The journey to becoming a United States citizen is complete for Elvis Andrus.
After the Rangers' 11-3 win over the Oakland A's on Thursday night, the 30-year-old Venezuelan-born shortstop flew on a red-eye back to Dallas in order to take his citizenship exam Friday morning.
He passed.
"I will always be very proud of where I came from and I am humbled where my journey has taken me," Andrus wrote in an Instagram post.
"I've learned so much in this journey to U.S. citizenship. I'm thankful and grateful for the rights and freedoms of Americans and will never take that for granted.