News about Jordan Montgomery

The start of the Arizona Diamondbacks game against the Los Angeles Dodgers was delayed due to a bee colony swarming behind home plate, forcing seats in a few sections to be evacuated. The game was scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. local time in Phoenix, with a delay of more than 90 minutes to allow the bees to be successfully removed from the field of play. The delay also caused the Diamondbacks to change their starting pitcher for Tuesday's game. Jordan Montgomery was replaced by Brandon Hughes. 

Following their series victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks, the Texas Rangers have returned home with the World Series trophy. The Rangers clinched their first MLB championship on Wednesday night after beating their opponents in five games. The champions were captured clutching the Commissioner's Trophy as they stepped off a plane in Texas two days later, and the celebrations are also continuing.

Jordan Montgomery shuts down the Houston Astros and Leody Taveras homered as the Texas Rangers did just enough against Justin Verlander to win by 2-0 in the AL Championship Series's opener on Sunday night. Montgomery pitched five-hit ball over 6 1/3 innings, while Taveras led by two runs with his solo homer in the fifth. Evan Carter, a 21-year-old rookie, doubled and scored in the second round and made two nifty defensive plays in left field. 'We just found a way to get a few runs across the board,' Texas boss Bruce Bochy said. Obviously, that made the difference in the game.' But our guy was really good, Monty, did a fantastic job. And he was stuck in a few jams and discovered a way out of it.'

The bracket has been drafted and the new expanded MLB playoffs are set for their first appearance, with 12 teams competing to win the Commissioner's Trophy in what might be the best postseason in baseball history. The reformed playoffs did not only reward the top two teams in each league with first-round byes, but also the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, which all happened to be popular with fans at the end of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The World Series picture, as well as an 111-win team, the Dodgers, and three other 100-win clubs: the Astros, Braves, and the New York Mets. So even if an underdog makes it to the Divisional round, several of the best regular-season clubs in recent memory will all be around to compete for the pennant.