Watch: Two home runs have Texas Rangers on door of ALWC sweep of Tampa Bay Rays

"Just good at-bats," manager Bruce Bochy said when discussing in-game what went right for the Rangers in those two plate appearances.

Per Rangers PR, Carter, 21, was the 11th-youngest player at the time of his first playoff home run in baseball history and third-youngest U.S.-born player.

Texas won a sloppy Game 1 in the ALWC 4-0 after the Rays made four errors. 

If this is the end for Tampa Bay, it's a highly disappointing way for the campaign to wrap. The Rays won their first 13 games this season, outscoring their opponents 101-30, but picked the wrong time to play their worst.

With Tampa on the brink of elimination, the only drama as of this posting is whether the Rays can get a run across home plate. After six scoreless innings in Game 2 of the ALWC, Tampa Bay extended its postseason streak of innings without a run to 33.

The Rays last scored a run in the sixth inning of its 2022 ALWC series against the Cleveland Guardians. They were shut out in Cleveland's 15-inning close-out Game 2 win.

With a victory on Wednesday, Texas will move on to the best-of-five ALDS where the AL's No. 1 seed, the Baltimore Orioles, awaits.