Texas Rangers extend their American League West lead over the Houston Astros with another win against Seattle Mariners.

ARLINGTON, Texas – The Texas Rangers increased their lead atop the American League West to 1.5 games with a 2-0 over the Seattle Mariners Saturday night at Globe Life Field.

The Houston Astros (85-70) lost to the Royals for the second consecutive game Saturday night. The loss drops them back 1.5games in the AL West Division race.

The Rangers (86-68) now lead the Mariners (84-70) by two games in the division. The Toronto Blue Jays lost on a walk-off to the Tampa Bay Rays and remain a game ahead of the Astros for the second of three Wild Card spots.

With the win over Seattle, Texas secured a postseason tiebreaker with the Mariners. The Rangers have won four consecutive games and 10 of their past 14.

Adolis Garcia scored both Rangers runs in the second and fourth innings. Garcia doubled with one out in the second and later scored on Mitch Garver’s opposite-field single to right. In the fourth, Garcia walked, stole second, and scored on Jonah Heim’s single to left to give Texas a 2-0 lead. Both Garcia and Garver were 2 for 3.

Meanwhile, Jordan Montgomery gave the Rangers its most clutch starting performance of the season. He held Seattle scoreless on five hits and two walks and struck out six in seven innings. He improved to 10-11 overall, and 4-2 with Texas.