. (Righty Jon Gray, who was a candidate to start Game 4, came in in relief when Game 3 starter Max Scherzer left before the fourth with back tightness.) Arizona will turn to a series of three- to six-out guys.
