ARLINGTON – Marlins right-hander Eury Pérez struck out a season-high nine batters across four scoreless innings in Sunday afternoon’s 4-2 victory over the Rangers at Globe Life Field.

Streaking Miami (76-80) has won six in a row for the second time this season, and 10 of 11, to pull within four games of the third and final National League Wild Card spot. The Marlins hold the tiebreaker over the Reds (80-76) and control their destiny with the Mets (80-76), who visit Miami next weekend for the final series. The D-backs (78-77) and Marlins split the season series.

According to FanGraphs, Miami entered the series finale with a 0.1 percent chance of reaching the postseason.

Pérez limited the Rangers to two hits and one walk, extending his scoreless-inning streak to nine spanning two st

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