The Houston Astros swept the Rangers in a Texas-sized rout.
Houston Astros' Jose Altuve waits to congratulate Jose Abreu after Abreau hit a grand slam that also scored Jeremy Pena , Kyle Tucker and Yordan Alvarez in the third inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in Arlington, Texas.
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. 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. Houston now leads the AL West by 2 1/2 games over Seattle and three over Texas. 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.
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. Seattle has a series at Texas from Sept. 22-24, then hosts Houston from Sept. 25-27. Then the Mariners host Texas from Sept. 28-Oct. 1 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.The Blue Jays just faced a stretch of their schedule that was similar to what Houston has coming up — and Toronto took advantage. The Blue Jays played their last 12 games against Washington, Colorado, Oakland and Kansas City and won nine of them.
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