Texas Rangers

2ndin AL West · 80-81

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Texas Rangers beat the Minnesota Twins

$Texas Rangers$ 80-81 6 – 2

76-85

Final · Sat, Sep 26

Game Details

Target Field (Minneapolis) · 28,491 fans · Rangers Sports Network, MLB.TV, Twins.TV

Recap

Rangers push the AL West race to the final day of the regular season with a 6-2 win over the Twins

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.

Recap via ESPN

Target Field · Minneapolis

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
TEX	0	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	13	0
MIN	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	8	1

Win Probability · Texas Rangers

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Texas Rangers

Danny Jansen · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 RBatting
Robert Garcia · 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (W, 2-1)Pitching

Minnesota Twins

Luke Keaschall · 2-3, 2 RBatting
Bailey Ober · 5.0 IP, 6 ER, 5 K (L, 7-7)Pitching

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Bot 8th

1B Bell singled to center, Keaschall scored.6–2

Top 5th

HR Burger homered to center (415 feet).6–1

Top 4th

HR Jansen homered to left (398 feet).5–1

Top 2nd

2B Nimmo doubled to right, Osuna scored.4–1

Top 2nd

2B Osuna doubled to right, Carter scored.3–1

Top 2nd

2B Carter doubled to right, Jansen scored.2–1

Top 2nd

1B Jansen singled to left, Lopez scored on error, Jansen safe at second on throwing error by left fielder Roden.1–1

Bot 1st

GRO Clemens grounded out to first, Keaschall scored.0–1

Team Stats

Texas RangersMinnesota Twins

Batting

13 Hits 8

2 Home Runs 0

2 Walks 2

11 Strikeouts 7

1 Stolen Bases 0

12 Left on Base 14

Pitching & Fielding

150 Pitches Thrown 149

0 Errors 1

6 Double Plays 0

Box Score

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Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
B. NimmoRF	5	0	1	1	0	0	1	.260	15	.324	.406
M. HelmanRF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	0	.235	.300
W. LangfordLF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	.238	19	.334	.423
C. SeagerSS	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	.226	12	.313	.418
J. Burger1B	5	1	1	1	1	0	2	.230	21	.304	.424
E. Duran2B	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	.262	12	.323	.422
N. Lopez2B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.268	7	.320	.311
C. Freeman3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	16	.323	.321
D. JansenC	4	2	2	2	1	0	2	.201	19	.295	.366
E. CarterCF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.195	14	.288	.315
A. OsunaDH	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	.262	9	.352	.307
J. FoscueDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.272	5	.333	.487
Team	38	6	13	6	2	2	11		149

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
N. Eovaldi	4.1	4	1	1	2	3	71-45	4.20
R. Garcia(W, 2-1)	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	23-14	2.45
J. Junis	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	17-11	3.50
T. Alexander	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	22-13	3.63
J. Latz	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	17-13	2.13
Team	9.0	8	2	2	2	7	150-96

Minnesota Twins ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
L. KeaschallRF	3	2	2	0	1	0	.283	16	.372	.409
B. Lee3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.253	25	.300	.430
K. Clemens2B	4	0	1	1	0	0	.239	20	.299	.461
J. BellDH	4	0	1	1	0	0	.254	18	.318	.413
W. JenkinsCF	4	0	0	0	0	1	.213	10	.284	.388
A. RodenLF	2	0	1	0	1	0	.291	13	.376	.392
A. MartinPH	1	0	0	0	0	1	.231	4	.342	.318
R. Lewis1B	4	0	0	0	0	2	.224	20	.285	.373
V. CaratiniC	4	0	1	0	0	2	.220	17	.312	.315
K. CulpepperSS	3	0	1	0	0	0	.277	7	.333	.402
Team	33	2	8	2	2	7		150