Rangers clinch, still more work left
After seven years of waiting, the Texas Rangers are headed back to the playoffs.
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After seven years of waiting, the Texas Rangers are headed back to the playoffs.
The Rangers appeared to be well on their way to clinching a playoff spot when reliever Jose Leclerc protected a 2-1 lead, setting down the Mariners in order on just 9 pitches in the 8th inning.
The Texas Rangers moved to the brink of clinching their first playoff berth since 2016 with a 5-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.
The Angels rolled to a 9-3 victory over Texas on Tuesday night preventing the Rangers from getting another step closer to wrapping up their first playoff appearance since 2016.
Adolis García, Mitch Garver and Nathaniel Lowe hit consecutive home runs in the sixth inning, and the first-place Texas Rangers beat the Los Angeles Angels 5-1 for their sixth straight victory.
The Texas Rangers held on to beat the Seattle Mariners 9-8 to finish a three-game sweep in a crucial AL West series.
Texas is 7-1 against the Mariners, clinching the season series even though the teams still play five more times.
One of baseball's best sluggers in the 1990s, González is still the Texas career leader.
Josh Jung hit a tiebreaking single in a two-run seventh inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-4 in their bid for an AL playoff berth.
The event takes place Tuesday at 5 p.m. until the second inning.
Rob Refsnyder hit a go-ahead two-run single in the eighth inning and the Boston Red Sox snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-2 win over playoff-chasing Texas.
Rangers begin their final homestand of the regular season Monday against Boston
Corey Seager homered and drove in three runs, Jonah Heim hit a solo home run and the Texas Rangers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 9-2 to complete a four-game sweep.
Texas Rangers right-hander Max Scherzer will miss the rest of the regular season because of a strained muscle in his shoulder.
Robbie Grossman hit a two-run home run, Max Scherzer pitched 5 1/3 shutout innings before leaving because of a right triceps spasm and the Texas Rangers beat Toronto 6-3 on Tuesday night.
Jonah Heim hit his third career grand slam, Evan Carter launched his first major league home run and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 10-4.
The Houston Astros swept the Rangers in a Texas-sized rout.
The Texas Rangers are right where they had hoped to be in the standings in September when they went into the season with new manager Bruce Bochy.
The Houston Astros made quite a powerful statement while slugging themselves back to the top of the AL West.
Jose Altuve homered his first three times up, starting with a pair off Nathan Eovaldi in his return from the injured list, and the Houston Astros pummeled the Texas Rangers 14-1.
Dubón and Altuve twice hit back-to-back home runs, rookie catcher Diaz had a three-run shot to cap Houston's big seventh inning, and the Astros beat the struggling Rangers 13-6.
The final three-game set of the season with Texas rival and fellow AL West playoff contender Houston starts Monday.
The New York Mets beat Texas 6-5 on Wednesday night, dropping the Rangers into third place in the tight AL West.
Mitch Garver homered to snap a scoreless tie in the seventh inning and the Texas Rangers, finally emerging from a slump, beat the New York Mets 2-1.
Nathaniel Lowe hit a two-run single with two outs in the ninth inning and the Texas Rangers rallied past the New York Mets 4-3 for just their second victory in 11 games.
