The Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers are in a hot battle for the playoffs in a tight AL West race.
— and their first showdown against the reigning World Series champions — established this Texas team as different than those of years past. The Rangers won two of three games in Houston and left with a 1.5 game lead in the division, one they wouldn’t let up for months.As part of a road-heavy May schedule, the Rangers dominated on a 10-game West Coast road trip vs. division foes Los Angeles, Seattle and Anaheim.
— Texas fell a season-high three games behind, and the Astros reestablished themselves as the state’s premier team.Hey, these Rangers might not be too shabby. Texas went 17-11 in the season’s first month and, by the end of April, held a two-game lead over Houston in the AL West. The Rangers went 4-2 against divisional foes in April with a series win over the Astros down south and a series win over the Oakland Athletics in Arlington.Concerns emerged in the month’s final week, though.
The Rangers began the second half on a six-game win streak but lost two of three against Houston from July 24-26, and their division lead fell back down to two.The Rangers opened August on an eight-game win streak, followed it with an eight-game losing streak shortly afterward and, after a 7-6 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Aug. 27, fell to second place in the AL West standings as the Seattle Mariners surged into contention and first place. They remained one game back at the end of the month.
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