5 days that defined the Rangers’ season

ARLINGTON — The Rangers had a remarkable run to the seventh division title in club history. It would take forever to go through all the remarkable and intense victories that carried them through the season.

The highlight reel would last for hours, so it’s better to sum up with the all-too-familiar records. Entering Monday, the Rangers are 36-11 in one-run games, with 47 comeback victories and nine walk-off wins.

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There were also five important dates that changed or defined Texas’ season.

1. May 15: The Rangers trailed the Blue Jays, 6-3, going into the bottom of the seventh, and scored four runs to take a 7-6 lead. In the top of the eighth, Blue Jays outfielder Jose Bautista, who had reached on a hit-by-pitch, slid hard into second baseman Rougned Odor trying to break up a double play. Bautista then jumped up and made a move toward Odor, who responded with a hard right punch to the jaw. Both teams spilled onto the field and Odor would end up serving a seven-game suspension. The Rangers won the game, got swept by the Athletics in Oakland but then went on a torrid stretch of winning 29 of 37 games to take control of the division.

2. May 28: The rotation was hit hard by injuries all year, …

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