It’s official. The LA Angels season is over. They gave it a good run, but fell short in the end. Once again the Oakland A’s heated up after the All Star break and it was too much for the Angels. The Angels are 85-72 on the season and watched their season slip away as they lost 5-2 to Texas on Tuesday. The season for the Rangers (79-79) has really been over for some time, but they can take comfort in knowing that they destroyed the hopes of a division foe.

Today, these two teams go at it to decide the series. Texas won game one 9-4 and Baltimore evened up the series by taking game two 7-4. Both teams are pretty much out of the playoff hunt. Texas technically has an outside shot, but they are not going to catch Oakland. The Rangers are -125 today and the Orioles are +110, but could this be a mistake?

When the Oakland A’s meet the Rangers at Texas later today, they will be looking to add some more distance between them and the rest of the AL West. Seattle is done, but the Rangers and Angels have a shot. For the Rangers, it has to be go time right now. There’s only 31 games left in the season. They are 66-65 and 10 games behind the A’s, who are 74-55, in the loss column.

The A’s finally had their 5 game winning streak snapped today. The Texas Rangers came out to play. The game was close, 2-0, until the top of the 5th when the Rangers scored 4 runs to make it 6-0. They weren’t done. In the top of the 6th, the Rangers added 7 more runs to make it 13-0 and the game was over. The final score was 14-0.

It was a Texas sized massacre in today’s game between the Texas Rangers and Minnesota Twins. For Texas, it was a good day to take off and see the sights in Minnesota. This game really never got started for Texas. The Twins scored 5 runs in the first inning and never let up. They added 3 in the second, 3 in the fourth, 3 in the fifth, and 1 in the sixth. The Rangers avoided the shutout by adding a run in the seventh and one in the ninth. The Twins won 15-2.

The Big Unit was on his game today. Randy Johnson pitched six solid innings. He only allowed 2 runs over 7 hits and 2 walks. He also struck out 7 Texas hitters. A-Rod was back at third base for the Yankees and he managed to play a game with no errors. The Rangers took an early 1-0 lead, but it was short lived. The Yankees tied the game in the third inning and went ahead for good in the fourth.

The Boston Red Sox continued their question for another World Series by dispatching with the Texas Rangers today. The Red Sox were pretty much in control the whole game. After the 3rd, they had a 4-3 lead and they never gave it up. The Rangers managed to tie the game in the top of the 6th, but the Red Sox went back up 5-4 in the bottom of the inning. After scoring an insurance run in the 7th, the Red Sox put away the Rangers 6-4.

It’s game four of the series and the Rangers are hoping to even it up. Yesterday the Rangers managed to pull out a win to finally take a game at home. They won 8-0, but their recent slide has cost them the lead in the West. They are now in a deadlocked battle with the Oakland As. Meanwhile, the White Sox are just 2 games out of first place. They are within striking distance and hope to cut the lead down to a single game today.