Season Record: 79-71
Week Record: 5-1
Series Record: 24-22, 2 split
GAME 145: 5-0 Win vs Milwaukee Brewers
GAME 146: 5-4 Win vs Milwaukee Brewers
GAME 147: 6-3 Win vs Milwaukee Brewers
GAME 148: 5-0 Win @ New York Mets
GAME 149: 3-2 Win @ New York Mets
GAME 150: 2-5 Loss @ New York Mets
The Rangers ended the week on their only loss but otherwise had a fantastic week. They wrapped up their homestand with a series sweep against the best team in baseball, the Milwaukee Brewers.
Texas is now just two games back in the wildcard and three in the division as they head to Houston for their final series versus the Astros this season.
And with nearly every starter on the injured list right now, the Little Rascals are really stepping up. Cody Freeman, Michael Helman, Alejandro Osuna and Dustin
Harris (before being sent down for Adolis Garcia’s activation) have all be instrumental in the Rangers climbing their way up the standings. Michael Helman even got Texas their first grand slam of the season in game one against the Brewers.
Not only contributing offensively but defensively too
The Rangers are playing some really good September baseball, just like they needed to. For what it’s worth, after 150 games last season, they were 71-79 and in 2023 they were 82-68. There’s still definitely work to do and they need to keep the 5-1 weekly record momentum going.
One thing to keep in mind, while the Rangers are only a couple games behind the Mariners, it’s not beneficial to tie them since Seattle holds the tie breaker. They also hold the tie breaker against Houston. If the Rangers win this series against the Astros then the Rangers have the tie breaker against them.
This might very easily come down to playoff tie-breaker chaos on the final day of the season.
However, if Texas can continue0 their dominating play and if I may quote a previous motto, their never ever quit attitude that they’ve been showing the last few weeks, they can keep themselves out of that chaos.
