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09/27 17:52 CDT Rangers eliminated from postseason contention on final day with
6-4 loss to Twins
Rangers eliminated from postseason contention on final day with 6-4 loss to
Twins
By PATRICK DONNELLY
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) --- The Texas Rangers were eliminated from postseason
contention on the final day of the regular season with a 6-4 loss Sunday to the
Minnesota Twins, who got a home run and three RBIs from Josh Bell to back Dean
Kremer's seven innings of one-run pitching.
Texas (80-82) needed a win and a Houston loss to the Athletics. The Astros
(81-81), who held the division tiebreaker, beat the Athletics 9-0.
Minnesota finished 77-85, a seven-win improvement in manager Derek Shelton's
first season.
Kremer (5-5) gave up three hits, retiring 15 of his last 16 hitters. He went
4-1 with a 3.48 ERA in 10 starts after the Twins acquired him from Baltimore on
Aug. 1.
Bell's first-inning sacrifice fly fly was offset by Danny Jansen's third-inning
solo homer for the Rangers. Bell put the Twins ahead for good at 3-1 with a
two-run homer off reliever Chase Silseth (0-2).
Texas used six pitchers through the first five innings as manager Skip
Schumaker tried to exploit matchup advantages, but the Twins stretched their
lead to 5-1 in the fifth. Walker Jenkins led off with a single against Tyler
Alexander. Jakob Junis then entered the game and walked three of the next four
hitters, forcing in a run.
Kody Clemens greeted Jordan Montgomery with an RBI single.
Elias Diaz homered off A.J. Minter in the eighth, but Royce Lewis hit a solo
homer in the bottom half.
Corey Seager hit his 20th home run of the year, a two-run shot off Andrew
Morris, in the ninth.
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