These two games began the Rangers' two pennant-winning seasons before 2023. Here are summaries of them:

4/5/2010: Rangers 5 Blue Jays 4

Nelson Cruz homer; in 9th inning Jarrod Saltalamacchia singled over the drawn-in outfield to score pinch-runner David Murphy with the winning run. 

4/1/2011: Rangers 9 Red Sox 5

David Ortiz homer, Rangers homers by: Kinsler (1,1st inning off Lester 0 on 0 out); Cruz (1,2nd inning off Lester 0 on 1 out); Napoli (1,4th inning off Lester 2 on 2 out).