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Bruce Bochy had a bottle of bubbly in his hand as he watched the celebration of a turnaround that very few expected in his first season in charge in Texas. The Rangers are back in the postseason for the first time since 2016, beating the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Saturday to clinch a playoff spot in the American League. Texas (90-71) can claim the AL West title and the No. 2 seed in the AL playoffs with a win over the Mariners in the regular-season finale or a loss by Houston (89-72) at Arizona on Sunday.

The Texas Rangers are back in the postseason for the first time since 2016, beating the Seattle Mariners 6-1 on Saturday to clinch a playoff spot in the American League.

With seven games left in the season, the Mariners are 0.5 games behind the Astros for the final playoff spot.

ARLINGTON -- Major League Baseball’s next Home Run Derby isn’t for another 10 months, but on Sunday at the site where it will reside next summer, it sure felt like the premier power event was center stage. And unfortunately for the Mariners, they were the victim of a banner day

Mariners rookie Bryan Woo had six strikeouts over five spotless innings in a successful homecoming, and Seattle pulled even for the third AL wild card by beating the last-place Oakland Athletics 5-0 on Monday night. José Caballero homered for the first time in two months, and J.P. Crawford walked three times and delivered an RBI single to help the Mariners win the opener of their final road trip. Seattle moved into a tie with skidding Texas for the final American League playoff berth.