ANAHEIM, California (Ticker) -- The Texas Rangers play their final game this afternoon against the Anaheim Angels before opening the American League Division Series.

	SEASON SERIES
	Apr. 9 Apr. 10 Apr. 11 Apr. 12 Jun. 28 Jun. 29 Jun. 30 Jul. 21 Jul. 22 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3	Anaheim 8, at Texas 4 Anaheim 10, at Texas 0 at Texas 6, Anaheim 3 Anaheim 13, at Texas 5 Texas 9, at Anaheim 1 Texas 5, at Anaheim 0 Texas 18, at Anaheim 4 at Texas 9, Anaheim 5 at Texas 9, Anaheim 7 at Anaheim 7, Texas 6 at Anaheim 15, Texas 3 Texas at Anaheim, 4:05pm ET

Texas dropped a 15-3 decision Saturday to Anaheim, which means it will battle the New York Yankees in the playoffs for the third time in four years beginning Tuesday. The Rangers have dropped three of their last four outings.

Texas has achieved its highest win total in franchise history and its just the second time in the 1990's it has won at least 90 games. The Rangers had 90 victories in 1996.

Despite winning four straight, Anaheim will post its lowest win total in a non-strike year since notching 65 victories in 1980.

Jeff Fassero (5-14, 7.24 ERA) starts for the Rangers. He pitched just four scoreless innings Tuesday against Seattle due to a pitch limit, allowing one hit and four walks. He has not lost a start since August 6 against the New York Yankees.

Fassero is 1-0 in two starts against Anaheim this season, allowing three runs and nine hits over 14 innings.

Rookie Jarrod Washburn (3-5, 6.11) counters for the Angels. He lost for the second time in three starts Tuesday, yielding four runs and six hits over 4 1/3 innings to Oakland. Washburn has been victorious in three of his last five starts.

Washburn pitched two innings of relief against the Rangers on July 22, giving up one and one hits over two innings. He is making his first start against Texas.

TEXAS 10-game log	ANAHEIM 10-game log
Sep. 27 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 Seattle Seattle Seattle Seattle @ Anaheim @ Anaheim @ Anaheim W 3-2 W 10-0 L 3-7 W 7-0 L 6-7 L 3-15	Sep. 26 Sep. 28 Sep. 29 Sep. 30 Oct. 1 Oct. 2 Oct. 3 @ Seattle Oakland Oakland Oakland Texas Texas Texas L 2-3 L 3-9 W 7-4 W 5-4 W 7-6 W 15-3

Texas regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

7 9 3 27 11 29 24 19 25

Ivan Rodriguez Lee Stevens Mark McLemore Todd Zeile Royce Clayton Rusty Greer Tom Goodwin Juan Gonzalez Rafael Palmeiro

5-9 6-4 5-11 6-1 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-3 6-0

205 235 207 200 185 195 175 220 190

R-R L-L B-R R-R R-R L-L L-R R-R L-L

596 517 566 585 465 556 401 559 562

199 146 155 171 134 167 104 182 183

29 31 20 41 21 41 12 36 30

1 1 7 1 5 3 6 1 1

35 24 6 24 14 20 3 39 47

113 81 45 98 52 101 33 128 148

.334 .282 .274 .292 .288 .300 .259 .326 .326

Complete Texas roster

Anaheim regulars

POS

NO

PLAYER

HT

WT

B/T

AB

H

2B

3B

HR

RBI

AVG

C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH

63 6 17 20 14 9 16 25 15 42

Ben Molina Matt Walbeck Darin Erstad Trent Durrington Troy Glaus Gary DiSarcina Garret Anderson Jim Edmonds Tim Salmon Mo Vaughn

5-11 5-11 6-2 5-10 6-5 6-2 6-3 6-1 6-3 6-1

200 206 210 172 225 205 215 218 241 245

R-R B-R L-L R-R R-R R-R L-L L-L R-R L-R

101 288 585 119 548 271 617 201 350 521

26 69 148 22 132 62 186 51 93 147

5 8 22 2 29 7 36 17 24 20

0 1 5 0 0 1 2 2 2 0

1 3 13 0 29 1 21 5 16 33

10 22 53 2 79 29 80 23 68 108

.257 .240 .253 .185 .241 .229 .301 .254 .266 .282

Complete Anaheim roster

Regulars Statistics source: STATS, Inc.

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