The dominance in Texas is back

What a week for the city of Arlington. First the Cowboys comeback in grand style late to win the game on Sunday. Then just two days later the Texas Rangers walk off into first place on a Mitch Moreland sac fly in the bottom of the ninth. The Rangers who were seven games back at the trade deadline and after they acquired Cole Hamles. Since the trade deadline they have a .444 winning percentage winning 27 games and only losing 12 games during that span. Price Fielder has been a huge part of winning being the veteran presence in that locker room. Adrian Beltre hasn't shown any signs of slowing down hitting .282 this season with 15 bombs and 57 RBI's. Josh Hamilton has been great player since the All-Star break, Batting .266 with 3 homers. Cole Hamels since the trade has been a warrior in Arlington since he got traded, which is weird because the Rangers ballpark is a hitters ballpark.

The Rangers are back to old form from the 2010-2011 when they went to back to back World Series. Something click when Hamels got to Texas it something in that clubhouse just flipped. This team is giving Houston problems. Houston is a team that is having a Cinderella season in itself. Houston was also very active at the trade deadline--getting Carlos Gomez and Mike Fiers. This should be a great rubber match tonight as the teams are tied at the moment for the division. The winner tonight will most likely go on a run to end the season and have the upper hand when the season. This division is unlike any other in the AL and will be decided by less then a game. Tonight's pitching match-up is between Dallas Keuchel and Martin Perez, a south paw duel.

Sources: ESPN, Baseball Reference, and Mlb.com/players

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