Which team came into this season with the second-longest streak? 500 for the first time since 1992, which would end baseball's longest active streak of. The New York Yankees (71-72) are in danger of finishing below. The Rays are now up to nine walkoff wins this year, one behind Cincinnati and Minnesota for the most in the big leagues. 11, including two this past week on home runs by Brandon Loweand Yandy Díaz. The Tampa Bay Rays have produced five walkoff wins since Aug. The Orioles have a major league-high 45 comeback wins, but the team chasing them in the AL East is not going down without a fight.
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After that disastrous series against the Astros, Texas did manage to take two of three from the Athletics, but a tough series at Toronto now awaits. The Rangers still have the second-best run differential in the AL, but they've tumbled all the way out of playoff position by losing 16 of their last 22. They now occupy the American League's second wild card, a game ahead of Seattle and 1 1/2 up on Texas. The Blue Jays played their last 12 games against Washington, Colorado, Oakland and Kansas City and won nine of them. The Blue Jays just faced a stretch of their schedule that was similar to what Houston has coming up - and Toronto took advantage. That's quite a few head-to-head matchups that could decide the AL West champion, but right now the Astros have won five of six and have a real opportunity to increase their lead even more. If the Mariners and Rangers can stay within striking distance, then this could be the division to watch at the very end of the regular season. And there's more bad news for those two challengers: Nine of the Astros' next 12 games are against Oakland or Kansas City, a stretch interrupted only by three games against AL East-leading Baltimore. Houston now leads the AL West by 2 1/2 games over Seattle and three over Texas. The Astros won three games at Texas by a combined score of 39-10 this past week, then followed that up by taking two of three at home against San Diego. The Houston Astros swept the Rangers in a Texas-sized rout, and now the question is whether the defending World Series champions will deny the AL West a thrilling division race. Tony Gutierrez/AP Show More Show Less 3 of3 Houston Astros' Jose Altuve (27) celebrates with manager Dusty Baker Jr., left, Alex Bregman, right, and the rest of the team after hitting a solo home run in the second inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Tuesday, Sept. Tony Gutierrez/AP Show More Show Less 2 of3 Texas Rangers starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi walks off the field after being pulled in the second inning of a baseball game against the Texas Rangers, Tuesday, Sept.
1 of3 Houston Astros' Jose Altuve (27) waits to congratulate Jose Abreu (79) after Abreau hit a grand slam that also scored Jeremy Pena (3), Kyle Tucker (30) and Yordan Alvarez (44) in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept.
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