The Cleveland Guardians' magic number for clinching a postseason berth is two. It remains three for them to win the American League Central Division.

An exciting final series of the regular season is in store when Cleveland hosts the Texas Rangers in a three-game set.

Guardians right-hander Slade Cecconi (7-6, 4.15 ERA) takes on Rangers right-hander Jack Leiter (9-10, 3.92) in the opener Friday.

Cleveland (86-73) is deadlocked with the Detroit Tigers (86-73) atop the division, but owns the head-to-head tiebreaker after taking two of three from them this week.

The Guardians also are one game up on the Houston Astros (85-74), who are currently on the outside of the AL playoff picture. It all comes down to how they fare against Texas (80-79), which was eliminated from contention three day

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