See you next year … Twenty teams will play their last game of the season Sunday, including the Rangers.
Yankees, who will play the Twins in the ALDS, are at Texas. Final tune-up for Masahiro Tanaka (who will be in after opener Chad Green). Superb last week allowing one run over seven innings to the Angels at Yankee Stadium. Nevertheless, he was roughed up for eight runs over nine innings at Boston and Toronto pushing his ERA on the road to 6.16.
Lance Lynn will start the Rangers finale. Picked up his first win in seven starts last week against the A’s but is 9-1 at home. Play 20 units on the Rangers.
Playing two. Remember the Mariners beating the A’s twice at Japan back in March? Seattle’s season ends here. The A’s will play the Rays in the wild-card game. With home field still in play Oakland will rely on the unreliable Tanner Roark. Seattle counters with top prospect Justin Dunn, who plans to be done after throwing two to three innings. Play 10 units on the A’s.
D’backs down 5-2 came back and beat the Padres 6-5. Christian Walker’s grand salami in the seventh inning the winning stroke. Back to back wins take us to -769 schillings.