The Texas Rangers and Houston Astros have brought all the emotional beats an in-state, in-division playoff matchup tends to bring. And it could not have been more apparent back in Game 5 of their ALCS matchup; that was when the benches cleared after Adolis Garcia was hit by a Bryan Abreu pitch not too long after the Rangers outfielder admired a home run of his far longer than baseball's unwritten rules permit. But now, in Game 7, it's Garcia who has the last laugh as he puts the Astros to the sword for the final time in 2023.

Garcia, in addition to hitting a run-scoring single in the first inning, also hit a solo shot in the third and two-run single in the fourth, the latter of which gave the Rangers an 8-2 lead early on in the contest. And as a result of those incredible first three plate appearances for the Rangers outfielder, he accomplished a feat that no other player in MLB playoff history has reached.

According to OptaSTATS, Adolis Garcia is the first player in MLB history to tally at least one home run and three runs batted in in three consecutive playoff games. The Rangers outfielder hit one dinger each in Games 5 and 6, while adding three and four RBIs, respectively, during each of those ALCS contests.

Garcia wasn't satisfied at all with his contributions in Game 7, however; in the eighth inning, he hit one more home run for good measure just to pile on the embarrassment for the Astros. Simply put, the Rangers outfielder isn't someone the Astros contingent will forget anytime soon, especially after they took aim at him after a contentious Game 5 between the two AL West powerhouses.

Astros catcher Martin Maldonado even proclaimed that the worst thing Garcia could have done was wake them up, but instead, the Rangers outfielder took it upon himself to show who the poked bear actually was.

Now, the Rangers are heading to their third-ever World Series appearance in franchise history; those previous appearances, as no Rangers fan would ever forget, resulted in defeats, with the Rangers heartbreakingly blowing a Game 6 lead to the St. Louis Cardinals back in 2011 to choke away their biggest chance at a championship.

But at the very least, thanks in large part to Adolis Garcia's incredible display at the plate, the Rangers will have a shot at redemption 12 years in the making.