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AL Capsules record since the 1980 team CLEVELAND (AP) — Danny
went 97-65. Salazar finished his first sea-
Rangers win AL West on final day Ricky Nolasco (5-2) started son as a full-time starter on
for the Twins for the first a positive note, allowing
The Associated Press Chris Colabello and Dar- runners in scoring position time since May 31 and last- one run in 5 1-3 innings to
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — win Barney homered for in closing the series, includ- ed only 2 2-3 innings. win for just the second time
Cole Hamels and the Texas the Blue Jays, who needed ing 1 for 12 Sunday. INDIANS 3, RED SOX 1 in six starts.q
Rangers finally clinched a win and a Kansas City ROYALS 6, TWINS 1
the American League loss to finish with the AL’s MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sal-
West title on the last day of
the regular season. Texas Rangers celebrate on the field after the final out of the
Hamels pitched a three-
hitter and Adrian Beltre hit baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels in Arlington,
a go-ahead homer as the
Rangers beat the Angels Texas, Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Associated Press
9-2 Sunday, eliminating Los
Angeles from playoff con- best record. vador Perez added to his
tention. David Price is scheduled career-best home run total
A year after their 95 losses to start Game 1 of the and Johnny Cueto tossed
were the most in the Amer- Blue Jays’ AL Division series five solid innings as Kansas
ican League, two months Thursday at home against City secured home-field
after they were still eight AL West champion Texas. advantage throughout the
games out of first place Toronto ended the regu- postseason.
and three days after en- lar season at 93-69, a 10- Perez hit his 21st homer in
suring themselves a post- game improvement over the third inning, one be-
season spot, the Rangers last season. hind Kendrys Morales and
wrapped up their sixth divi- ORIOLES 9, YANKEES 4 Mike Moustakas for the
sion title. BALTIMORE (AP) — New team lead.
Texas plays its first AL divi- York stumbled into home- Cueto (4-7 with Royals, 11-
sion series game since 2011 field advantage in the AL 13 overall) allowed one run
on Thursday at Toronto. wild-card game after a over five innings, helping
Moments after the final loss by Houston made the the Royals finish on a five-
out, AL West champion- outcome of this one mean- game winning streak.
ship banners already were ingless. The right-hander, whose
flying at the ballpark. The New York will enter Tues- transition to the AL since a
Rangers will go there un- day’s winner-take-all game trade from Cincinnati has
der first-year manager Jeff against the Astros with little hardly been smooth, sur-
Banister, whose team lost positive momentum af- rendered six hits and four
ace Yu Darvish to Tommy ter being swept in three walks. Cueto struck out the
John surgery before the games by Baltimore and last two batters to leave the
season started. losing six of their final seven bases loaded in the fourth
RAYS 12, BLUE JAYS 3 regular-season games. The after giving up an RBI single
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla (AP) Yankees fell behind 7-1 in to Danny Santana.
— Mark Buehrle failed to the fifth inning and strand- The defending AL cham-
become the fifth major ed 11 runners. pion Royals (95-67) posted
leaguer to pitch 200 innings New York was 4 for 31 with their best regular-season
or more in 15 consecutive
seasons as AL East cham-
pion Toronto missed out
on home-field advantage
throughout the playoffs.
Starting for the second
time in three days, Buehrle
(15-8) needed two innings
to reach the milestone, but
he failed to get through
the first.
Two errors led to Buehrle al-
lowing eight unearned runs
and five hits over a career-
low two-thirds of an inning.
He had gone 6 2-3 innings
Friday night en route to his
15th win.
