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Corey Seager's RBI double helps Rangers beat sloppy Blue Jays 7-1 and close gap in playoff race

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Dixon, S. (2026, September 19). Corey Seager's RBI double helps Rangers beat sloppy Blue Jays 7-1 and close gap in playoff race. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/blue-jays/corey-seager-s-rbi-double-helps-rangers-beat-sloppy-blue-jays-7-1-and-close-gap-in-playoff-race/article_d7be0895-0434-5a60-a363-16cbf49114eb.html

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Corey Seager's RBI double helped the Texas Rangers secure a 7-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Arlington, Texas. The game saw several throwing errors by the Blue Jays contributing to four unearned runs for the Rangers in the second inning alone. This win brought the Rangers' record to .500 at 77-77 and narrowed their gap to one game behind the Chicago White Sox for the third AL wild-card spot, although Chicago holds the tiebreaker advantage.

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On Friday night in ARLINGTON, Texas, the Rangers beat the Blue Jays 7-1, tightening the AL playoff race. The Rangers improved their record to 77-77 and moved within one game of the White Sox for the final wild-card spot, despite Chicago holding the tiebreaker. In a critical second-inning sequence, Evan Carter's groundout and Ernie Clement's error helped Texas score three runs; Corey Seager added an RBI double. Dylan Cease struggled, walking six batters before exiting after 38 pitches in the third inning. The Rangers' win tied them with the Astros for first place in the AL West, though Houston retains the division tiebreaker due to their better head-to-head record against Texas. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays fell two games behind Chicago and are facing diminishing playoff hopes as they trail by two games for the final wild-card spot without a tiebreaker advantage.

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ARLINGTON Blue Jays Houston Rangers Texas

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Texas GPE · 4× Rangers ORG · 3× Blue Jays ORG · 2× Houston GPE · 2× ARLINGTON GPE · 1× Chicago GPE · 1× Corey Seager PERSON · 1× the Texas Rangers ORG · 1× the Toronto Blue Jays ORG · 1× the White Sox ORG · 1×

Narrative

The Rangers took the lead in the second on Evan Carter’s bases-loaded grounder that scored Wyatt Langford, and Jake Burger also came home when shortstop Ernie Clement’s throw trying to force him out at third bounced wide of the bag into foul territory.

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🔮 Texas also closed the gap on Houston by pulling even with the Astros atop the AL West, but the Rangers would have to win the division outright to finish ahead of their in-state rival.

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Corey Seager's RBI double helps Rangers beat sloppy Blue Jays 7-1 and close gap in playoff race · assertive framing

Claims (13 extracted, 0 hedged)

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager had an RBI double in a four-run second inning fueled by a throwing error, and the Texas Rangers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 on Friday night in the opener of a series matching AL playoff chasers. asserted

Rangers → have → chasers

The Rangers (77-77) reached .500 for a majors-leading 23rd time and pulled within one game of the White Sox for the third and final AL wild-card spot, although Chicago has the tiebreaker. asserted

Chicago → reach → tiebreaker

The defending AL champion Blue Jays (76-78) are two games back in the wild-card race. asserted

Jays → defend → race

Texas also closed the gap on Houston by pulling even with the Astros atop the AL West, but the Rangers would have to win the division outright to finish ahead of their in-state rival. asserted

Rangers → close → rival

Houston lost to Atlanta 6-2. asserted

Houston → lose → Atlanta

throw → take → territory

Seager made it 4-0 with his double. asserted

Seager → make → double

Dylan Cease (11-6) walked a season-high six among his first 15 batters and was replaced with two outs in the third after throwing 38 balls and 36 strikes. asserted

Cease → walk → balls

Six of the Texas runs were unearned as the Blue Jays walked 10 and had three throwing errors, two by third baseman Kazuma Okamoto. asserted

Jays → walk → Okamoto

Trevor Williams (2-0) finished with four scoreless innings after starter Kumar Rocker took a 4-0 lead into the fifth but couldn’t finish and was replaced by Tyler Alexander. asserted

Rocker → finish → Alexander

Toronto’s Nathan Lukes had the longest active hitting streak in the majors stopped at 13 games when he was replaced by pinch-hitter Davis Schneider in the fifth. asserted

he → have → fifth

Lukes was 0 for 2 with a deep liner that Carter, the center fielder, ran down at the wall in right center. asserted

Carter → run → center

Up next Blue Jays RHP José Soriano (12-7, 3.56 ERA) is set to face Texas RHP Cal Quantrill (9-5, 2.90) on Saturday. asserted

Soriano → set → Saturday