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.

With five series left to play in the 2025 MLB regular season, the wild-card races in both leagues are about as close as they’ve been all year. In the American League, the Mariners and Astros are in a battle for the AL West title or the third AL wild card,

Less than three weeks remain in the 2025 Major League Baseball regular season and while the field is largely set in stone, at least three division races will go down to the wire and the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets will have to fight off challengers for the final wild card spots.

On Saturday, Jung logged his third straight three-hit game with two doubles and a single. Langford extended his career-high on-base streak to 19 games thanks to a 2-for-5 day with a single and a home run, his 20th of the season.

The Texas Rangers trail Seattle and Houston by two games in the AL West as they fight for playoff contention. Here's what the playoff picture looks like.

The Chicago Cubs got Jameson Taillon back on the mound on Wednesday night and beat the Atlanta Braves, 3-2.    The Cubs (83-63) didn’t get much length from Tail

Jake Burger followed Josh Jung’s tiebreaking double with a two-run homer off Framber Valdez in the sixth inning, and the Texas Rangers beat the Houston Astros 4-2 to keep pace in the American League wild-card race.