Rangers snap skid, but look to clean things up

CINCINNATI — The Rangers are done playing last-place teams. Now they are going home for what may be the biggest homestand of the season.

That makes it even more important that the Rangers aren’t going home on a losing streak, and they avoided that by holding on to a 6-5 victory over the Reds at Great American Ballpark on Wednesday night.

Now Texas opens up a 10-game homestand on Thursday night at Globe Life Park, beginning with the Cleveland Indians. This one is a showdown between two teams who have been going back and forth with the best records in the American League.

Both teams have comfortable leads in their division, but there is still over a month left in the season, and at a minimum, postseason home-field advantage could be at stake.

“It should be fun,” Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. “Two teams that have a lot on the line. It’s going to be tough ballgames.”

After the Indians come the second-place Mariners for three games, and then the Astros, who are right behind them in the AL West standings.

“We’ve got some quality teams in front of us,” Banister said. “We have to play better baseball. We have …

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