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Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Lineups Revealed For World Series Game 1

As the Texas Rangers and Arizona Diamondbacks do battle in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night, here's how they'll line up.
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Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Lineups Revealed For World Series Game 1
Texas Rangers, Arizona Diamondbacks Starting Lineups Revealed For World Series Game 1

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The World Series begins on Friday night in Arlington as the Texas Rangers host the Arizona Diamondbacks.

The Rangers earned the second wild card slot in the American League this season and then beat the Tampa Bay Rays, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros in the playoffs to advance to this point.

As for the Diamondbacks, they won 84 regular season games, earning the final wild card spot in the National League. They beat the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies in the playoffs.

The starting lineups for Game 1 are out. First, for the homestanding Rangers:

1) Marcus Semien, 2B

2) Corey Seager, SS

3) Evan Carter, LF

4) Adolis Garcia, 3F

5) Mitch Garver, DH

6) Jonah Heim, C

7) Nate Lowe, 1B

8) Josh Jung, 3B

9) Leody Taveras, CF

SP) Nathan Eovaldi

A few interesting nuggets on the lineup for Bruce Bochy:

-The rookie Carter hits third. After just being called up to the majors for the first time in September, he finds himself in a very prominent spot in the order.

-Garcia is coming off an ALCS MVP award. He has seven home runs these playoffs.

-Good to see Garver in the lineup. He was hit by a pitch in Game 7 against the Astros and experienced some discomfort.

Now, for the D'Backs lineup:

1) Corbin Carroll, RF

2) Ketel Marte, 2B

3) Gabriel Moreno, C

4) Christian Walker, 1B

5) Tommy Pham, DH

6) Lourdes Gurriel Jr., LF

7) Alek Thomas, CF

8) Evan Longoria, 3B

9) Geraldo Perdomo, SS

SP) Zac Gallen

Gallen comes into this matchup at 2-2 with an ERA north of five in these playoffs. He'll have his hands full with that Rangers lineup.

First pitch from Globe Life Field is 8:03 p.m. ET.

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Brady Farkas
BRADY FARKAS

Brady Farkas is a baseball writer for Fastball on Sports Illustrated/FanNation and the host of 'The Payoff Pitch' podcast which can be found on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Videos on baseball also posted to YouTube. Brady has spent nearly a decade in sports talk radio and is a graduate of Oswego State University. You can follow him on Twitter @WDEVRadioBrady. 

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