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With the best record in the American League at stake, the Texas Rangers send Yu Darvish to the mound Friday night to start a three-game home series against Tampa Bay to close out the regular season.The AL West champion Rangers (94-65) are sitting in good shape to lock down home-field advantage throughout the playoffs. Boston (92-67) and Cleveland (91-67) are still in the mix, but Texas can clinch with one win against the Rays (66-93) at Globe Life Park.Darvish (6-5, 3.53 ERA) is making his final start before the AL Division Series. The 30-year-old right-hander is slotted to pitch the second game of the playoffs behind Cole Hamels.Im very much looking forward to it, Darvish said. I pitched in one postseason game and that was it. Its going to be on the bigger stage, and Im looking forward to pitching in it.Darvish appears to be hitting his stride at the right time. Hes struck out 30.8 percent of batters faced (101 of 328) since the All-Star break, the second-highest mark in AL and fourth in the majors.He made his only postseason start in the 2012 AL Wild Card game against Baltimore, allowing two earned runs in 6 2/3 innings.I feel like Im a better pitcher now, mentally and mechanically, Darvish said. I have been trying a lot of stuff, and my last outing gave me more confidence. Im happy where I am at.Darvish earned the win Sept. 24 in Oakland, a 5-0 victory. He worked seven innings, allowed two hits and struck out nine.The Rangers are going with a four-man rotation in the postseason, though manager Jeff Banister hasnt named the starters behind Hamels and Darvish. The likely favorites are Colby Lewis and Martin Perez, who will close out the regular season against Tampa Bay.We look at all different scenarios, weigh the pros and cons, Banister said. We just feel that four guys, given where we are at and the pitchers that we have, I think thats the best scenario for us.The Rays send Matt Andriese (8-7, 4.34) to the hill in the series opener. The right-hander has allowed two or fewer runs in his last three starts after struggling throughout August and the first half of September.Hes done a really nice job, Rays manager Kevin Cash said. When he was put back in the rotation he probably wasnt as efficient, wasnt consistent with his pitches, but over the last couple of starts hes really pitched ... well. Both the changeup and the curveball have played huge. Hes got a better feel for his off-speed now.Its been a long season for Tampa Bay, but Cash is looking forward to the environment this weekend.We expect to see some big crowds there, which will be good, he said. Its always fun to play in front of those crowds, and they are playing for something because that home-field advantage means a ton. Cheap Nike Vapormax Australia . 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"I think everybody else out of this room probably already felt we passed that point," said Brett Gardner, stranded on third base when Robinson Cano hit a game-ending groundout. Seeking his 250th win, Pettitte started feeling uncomfortable in the fourth inning, when Seattle took a 2-1 lead on an infield single by Brendan Ryan, who had been in a 5-for-60 slide. "When I came off in the fourth, it just completely locked up and I got the trainer to give me a little massage down here with some heat, and it loosened up and loosened up really good," Pettitte said. It lasted only until his first pitch of the fifth, to Jason Bay. "It completely locked back up on me," Pettitte said. "I couldnt get extended at all. I really just felt like I was kind of cutting everything off and really just trying to throw it in there, just almost slower than slow to tell you the truth." Pettitte struck out Bay and Kyle Seager. By then, Yankees manager Joe Girardi and pitching coach Larry Rothschild noticed Pettittes velocity had dropped, and they went to the mound and took him out. "He is 40 years old, and were probably going to go through this probably a little bit." Girardi said. Pettitte missed a start in April because of lower back spasms. This was diagnosed as a tight left trapezius muscle, near his pitching shoulder. It was too soon to determine whether he would miss his next turn. "Theres no doubt Im getting old. But I dont want to sit there and tell you that thats the exact reason why," Pettitte said. "I look around the league and I see all kind of people on the DL with all kind of problems that are a lot younger than me, too." Stewart pulled up at third base in the seventh on Canos infield single, which drew the Yankees within a run. He stayed in for Vernon Wells inning-ending popout, then was sent for an MRI of his left groin. "He felt something," Girardi said. "He said it didnt pop." Stewart, who took over as the Yankees starting catcher when Francisco Cervelli broke a hand last month, was replaced by Austin Romine. New York doesnt have any other available catchers on its 40-man roster and would have to clear a spot for Bobby Wilson, who has been starting at Triple-A. "Injuries are a part of the game, and some years youre going to have more than others,"t; Girardi said.dddddddddddd "And right now we have a few." Pettitte (4-3) allowed two runs, four hits and three walks in 4 2-3 innings with five strikeouts, struggling again with his command. In the fourth, he ran into foul territory on the third base side to make a basket catch on Raul Ibanezs low popup but said that didnt figure into his back problem. Seattle had injury issues, too. Aaron Harang, Seattles scheduled starter, felt a twinge in his back Wednesday and notified the Mariners, who in turn told Hector Noesi to prepare for his first big league start of the season. A 26-year-old right-hander, Noesi was acquired by the Mariners from the Yankees in January 2012 in the trade that sent promising pitcher Michael Pineda to New York and made four relief appearances for Seattle this year. He gave up an unearned run and three hits in 4 1-3 innings, leaving with two on. Lefty Oliver Perez (1-0), his career revived in Seattle, entered with runners at the corners and struck out Gardner and retired Jayson Nix on a popup. Seattle also got runs on Dustin Ackleys RBI double in the second and Michael Morses sixth-inning homer off former Mariners pitcher Shawn Kelley, a drive that bounced off the divider between Monument Park and the Yankees bullpen in right-centre for his 10th homer this season. Granderson singled in the second and scored when David Adams doubled for his first big league RBI. In his third game back from a broken arm, Granderson made his third career start at DH and had three hits. He doubled in the eighth but Carter Capps retired rookie David Adams on a popup and struck out Ichiro Suzuki, who one inning earlier singled to stop an 0-for-22 slide. Tom Wilhelmsen finished to remain perfect in 11 save chances. He allowed a one-out single to Gardner, who stole second and third. He struck out Nix -- leaving right-handed batters 0 for 30 against him this year -- then retired Cano on a groundout to shortstop. "What can you say? Nobodys going to feel sorry us," Gardner related. "We cant take the day off tomorrow." NOTES: Girardi said SS Derek Jeter (broken ankle) should be out of a walking boot soon. ... RHP Joba Chamberlain (strained oblique) will need at least one more minor league rehab outing before the Yankees activate him from the DL. ... New York 1B Mark Teixeira (wrist) hit several long homers on curveballs off a pitching machine at the Yankees minor league complex in Tampa, Fla. 3B Alex Rodriguez, coming back from hip surgery in January, is hitting off a tee and swinging at soft toss flips in a batting cage as he wraps up his second week of baseball activities. ... Travis Hafner (sore right shoulder) took batting practice and hopes to be able to play Friday. ... The Yankees optioned RHP Brett Marshall back to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre and recalled RHP Dellin Betances from the Triple-A team. ' ' '