| Tampa Bay Rays (70-59) at Texas Rangers (77-52) |
| Game One |
Texas 6, Tampa Bay 5 |
| Game Two |
Texas 1, Tampa Bay 0 |
| Game Three |
Wednesday, August 29th, 7:05 p.m. |
| Records |
| 2012 Head-to-Head Record |
Texas 3-2 (0-0 at TB; 3-2 at Tex) |
| 2011 Head-to-Head Record |
Texas 5-4 (3-3 at TB; 2-1 at Tex) |
| 2010 Head-to-Head Record |
Tampa Bay 4-2 (3-0 at TB; 1-2 at Tex) |
| 2009 Head-to-Head Record |
Texas 6-3 (1-2 at TB; 5-1 at Tex) |
| Home Record |
Tampa Bay 35-30; Texas 43-24 |
| Away Record |
Tampa Bay 35-29; Texas 34-28 |
| Current Streak |
Tampa Bay (L4); Texas (W2) |
| Record vs. Western Division |
Tampa Bay 21-13 |
| Record vs. Eastern Division |
Texas 23-13 |
| 2012 Meetings |
| 4/27 - Tampa Bay, 8-4 (at Tex - WP: Shields; LP: Harrison) |
| 4/28 - Texas, 7-2 (at Tex - WP: Lewis; LP: Niemann) |
| 4/29 - Tampa Bay, 5-2 (at Tex - WP: Price; LP: D.Holland) |
| 8/27 - Texas, 6-5 (at Tex - WP: D.Holland; LP: Price) |
| 8/28 - Texas, 1-0 (at Tex - WP: Darvish; LP: Shields) |
| 2011 Meetings |
| 5/30 - Texas, 11-5 (at TB - WP: D.Holland; LP: W.Davis) |
| 5/31 - Tampa Bay, 5-4 (at TB - WP: Peralta; LP: Rhodes) |
| 6/01 - Texas, 3-0 (at TB - WP: C.Lewis; LP: Price) |
| 8/30 - Texas, 2-0 (at Tex - WP: Feldman; LP: Hellickson) |
| 8/31 - Tampa Bay, 4-1 (at Tex - WP: Shields; LP: Ogando) |
| 9/01 - Texas, 7-2 (at Tex - WP: CJ.Wilson; LP: Niemann) |
| 9/05 - Tampa Bay, 5-1 (at TB - WP: Shields; LP: Feldman) |
| 9/06 - Texas, 8-0 (at TB - WP: CJ.Wilson; LP: Niemann) |
| 9/07 - Tampa Bay, 5-4 (10) (at TB - WP: McGee; LP: M.Lowe) |
| 2010 Meetings |
| 6/04 - Texas, 9-6 (at Tex - WP: CJ.Wilson; LP: W.Davis) |
| 6/05 - Texas, 6-1 (at Tex - WP: Hunter; LP: J.Shields) |
| 6/06 - Tampa Bay, 9-5 (at Tex - WP: Garza; LP: Harden) |
| 8/16 - Tampa Bay, 6-4 (at TB - WP: Cormier; LP: Lee) |
| 8/17 - Tampa Bay, 10-1 (at TB - WP: Garza; LP: Hunter) |
| 8/18 - Tampa Bay, 8-6 (at TB - WP: J.Shields; LP: D.Holland) |
| 2009 Meetings |
| 7/03 - Texas, 3-1 (at Tex - WP: Hunter; LP: Kazmir) |
| 7/04 - Texas, 12-4 (at Tex - WP: Holland; LP: Price) |
| 7/05 - Texas, 5-2 (at Tex - WP: Feldman; LP: Garza) |
| 8/21 - Tampa Bay, 5-3 (at TB - WP: Kazmir; LP: Nippert) |
| 8/22 - Tampa Bay, 5-4 (10) (at TB - WP: Balfour; LP: Grilli) |
| 8/23 - Texas, 4-0 (at TB - WP: Feldman; LP: Price) |
| 9/25 - Texas, 8-3 (at Tex - WP: Holland; LP: J.Shields) |
| 9/26 - Texas, 15-3 (at Tex - WP: Millwood; LP: Garza) |
| 9/27 - Tampa Bay, 7-6 (at Tex - WP: Choate; LP: Francisco) |
| Tampa Bay last five games |
Texas last five games |
| 8/23 - W vs. Oakland, 5-0 |
8/24 - W vs. Minnesota, 8-0 |
| 8/24 - L vs. Oakland, 4-5 |
8/25 - W vs. Minnesota, 9-3 |
| 8/25 - L vs. Oakland, 2-4 |
8/26 - L vs. Minnesota, 5-6 |
| 8/27 - L at Texas, 5-6 |
8/27 - W vs. Tampa Bay, 6-5 |
| 8/28 - L at Texas, 0-1 |
8/28 - W vs. Tampa Bay, 1-0 |