The first of their final seven series is of their seasons is over, and both the Rangers and Mariners went 2-1, meaning Texas didn’t pick up any ground.

They didn’t lose any, either. 

Yesterday the Mariner pounded the Brave 18-2, while the Rangers beat the Astros 4-2. Scores don’t matter. Stats don’t matter. At this point, all that matters is the W or the L. 

What was surprising, though, was that Patrick Corbin out-dueled Framber Valdez, allowing only one earned run in 5.2 innings of work, 

You knew it was going to be a typical Rangers offensive struggle when they scored their first run on a strikeout. Well, technically, a dropped third strike and throwing error. What wasn’t typical was how they scored their next three: after two outs. But it happened. It usually doesn’t happen, but it did.

Both Ezekiel Duran and Wyatt Langford struck out. Then Rangers sparkplug Cody Freeman singled, scored on a Josh Jung double, who scored on a Jake Burger homer.

Now, Milwaukee comes to Texas for three, while Seattle goes to St Louis for three, with a-game-and-a-half still separating them. 

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