Otto Lopez got three hits, drove in a run and scored another as the Miami Marlins won their sixth game in a row, 4-2 over the Texas Rangers on Sunday in a matchup of teams unlikely to make the playoffs but still mathematically alive with six games left.

Miami could have a huge say in the NL postseason with a road series against the Phillies and a season-ending three-game home set against the Mets.

Texas lost its fifth game in a row and is five games behind Houston for the American League's final wild card with eight games left.

The vestiges of what we expected this club to be dragged themselves out to the field and produced three runs on eight hits, a ninth inning rally dying with the tying and winning runs in scoring position. Jack Leiter’s positive rookie season finished its home slate with a loss on eight hits and four runs in 5.2 innings.

Texas got on the board in the sixth on Langford's solo home run off Lake Bachar , the second of five Marlins pitchers. After Bachar got two outs, Josh Jung singled, went to second on a wild pitch and scored when Cody Freeman singled to left field to cut the Rangers' deficit to 3-2.

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Bochy said that Langford had been battling discomfort but, on Friday, it reached a point where he needed to sit. He is considered day-to-day.