PHOENIX — With Jordan Montgomery on the Texas Rangers roster and Christian Walker with the Arizona Diamondbacks, it was a guarantee a former Gamecock baseball player would be a part of a World Series championship team.
It would be Montgomery and the Rangers who would capture the first World Series title in franchise history with Wednesday night's 5-0 win in Game 5 at Chase Field in Phoenix.
Texas wins the series 4-1, and Montgomery is now the fourth Gamecock alum to win a World Series ring. Mookie Wilson did so with the New York Mets in 1986, while Jackie Bradley Jr. and Steve Pearce won a ring with the Boston Red Sox in 2018.
Montgomery started Game 2 of the World Series, pitching six innings and allowing four runs. He went 3-1 in the 2023 postseason with a 2.90 ERA and 17 strikeouts in six games pitched and five starts.
Montgomery, who won a state championship at Sumter High School before his stellar career at South Carolina, was with the St. Louis Cardinals before he was traded to Texas in late July. That trade allowed Montgomery to help the Rangers make history and secure his first World Series title.