ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Josh Jung and Corey Seager homered, Kumar Rocker pitched five solid innings and Texas closed out its home schedule with a 3-1 win over the New York Mets on Thursday that kept the Rangers tied for the AL West lead heading into the regular season’s final weekend.

Texas stopped a three-game losing streak, and Houston won 7-5 later Thursday night in the opener of a four-game series at the Athletics. Both teams are 79-80 with three games left, with the Astros holding the head-to-head tiebreaker.

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