Astros and Rangers Tied Coming into Last Weekend, With Historical past on the Line

The American League West race heads into its closing weekend with no decision in sight. The Houston Astros and Texas Rangers are tied at 79-80 after Thursday’s video games — each groups beneath .500, each with three video games remaining — with the Astros holding the head-to-head tiebreaker benefit that may resolve the division if the 2 golf equipment end equal.

Houston went 9-4 in opposition to Texas within the common season. According to CBS Sports, that head-to-head mark means the Astros, regardless of an equivalent document to the Rangers, successfully lead the division race by a recreation for playoff functions.

The stakes are unusually excessive given the document. According to CBS Sports, no workforce with a dropping regular-season document has ever certified for the MLB postseason. Whichever workforce wins the AL West this weekend will develop into the primary to take action. Whichever workforce loses faces lengthy odds of reaching the playoffs via the wild card.

Texas closes the common season at Minnesota. Houston performs three video games at Oakland.