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BALTIMORE — Evan Carter played in just 23 regular-season games for the Rangers, but he quickly emerged as a key cog in what was already one of the best offenses in the Majors.
In the first three games of his postseason career, he hasn’t slowed down a bit.
With two walks and an RBI double in his first three plate appearances in the Rangers’ 3-2 win over the Orioles in Game 1 of the American League Division Series on Saturday afternoon at Camden Yards, Carter became the first player in AL/NL history to reach base three times in three straight playoff games before turning 22 years old. Carter finished the day 1-for-2 with two walks.
The Rangers’ top prospect and the No. 8 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline when he made his big league debut on Sept. 8, Carter reached base in his first six plate appearances in his club’s Wild Card Series sweep of the Rays, which was the second-longest such streak in a player’s postseason debut, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.
Carter’s fourth-inning double put the Rangers on the board first against the Orioles, quieting a sellout crowd of 46,450 fans in Baltimore that hadn’t experienced postseason baseball since 2014.
It also made Carter, at 21 years and 39 days old, the third-youngest player in postseason history with four extra-base hits in a three-game span, per MLB.com’s Sarah Langs. Only Miguel Cabrera, who was 20 years and 169 days old when he did it with the 2003 World Series champion Marlins, and Juan Soto, who was 20 years and 355 days old with the 2019 World Series champion Nationals, were younger.
Carter, however, stands alone as the youngest player with four extra-base hits in the first three postseason games of his MLB career.
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