A Rangers win and Houston loss would do the trick. A nightmare scenario, however, still exists.
, beats Toronto, then it would assure the Rangers of no worse than the No. 2 wild card. Toronto, currently 88-71, would only be able to, at best, tie the Rangers. The Rangers won the season series, so they own any tiebreaker with Toronto.
If the Rangers and Arizona win, it would clinch the AL West for the Rangers. The Astros would not be able to get to more than 89 wins. There is plenty for Arizona to play for. The Diamondbacks are currently the No. 2 wild card in the National League and could, pending other games involving Miami and the Chicago Cubs, clinch their own playoff berth with a win.The AL West winner is going to have at least 89 wins and that will be good enough for the No. 2 seed in the AL playoff bracket.
If the Rangers lose and Houston wins, however, it leaves open this possibility: The Rangers lose the final two games of the season to Seattle, while Houston splits the final two games with Arizona. Under that, all three AL West teams are 89-73. The tiebreaker would be record against the other two teams in the tie. Seattle would be 14-12 vs. the other two, Houston is 13-13 and the Rangers would be 12-14. It would place the Mariners first, Houston second and the Rangers third.
Under that scenario, the Rangers would have to hope Toronto goes no better than 1-2 over the weekend. In that case, the Blue Jays could not get to more than 89 wins. The Rangers win any tiebreaker scenario with Toronto based on going 6-1 against the Blue Jays.
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