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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Now the AL West champion Texas Rangers have to wait to find out when they will play at home again. Theyve already had a record-setting season at Rangers Ballpark. Yorvit Torrealba hit two of Texas four home runs, including a grand slam, in a 12-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Sunday as the Rangers matched a franchise record with their 52nd home win in their final regular-season game in Arlington. With three games left before the post-season begins, Texas stayed a game ahead of AL Central champion Detroit for the second-best record in the American League and home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs. "Home-field advantage definitely matters," said Ian Kinsler, who had the two-run homer that put the Rangers ahead to stay. "I dont know how much. It kind of depends on the team and the team that youre playing. Wed love to play games at home. "If we are or arent, I dont think its going to affect us that great. But wed love to play at home." Adrian Beltre also homered for the Rangers (93-66), who have to finish ahead of the Tigers to open the playoffs at home on Friday. The Rangers wrap up the regular season with three games at the Los Angeles Angels, who could still win the wild card. Detroit plays three games at home against Cleveland. With a crowd of 43,508 on Sunday, Texas also set a franchise record for season attendance with 2,946,949 in its 51st season. And it came during one of the hottest summers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, including 27 games at Rangers Ballpark when the temperature was 38 C or more at first pitch. "I think its pretty amazing when you consider the record heat that weve had here in the Metropelex and all over Texas this year to set the all-time attendance record," team president Nolan Ryan said. "Its a shame that we had to endure the heat. ... The team has played extremely well under those conditions and I think it speaks volumes for our fans that were willing to come out and endure the heat and put themselves in that situation. We are truly appreciative of that." The only other time the Rangers won 52 games at home was 1978. Derek Holland (16-5) pitched his scheduled five innings and matched C.J. Wilson with his team-high 16th victory. The left-hander gave up three runs on a pair of homers while striking out seven and walking one. "It was pretty good. He got a first-pitch fastball up to (Chris) Gimenez and today the ball was flying. Then he made a mistake to (Alex) Liddi. Other than that, I thought he did extremely well," Rangers manager Ron Washington said. "Hes growing leaps and bounds, getting better each time he takes the ball." Holland has won five consecutive decisions over his past six starts and is 10-1 with a 2.77 earned-run average over his past 15 starts. Wilson will start the playoff opener and Holland will be part of the four-man post-season rotation, though Washington isnt ready to say in which slot. Mike Carp, Kyle Seager, Gimenez and Liddi all homered for Seattle, which played its last road game. Kinsler had a leadoff walk in the fifth before stealing second and third, extending his team record to 28 consecutive successful attempts. That streak ended when he was caught stealing to end the sixth after a pitchout. After his two stolen bases gave him 29 for the season, Kinsler scored when Esteban German hit a liner that was misplayed by centre-fielder Trayvon Robinson and rolled to the wall. Two days after Craig Gentrys inside-the-park home run for Texas, German sprinted around the bases and scored for a 6-3 lead while fireworks were shot off as they are for homers at Rangers Ballpark. But the official scorer gave German a sacrifice fly and charged Robinson with a rare four-base error. "Thats a ball he has to catch," manager Eric Wedge said. "It looked like he picked his head up to throw home or to third base." Kinslers two-run shot in the third off rookie left-hander Charlie Furbush (4-10) snapped a 1-1 tie and put Texas ahead to stay before Mike Napoli added an RBI single later in the inning. It was the 31st homer for Kinsler, equaling a career high for the Rangers leadoff hitter. Beltre led off the second with his 30th homer, hitting the ninth pitch he got onto the hill in centre. It was his 10th homer in his past 13 games. Furbush allowed six runs, five earned, and six hits over 4 1-3 innings. He struck out four and walked one. NOTES: Texas finished 15-4 against Seattle. ... The only Rangers player with more September homers than Beltre was Alex Rodriguez, who had 11 in 2001. ... Beltres only other 30-homer season was 2004, when he had 48 for the Los Angeles Dodgers. ... Wilson (16-7) makes his last scheduled start of the regular season Monday night against the Angels. Washington said Wilson will throw "maybe three innings." ... Seattle LHP Jason Vargas goes for his career-high 10th victory Monday at home against Oakland. ... Seattle finished 28-50 on the road. The Mariners