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- Rangers eliminated from playoff chase with 8th straight loss, 4-1 to the Twins</p>
<p>STEPHEN HAWKINSSeptember 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM</p>
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<p>1 / 4Twins Rangers BaseballMinnesota Twins starting pitcher Zebby Matthews throws to the Texas Rangers in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)</p>
<p>ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Zebby Matthews allowed his only run on a leadoff homer while pitching seven innings for the Minnesota Twins in a 4-1 win Tuesday night over the Texas Rangers, who lost their eighth game in a row and were eliminated from the playoff chase.</p>
<p>The Rangers (79-78) were within two games of the AL West lead on Sept. 13 and in the thick of the wild-card chase after a 13-3 span with a pair of six-game winning streaks. They haven't won since and dropped to 5 1/2 games behind Houston for the American League's final playoff spot with five games left.</p>
<p>Joc Pederson's ninth homer gave Texas the quick lead. Matthews (5-6) allowed only three singles after that and struck out six without a walk while matching the longest of his 25 career starts.</p>
<p>Minnesota (68-89) went ahead after Kody Clemens had a leadoff double in the third and scored on a fielder's-choice grounder by Byron Buxton, who came home on a single by Ryan Jeffries. Clemens added an RBI single in the sixth.</p>
<p>Patrick Corbin (7-11), the first of six Texas pitchers, allowed two runs on four hits over 3 2/3 innings.</p>
<p>Cole Sands worked a 1-2-3 ninth for his third save.</p>
<p>Key moment</p>
<p>Matthews retired 11 of the last 12 batters he faced, and the only Texas batter to reach the third time through the order against the 25-year-old right-hander was on an error.</p>
<p>Key stat</p>
<p>The eight-game losing streak matches the longest for Texas since August of 2023, the season they went on to win their only World Series title.</p>
<p>Up next</p>
<p>Jacob deGrom (12-8, 3.01 ERA) will make his 30th start this year for Texas on Wednesday night after the two-time Cy Young Award winner missed most of the past two seasons recovering from Tommy John surgery. Taj Bradley (6-8, 5.20) starts for Minnesota.</p>
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<p>AP MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB</p>
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