Zebby Matthews stifled Texas over seven innings, yielding only Pederson’s leadoff homer as Minnesota beat Texas 4-1 and knocked the Rangers from postseason contention. Kody Clemens doubled and scored on a Buxton grounder, while Buxton later scored on Ryan Jeffries’s single and Clemens added an RBI in the sixth. Patrick Corbin took the loss for Texas as Cole Sands earned the save. Next up: Jacob deGrom for Texas and Taj Bradley for Minnesota.