Rangers Keep Close In Wild Card Race, Top Royals
Garza pitched eight impressive innings for his first victory in six starts and the Texas Rangers kept close in the playoff race, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-1 Saturday night.
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Garza pitched eight impressive innings for his first victory in six starts and the Texas Rangers kept close in the playoff race, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-1 Saturday night.
Neftali Feliz walked Alcides Escobar on four pitches with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning Friday night, giving the Kansas City Royals a 2-1 victory over the Texas Rangers in the opener of an important three-game series.
"You can see how everything's starting to fall on track," said Elvis Andrus, who drove in three runs for the Rangers in an 8-2 victory over the Rays on Thursday night.
The Texas Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 8-2 last night for four-game series split that left the teams tied atop the AL wild-card race.
Ben, Brendan and KT have created the ultimate anthem to motivate a resilient Rangers team and its courageously loyal fan base clinging on to their playoff hopes.
It wasn't the worst loss of the season for the Rangers, at least not yet. But Wednesday night's 4-3, 12-inning loss to the Rays is one they will remember if they don't reach the postseason.
Ian Kinsler drove Jeremy Hellickson's first fastball for a home run, and the Rangers went on to beat the Rays 7-1 on Tuesday night, breaking a seven-game losing streak.
The Rangers started play Tuesday mired in a seven-game losing streak and have seen their AL West title hopes apparently slip away for a second straight season because of a September slide. Texas dropped 12 of its first 14 games this month.
With a seventh straight Rangers loss on Monday night, the team's playoff position is getting more tenuous. "It's pretty tough right now," said shortstop Elvis Andrus.
The Rangers better start paying attention to that tight AL wild card race, because their chances for the AL West title are pretty slim after the Athletics won 5-1 on Sunday.
Bartolo Colon scattered seven hits over eight innings and the division-leading A's beat Texas for the second time in less than 24 hours.
The A's handed the Rangers their fourth straight loss and moved 4½ games ahead of Texas in the opener of the final series of the regular season between the past two AL West champions.
Texas still has a tight hold on the AL's top wild-card spot despite losing nine of its last 12 games (2-8 in September) while dropping four consecutive series.
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The first state-run psychiatric hospital will open next summer under the direction of UT Southwestern Medical Center in the heart of Dallas' Medical District.
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