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BALTIMORE — Evan Carter performed in simply 23 regular-season video games for the Rangers, however he shortly emerged as a key cog in what was already the most effective offenses within the Majors.
Within the first three video games of his postseason profession, he hasn’t slowed down a bit.
With two walks and an RBI double in his first three plate appearances within the Rangers’ 3-2 win over the Orioles in Sport 1 of the American League Division Sequence on Saturday afternoon at Camden Yards, Carter grew to become the primary participant in AL/NL historical past to succeed in base thrice in three straight playoff video games earlier than turning 22 years previous. Carter completed the day 1-for-2 with two walks.
The Rangers’ high prospect and the No. 8 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline when he made his massive league debut on Sept. 8, Carter reached base in his first six plate appearances in his membership’s Wild Card Sequence sweep of the Rays, which was the second-longest such streak in a participant’s postseason debut, in line with the Elias Sports activities Bureau.
Carter’s fourth-inning double put the Rangers on the board first towards the Orioles, quieting a sellout crowd of 46,450 followers in Baltimore that hadn’t skilled postseason baseball since 2014.
It additionally made Carter, at 21 years and 39 days previous, the third-youngest participant in postseason historical past with 4 extra-base hits in a three-game span, per MLB.com’s Sarah Langs. Solely Miguel Cabrera, who was 20 years and 169 days previous when he did it with the 2003 World Sequence champion Marlins, and Juan Soto, who was 20 years and 355 days previous with the 2019 World Sequence champion Nationals, had been youthful.
Carter, nevertheless, stands alone because the youngest participant with 4 extra-base hits within the first three postseason video games of his MLB profession.
