MLB WORLD SERIES: DIAMONDBACKS VS RANGERS

October 27, 2023

Adolis Garcia

Globe Life Field

Texas Rangers

Postgame 1 Press Conference

Rangers - 6, Diamondbacks - 5 (11)

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: First of all, thanks to God who has been there with me since day one, has helped me throughout this process. And also hard work and effort that I've put in to try to get to this point.

Q. So you get hit again in the ninth inning and then the walk-off home run. Seems like this is the whole pattern of the playoffs, isn't it?

ADOLIS GARCIA: Yeah, you can't deny it. He hit me in that situation, but my focus is on just having good at-bats, just putting good swings on balls. And that's something that I think I've done very well.

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: I think that's why it's important to play as a team. I think what the bullpen did during that game was really important. They came in, they stopped the other team from scoring runs. And it allowed us to feel a little bit composed up there and put the runs up so we could win the game.

Q. After Game 7 in Houston you said Corey kind of hyped you guys up after the first inning home run. What did his ninth inning home run do for you guys besides obviously tying the game?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I think that he did it again. It's a moment where what he did just gave us that spark. It pumped us all up, and it allowed us to come back out there and get that win, which was what we were trying to do.

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: Very happy, first of all, to have the opportunity to be here and play in a World Series. I think just having the team support each one of us and having good at-bats, and I'm just happy and having fun out there.

Q. How is your hand?

ADOLIS GARCIA: It's good. It feels good.

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: It was a very special moment when Corey Seager hit that home run in the ninth inning. It was something everyone just started jumping for joy. We were able to exhale and we were just happy to celebrate that.

Q. How big was the walk, and how have you felt about controlling the strike zone recently?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I think that in these types of games that's what you have to do. You have to get guys on base, put traffic on the bases. And that's what's going to give us good results.

Q. How many more of these kind of moments do you have left in you?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I hope a lot of them.

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: I'm very happy and grateful. It's just something where God has given me the opportunity to have a little piece of history in the MLB postseason. I think it's great. I'm very excited.

Q. You're obviously focused, but could you hear your teammates in the dugout chanting "Vamos Bombi"?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I think that during the game my teammates are in the dugout, they're pumping me up, they're helping me out. But once I'm in that batter's box it's just me and the pitcher. I kind of tune everything out. But I know they're still there providing support for me.

Q. Can you talk about what it's like -- we've heard other players talk about this before -- being in this zone. Some people say the ball comes slower. You see it more. What's it like when you're in this streak right now? And secondly what's it mean to do something with this consecutive home streak that people like Babe Ruth never did, Hank Aaron and Willie Mays? You're doing something that most of the great players have never done.

ADOLIS GARCIA: Like I said, just very happy to be at the opportunity to be in the history books. But like I said as well, just when I'm in the batter's box I'm just focused and I tune out everything, every other noise, and I'm just focused on the situation.

Q. (Not English)

ADOLIS GARCIA: Very happy and grateful. I think, like I said, just giving thanks to God for giving me this opportunity. I think anytime that you have the opportunity or the chance to be in such a select group of players, especially Latinos and Cubans, it's always a proud thing.

Q. Where does that homer rank in terms of career accomplishments up to this point?

ADOLIS GARCIA: We're in the World Series. I think, honestly, it's the first.

Q. Did you know the ball was gone when you made contact? What was the trip around the bases like?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I felt that I hit it well but it was a ball that went the opposite direction. So when that happens I've just got to make sure that I run out of home plate and run the bases.

Q. Have you heard from the person that caught the home run, or would you like to have that ball from the fan that caught that?

ADOLIS GARCIA: I would like to have the ball, honestly. But I don't know, really, what happened with it.