The Texas Rangers are riding elite pitching into the AL Wild Card race, with Jacob deGrom and the rotation fueling a late AL playoff push.

A combination of injuries paired with multiple players having an underperforming seasons, led to a perfect .500 record in the first four months of the season fo

Jake Burger homered twice and the playoff-chasing Texas Rangers beat Milwaukee 6-3 to complete a three-game sweep.

The Mets blew a 2-0 lead in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers, their eighth straight defeat, with Carlos Mendoza admitting frustration amid the skid.

The Texas Rangers are one of the hottest teams in baseball and are fighting to work their way into the American League playoff race.

The New York Mets face the Texas Rangers on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025 (9/12/25) in a regular season MLB game at Citi Field in Queens, N.Y.

On June 12, the Mets were an MLB-best 45-24 and 5.5 games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies in the NL East. The division is long gone now—Philly has a 12.5-game lead, bolstered by last week's four-game sweep of the Mets.

This is the same way the season started for the Milwaukee Brewers. That three-game sweep at the New York Yankees more than five months ago was long before Milwaukee had the best record in the major leagues.

Wyatt Langford hit a tiebreaking single off All-Star closer Edwin Díaz with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Texas Rangers rallied past the plummeting New York Mets 3-2 on Saturday. Juan Soto launched his 40th home run but the Mets lost their eighth straight — their longest skid since 2018.