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October 9, 2015. 1  FINAL SCORE: Rangers 6, Blue Jays 4 (14 innings) 2  After not even looking like a playoff team heading into August, the Texas Rangers are now just one win away from bouncing the Toronto Blue Jays in the American League Division Series.
As of Friday, the Rangers had the worst attendance of the six division leaders. So far, the team has averaged about 30,000 fans per game, their worst since 2009 and in the bottom half of all teams in Major League Baseball. Yes, the Rangers are a delightful September surprise. They played .300 ball the first few weeks and still trailed by eight games in August. Yet tickets went on sale Saturday for a possible wild-card playoff game Oct. 6 and three possible league division series games Oct. 8-14.