Texas Moved Closer to the Middle of the Race

The Rangers beat the Angels 5-3 on August 23.

Texas built its lead early. Ezequiel Duran homered in the second, Cody Freeman tripled home Logan O'Hoppe, and Elias Díaz brought Freeman in with a sacrifice fly.

Díaz added another run with a solo homer in the fifth, and Brandon Nimmo followed with a sacrifice fly that brought in Corey Seager.

Cal Quantrill carried the game on the mound, earning the win with 6 scoreless innings, 6 strikeouts, and 0 walks. Jacob Latz closed it with the save.

What It Means

The Rangers improve to 65-66. The Angels fall to 52-79.

BaseChaser lists Texas at 49.1% to make the playoffs and Los Angeles at 0.0%.

Texas made the biggest positive move on the board, climbing toward the middle of the race and closer to a true toss-up spot.

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