The Texas Rangers made a significant push for a playoff spot even without Corey Seager, Marcus Semien and Nathan Eovaldi. San Francisco twice under Bochy won the World Series, missed the playoffs the following season and then came back the next year to win another championship. If the Guardians win two out of three, both teams would have 86 wins, one more than possible for Texas. Houston had the tiebreaker then, and does again this year after a three-game sweep of the Rangers last week to take the season series again. Both were hopeful of playing again to wrap up their fourth season in Texas, but that may not be necessary.