The Texas Rangers had their sights on four days of rest and home-field advantage for their American League playoff opener. Instead, they made a long flight from Seattle to Florida to play the best-of-three AL wild-card series on the road against the Tampa Bay Rays. The series begins Tuesday at St. Petersburg, Fla. The Rangers (90-72) led the AL West for nearly the entire season but dropped three of their final four regular-season games. The Houston Astros caught Texas on Sunday, held the tiebreaker edge to become division champs and earned the bye. We like the Rangers to get this opening game as Seager and Semien will rally the troops, and we think Mongomery pitches well.