After finishing 31 games back in 2014 the Rangers took all 162 games to win the AL West in 2015. They will now play the Toronto Blue Jays in a best of five series starting Thursday, Oct. 8.
Thursday, October 1, 2015, the Texas Rangers clinched their seventh playoff berth in franchise history. There was no celebration. This is not a time to exhale.
The Rangers need to win to clinch the West. If they do, the Angels and Astros can still both make the wild card. The bottom line is that October is exciting.
The Washington Nationals' season took yet another dismal turn Sunday, when recently acquired closer Jonathan Papelbon and MVP-candidate Bryce Harper tussled in the dugout during the eighth inning. On Monday the Nats announced they had suspended Papelbon for the rest of the season.