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. The loss was the eighth straight for the Mets — their longest skid since 2018.

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.

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

All of those rookie fill-ins are keeping the injury-plagued Texas Rangers in playoff contention this season.

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.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/rangers as Rangers Pass Test With Flying Colors Against MLB's Best Brewers. The Texas Rangers entered their set against the Milwaukee Brewers needing to come away with a result. Despite the uphill battle they are facing in the playoff race, they have clawed their way back into contention.

Rangers ace Jacob deGrom joins Sandy Koufax in exclusive ERA history as the Rangers chase the AL West with dominant pitching.

Rangers manager Bruce Bochy always says that to have a good season, you need your core guys to have their typical seasons, in addition to a few surprises along the way. The first two games against the Brewers this week included a big surprise by Michael Helman.

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