The Houston Astros, still a half-game behind Seattle in the AL West, end their series against the Texas Rangers on Wednesday as Cristian Javier (1-3, 4.78) pitches against Jacob deGrom (12-7, 2.82). The Astros lead the Rangers by four games in the wild-card race and a win would give Houston the season series and potential tiebreaker.

Tyler Mahle returned to make his first start in over three months as the Texas Rangers host the Miami Marlins. How did Mahle perform?

Texas is all but eliminated from playoff contention after being swept by Houston in an extremely important series.

The Houston Astros meet the Texas Rangers in the second of a three-game series at Daikin Park as race for playoffs hit final 11 games.

Zach Cole homered and drove in three runs after replacing injured slugger Yordan Alvarez in the lineup, and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 6-3 in the opener of a pivotal three-game series.

The Rangers were swept by the Houston Astros at Daikin Park, capped off by a 5-2 loss Wednesday night, to drop the season series against their in-state rival. The Astros, who went 7-6 against the Rangers this season, have won the Silver Boot Series every year since the 2016 season, except for 2020 when the teams split the season series.

Houston pushes its lead for final AL playoff spot to three games over Rangers and Guardians but Yordan Alvarez sprains his ankle.

The Mariners removed Bryan Woo from the mound after five innings of play due to a potential injury during Friday's game against the Astros.

Bochy acknowledged that García, who missed a week-and-a-half with a quad injury and returned Sunday against the New York Mets, is “not quite 100%” healthy. The 32-year-old spent the minimum amount of time required on the 10-day injured list and did not play any minor league rehab games before his activation.