AL Tiebreaker GameThread: Tampa Bay Rays vs Texas Rangers

The Washington Nationals are done for the 2013 season, but baseball goes on. Tonight the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas Rangers face off in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington in the AL Tiebreaker game for the two 91-71 teams. David Price is on the mound for the Rays. Martin Perez pitches for the Rangers. 8:07 PM EDT. Anyone watching?

By Patrick Reddington@federalbaseball Sep 30, 2013, 7:38pm EDT

Next Game

Tampa Bay Rays
@ Texas Rangers

Monday, Sep 30, 2013, 8:07 PM EDT
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington

David Price vs Martin Perez

Clear. Winds blowing in from right field at 5-10 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80.

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• Tonight's Starting Pitchers:

Martin Perez

#33 / Pitcher / Texas Rangers

Height: 6-0

Weight: 180

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Apr 04, 1991

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2013 - Martin Perez	10-5	3.55	1.34	79	35

David Price

#14 / Pitcher / Tampa Bay Rays

Height: 6-6

Weight: 220

Bats: L

Throws: L

Born: Aug 26, 1985

	W-L	ERA	WHIP	K	BB
2013 - David Price	9-8	3.39	1.11	147	26

• TIEBREAKER: So, 162 games couldn't decided who gets to play Cleveland on Wednesday night in the AL Wild Card game so the 91-71 Texas Rangers and the 91-71 Tampa Bay Rays go at it in Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas tonight in Game 163 for each team. This may be an odd experience for uninitiated Nationals fans, since, according to other team's fans (alright mostly Braves fans), Washington baseball fans only started liking baseball in 2012, but they have something called a "DH" in the American League, so the pitchers never hit for themselves and games go on forever. But if you're desperate for baseball after the Nats finished their 2013 campaign last night with an 86-76 record that wasn't good enough to qualify them for postseason play, this is your only option tonight...

Rangers vs Rays? Anyone watching?