The Guardians control their own destiny in the MLB playoff picture. Beating the Rangers is their main objective with two games left in the regular season. They're 0-4 against Texas this year.

Slade Cecconi allowing four runs in the first inning against the Rangers proved to be a backbreaker for the Guardians in their series opener against Texas.

The Guardians made history by overcoming a 15½-game deficit to climb atop the AL Central Division standings. Do they have enough energy left to finish the job and punch their ticket to the postseason?

CLEVELAND — Guardians manager Stephen Vogt would have been crazy to agree with the premise, so he rejected it as if he were peak Hakeem Olajuwon defending the rim.

The Guardians have been in playoff mode since the beginning of September. It’s h

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