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Choo flied out to left fielder C.Dickerson.

Béltre popped out to second baseman Querecuto.

Rangers

Béltre singled to center, Desmond scored.

Beltrán homered to right on a 2-1 count.

Longoria doubled to center, Kiermaier scored.

Rangers first.  C.Gómez struck out.  Desmond walked on a full count.  Beltrán struck out.  Desmond stole second.  Béltre singled to center, Desmond scored.  Odor popped out to third baseman Longoria.

Rangers third.  Desmond grounded out, third baseman Longoria to first baseman B.Miller.  Beltrán homered to right on a 2-1 count.  Béltre doubled to center.  Odor flied out to right fielder Decker.  Lucroy grounded out, third baseman Longoria to first baseman B.Miller.

Rays sixth.  Kiermaier walked.  Longoria doubled to center, Kiermaier scored.  B.Miller struck out.  Franklin struck out.  Decker struck out.

Rangers sixth.  Odor homered to right on a 0-1 count.  Lucroy lined out to left fielder C.Dickerson.  Marks pitching.  Choo struck out.  Moreland singled to center.  E.Ramírez pitching.  Andrus struck out.

The Rays beat the White Sox, 5-3, in Chicago on Thursday, avoiding a four-game sweep. The Rays are assured of a last-place finish, making it the first time they'll finish at the bottom of the AL East since 2007. The following year, they made it to the World Series.

The Rangers beat the Brewers, 8-5, in Texas on Wednesday in the rubber match of the series. The AL West champions need just one win against the Rays to guarantee home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

These teams met in Tampa Bay in August, and the Rays took two of three. Tampa Bay scored eight runs in each of their two victories, and just two runs in the game they lost.

Matt Andriese allowed two runs (both earned) in 6.0 innings against the Red Sox on Saturday, taking a no-decision. Andriese now has three consecutive starts of allowing two or fewer runs, following back-to-back starts where he allowed seven earned runs. Andriese has eight wins this season, just one behind Chris Archer and Jake Odorizzi for the team lead.

Yu Darvish pitched 7.0 scoreless innings against Oakland on Saturday, picking up his sixth win of the season. It was Darvish's first win in four September starts, and the 7.0 innings were tied for the longest start of the season. In four career starts against the Rays, Darvish is 3-0 with a 1.00 ERA.

Since joining the Rangers, Carlos Gomez has practically been a different player. In 85 games with the Astros this season, he was hitting .210 with five home runs. In just 31 games with Texas, Gomez is hitting .291 with eight home runs.

HP - Muchlinski, 1B - Wegner, 2B - De Jesus, 3B - Winters

With the best record in the American League at stake, the Texas Rangers send Yu Darvish to the mound Friday night to start a three-game home series against Tampa Bay to close out the regular season.
The AL West champion Rangers (94-65) are sitting in good shape to lock down home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston (92-67) and Cleveland (91-67) are still in the mix, but Texas can clinch with one win against the Rays (66-93) at Globe Life Park.

Rangers need one win to clinch home field

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)  Seven days after the Texas Rangers clinched their second straight American League West title, they took another significant step toward their ultimate goal.
Yu Darvish looked playoff-ready with a season-high 12 strikeouts in six innings as the Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 on Friday night and clinched home-field advantage throughout the postseason.

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Tampa Bay Rays @ Texas Rangers on October 1, 2016

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