In the previous two games, the team had chances at winning both and help close the gap in the race for the second wild card.
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As they head out on one of the final road trips of the season they are 3.5 games back of the Toronto Blue Jays for the second wildcard spot.
The Rangers slugger dropped down to get to Brad Peacock’s pitch and crushed his 30th home run of the season from a kneel Tuesday night, giving Texas a 1-0 lead over the Houston Astros in the second inning.
Musgrove (3-4) allowed three runs and five hits with seven strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings. Texas RHP Tanner Scheppers, just back from a knee injury, pitched a ideal ninth inning on Tuesday for his second career save.3. “We keep fighting and we finished tonight’s game a lot better obviously”.
The Houston Astros have found every which way to lose to the Texas Rangers over the past two seasons.
Houston built a 5-1 lead, but the Rangers closed within one on Nomar Mazara’s two-run homer in the seventh and Jonathan Lucroy’s RBI single in the eighth.
“It looked like he seemed to fight himself in the delivery a little bit”, Texas manager Jeff Banister said. He was 1 for 2 with a double.
Also of note, interleague play will pit the AL West against the NL East, which includes the Washington Nationals, New York Mets, Miami Marlins, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves.
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Rangers: LHP Cole Hamels (14-5) makes his 30th start of the season Friday night against Oakland.
