Wild Card watch - Rangers keep close in wild card, top Royals

Wild Card watch - Rangers keep close in wild card, top Royals

Published Sep. 21, 2013 10:19 p.m. ET

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Matt Garza pitched eight impressive innings for his first victory in six starts and the Texas Rangers kept close in the playoff race, beating the Kansas City Royals 3-1 on Saturday night.
The Rangers won for only the fifth time in 19 September games. They remained a half-game behind Cleveland for the second AL wild-card berth.
The Royals, out of the playoffs since winning the 1985 World Series, dropped 3 games in back of the Indians.

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