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MINNEAPOLIS — Texas Rangers manager Skip Schumaker finished his first season one game short of the postseason Sunday, and he put the shortfall on himself. The Rangers lost 6-4 to the Minnesota Twins at Target Field and finished 80-82. The Houston Astros beat the Athletics 9-0 in West Sacramento, Calif., to take the American League […]
Twins 6, Rangers 4
MINNEAPOLIS — The Texas Rangers finished one game behind the Houston Astros in the American League West, and their season ended Sunday at Target Field. Texas lost 6-4 to the Minnesota Twins in Game 162 to finish 80-82. Houston beat the Athletics 9-0 in West Sacramento, Calif., to close at 81-81 and clinch the division. […]
It is tempting to turn the commentary on Game 162 of a playoff-less season towards current complaints and hopes for next season. I’m not going to do that here—plenty of posts from myself and the entire cadre of Twinkie Town writers will dig into all that soon enough. For today—one final time in 2026—a Minnesota […]
MINNEAPOLIS — The Rangers’ 2026 season did not go out with a bang. It went out with a whimper. The Rangers fell, 6-4, to the Twins on Sunday afternoon at Target Field, squandering any chance to win the American League West on the final day of the regular season. The only way Texas could have won the division and gotten into the postseason was with a win over the Twins and an Astros loss to the A’s. Regardless of the Astros’ postseason outcome, they will go down as the worst division winner in ...
As the Houston Astros and Texas Rangers were in battle for the AL West divisional crown, the former team would come out on top on the final day of the regular season. While it was a competitive AL West between the Astros and Rangers, the former is looking to make their mark in the postseason, […] The post Astros wins ugly AL West on final day of regular season appeared first on ClutchPoints .
The Texas Rangers scored four runs but the Minnesota Twins scored six runs. The Rangers stayed true to who they were until the bitter end. A sauceless bunch. The 2026 Rangers were a dry, unseasoned chicken breast served with a side of tap water. Today’s game had everything you suffered with all summer bundled up […]
A team that costs this much shouldn't be this mediocre, which means an offseason of big changes could be coming.
Cory Provus became the latest broadcaster whose heartfelt moment was hijacked by a home run. During Saturday’s Rangers-Twins game, Minnesota’s play-by-play voice was in the middle of a tender tribute in the top of the fifth inning, with Texas ahead 5-1. Provus praised the broadcast’s sideline reporter, Audra Martin, for the player-fan connections she chronicled…
First Chuck: 2:10 PM (new anthem each week!) The Tube: Twins.TV The Dial: Treasure Island Baseball Network Spies ‘R Us: Lone Star Ball Picture this scene: A lone (tall) man outside walking. It is 5:00 PM CST—and pitch dark. The man is clothed in long underwear, sweatpants, three shirt layers, and a parka with fur […]
Texas Rangers @ Minnesota Twins Sunday, September 27, 2026, 2:10 PM CDT (KRLD 1080 / Rangers Sports Network) Target Field LHP MacKenzie Gore vs. RHP Dean Kremer Today’s Lineups RANGERS TWINS Brandon Nimmo – RF Luke Keaschall – RF Wyatt Langford – LF Kaelen Culpepper – SS Corey Seager – SS Josh Bell – DH […]
The Houston Astros and Athletics close the regular season Sunday at Sutter Health Park in a game with enormous postseason implications for Houston. How to Watch Astros vs Athletics The Astros enter Game 162 tied with the Texas Rangers atop…
Texas Rangers infielder Cam Cauley has been recalled from AAA Round Rock, the team announced today. To make room for him on the active roster, the Rangers have optioned DH/catcher Logan O’Hoppe to AAA Round Rock. Cauley gets called up due to Nicky Lopez having a foot issue that resulted in him leaving last night’s […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Nathan Eovaldi had not thrown more than 46 pitches in any outing since coming off the injured list. On Saturday, in his first start since Aug. 7, he held the Minnesota Twins to 1 run on 4 hits over 4 1/3 innings as the Texas Rangers won 6-2 at Target Field to force […]
MINNEAPOLIS — A day after the Texas Rangers lost Josh Jung to a broken right hand, the bottom four spots in their lineup combined to go 7-for-15 with 1 walk and 4 RBIs in a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday at Target Field. The win sent the American League West race to […]
MINNEAPOLIS — Nicky Lopez is starting at second base and batting sixth for the Texas Rangers in Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Minnesota Twins. He left Saturday’s 6-2 win at Target Field with a left ankle and heel injury. Texas needs a win and a Houston Astros loss to the Athletics to win the American […]
Texas Rangers lineup for September 27, 2026, against the Minnesota Twins: starting pitchers are MacKenzie Gore for the Rangers and Dean Kremer for the Twins. It is the last game of the regular season. The Rangers are still in contention. They need a win, and an Astros loss, to win the West. They need just […]
The Twins won't make the playoffs, but their final game of the season still has playoff implications.
If Corey Seager and the Texas Rangers plan to win the American League West, here's what they'll need to do on Sunday.
Good morning, folks… The Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins yesterday by a score of 6-2. Shawn McFarland writes that Nathan Eovaldi came up big in a must-win game. Evan Grant, who has harped on the Rangers lacking an “identity” all season, returns to that theme as we head into Game 162. Josh Jung, who […]
Rangers 6, Twins 2
WEST SACRAMENTO — The American League West race will come down to the final day of the regular season. The Astros slammed five home runs, including from two from Jeremy Peña and a three-run blast by Yordan Alvarez in the fifth inning that broke the game open, and rode seven strong innings from Hayden Wesneski to crush the A’s, 13-2, on Saturday night at Sutter Health Park and keep pace with the Rangers atop the AL West standings. Playoff picture: Bracket, pennant races, tiebreakers and more Th...
MINNEAPOLIS — Danny Jansen homered and drove in two runs as the Texas Rangers pushed the AL West race to the final day of the regular season with a rain-delayed 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Jake Burger also went deep for the Rangers (80-81), who moved a half-game ahead of Houston atop the division standings — with the Astros scheduled to play later at the Athletics. Houston holds the head-to-head tiebreaker over Texas, so the AL West champion won’t be decided until Sunday....
Well, in their quest to aid major-league history and prevent a sub-.500 team from winning their division, the Texas Rangers knocked the Twins around in a rain-delayed, 6-2 victory on Saturday afternoon. With the Houston Astros just underway, the Rangers improve to 80-81, and give themselves a fighting chance of claiming the West with another […]
The Texas Rangers scored six runs while the Minnesota Twins scored two runs. Earlier this month, the Rangers saw their leadoff hitter and most potent bat against right handers go down with a broken wrist. A few days later, their best and most reliable starting pitcher over the second half hit the shelf for the […]