BALTIMORE -- The Rangers made a lot of noise with their bats on Sunday evening, putting up 11 runs on 11 hits amid an offensive outburst during an 11-8 win over Baltimore in Game 2 of the American League Division Series.

They made less noise but were equally impactful on the basepaths, drawing 11 walks off the Orioles¡¯ carousel of pitchers.

That part wasn¡¯t as much of a team effort, though, as Corey Seager provided nearly half of them. The Rangers shortstop became the first player to tally five walks in a postseason game in AL/NL history.

¡°A great job from him,¡± said manager Bruce Bochy. ¡°He¡¯s not expanding [the zone]. ¡­ He¡¯s getting on base. That¡¯s what you're trying to do: Get guys on base, put pressure on them.¡±

The Rangers did that a lot in what was only the 10th instance of a team walking 11 times in a postseason game, one shy of the record that¡¯s shared by the 2020 Yankees in Game 2 of the Wild Card Series and the 2005 Astros in Game 3 of the World Series.

Out of the No. 2 spot in the lineup, Seager was the table-setter.

¡°He¡¯s being really stubborn with pitches he likes to swing at,¡± said Mitch Garver. ¡°We know he likes to swing the bat. I think it was his fifth at-bat and he chased a 2-0 heater that was above his eyes. So, I think at that point he kind of wanted to hit. Really, really impressive being able to set the stage like that.¡±

Seventeen players had managed to draw four walks -- most recently Freddie Freeman for the Braves in Game 6 of the 2021 National League Championship Series -- but only Seager was able to reach five.

And he did it against four O¡¯s hurlers, all right-handers: starter Grayson Rodriguez (twice) and relievers Bryan Baker, Jack Flaherty and Yennier Cano.

For Seager, it was just a natural extension of his regular approach.

¡°I don¡¯t think it was anything different,¡± he said. ¡°I just think we were trying to grind out pitches, and it just kind of happened, you know?¡±