The American League West, the worst division in baseball, got a little bit worse on Friday. It was enough to officially push the group into unprecedented territory.
The Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers, the two teams atop the division, both lost, pushing their records to 79-81 with two games left to play. That guarantees it won’t be a winning team uncorking the champagne at some point in the next days. It will be the first time in MLB history that a team .500 or worse wins a division.
With both teams playing on the road, the Rangers were blown out by the Minnesota Twins 10-2, and the Astros lost to the fourth-place Athletics 6-5.
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