got three extra games at home when Florida had to play its three-game "home" series in Seattle because of a scheduling conflict. Jordy Clasie Netherland Jersey . -- All talk and no major changes didnt make this a dull NHL general managers meeting. Daryl Janmaat Netherland Jersey .com) - The surging New York Rangers take aim at a fourth consecutive victory on Monday, as they host the Anaheim Ducks in an interconference battle at Madison Square Garden. http://www.netherlandssoccerteamshop.com/Robin-Van-Persie-World-Cup-Jersey.html. One night after scoring 43 points in a 100-96 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, James sat out the game with back spasms and the Heat lost for the first time in their three games without him this season. Johannes Hendrikus Cruijff Netherland Jersey . "Trying to breathe," he said with a grin. Bernier stopped 42 of 43 shots on Monday night, including all 22 in a hectic middle frame, his heroic performance propelling the Leafs toward an undue point in their final game before the Christmas break. Leroy Fer Netherland Jersey . Howard had 19 points and nine rebounds in his first game since signing a four-year, $88 million deal with the Rockets in the off-season. Howard was 6 of 11 from the field and 7 of 11 from the free-throw line in 27 minutes.MANCHESTER, England -- Manchester United and West Ham paid a big price for fielding heavily weakened teams in the FA Cup when they were knocked out in the third round on Sunday, while Chelsea and Liverpool advanced relatively comfortably. Swansea capitalized on the 80th-minute sending-off of substitute Fabio Da Silva by scoring in the last minute through Wilfried Bony in a 2-1 win at United, the latest setback for David Moyes in his turbulent first season with the English champions. United has lost four of its last six games at Old Trafford in all competitions and failed to reach the fourth round for only the second time in 30 years. "We had another big game in 48 hours time so we have to keep that in mind (but) no excuse," said Moyes, referring to the first leg of a League Cup semifinal against Sunderland on Tuesday. "We had a strong team out. Nearly every player out there was an international." Like United, West Ham used a lineup full of reserves ahead of its League Cup semifinal against Manchester City on Wednesday, and the gamble backfired. The injury-hit Premier League struggler was crushed 5-0 at second-tier Nottingham Forest in the third rounds biggest shock. "We had a huge amount of problems in terms of the available members of the squad so Ive got to keep them intact, thats a major priority," said West Ham manager Sam Allardyce, who was already under pressure with his team next to last in the league. "Many, many managers have changed the team in all divisions, but my changes had to be severe. I didnt want it to be but it had to be." Chelsea and Liverpool played stronger lineups -- and it showed. Second-half goals by John Obi Mikel and Oscar earned Chelsea a 2-0 victory at Derby, while Liverpool avenged last seasons surprise defeat to third-tier Oldham in this competition by winning 2-0 at Anfield thanks to Iago Aspas first goal for the club and an own goal by James Tarkowski. That game also saw Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers go up against his own son, Anton, who plays for Oldham and came on as a second-half substitute. "Ive seen Antons life from when he was a young footballer and to see him run out there was a bit surreal really," Rodgers said. Sunderland beat third-tier Carlisle 3-1 in the other thiird-round match featuring a Premier League team.dddddddddddd The fear factor about visiting Old Trafford has disappeared since Alex Ferguson left United last summer and Swansea was the latest team to take advantage, recording its first win at the home of the champions. "Lets not kid ourselves, its a really bad result," United midfielder Darren Fletcher said. The Welsh side was helped by Moyes picking a shadow team that was missing injured strikers Wayne Rooney and Robin van Persie, as well as senior players Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra and Michael Carrick. And Wayne Routledge put Swansea ahead in the 12th minute, running onto Alejandro Pozuelos through ball and lobbing goalkeeper Anders Lindegaard. Javier Hernandez turned in Alexander Buttners cross four minutes later for the equalizer, and Moyes said he was disappointed not to see his team kick on from then. Fabio was given a straight red card for a studs-first lunge at Jose Canas, just four minutes after coming on as a substitute, and Bony made United pay by rising to head in Routledges left-wing cross to cap an impressive performance. "In my world, they are still a big team and for us to beat them, we still have to do a very good performance," Swansea manager Michael Laudrup said. Allardyce fielded an unrecognizable starting XI featuring a host of youth-team players at The City Ground and they collapsed in the second half. Djamel Abdouns goal gave Forest a 1-0 lead at halftime before Jamie Paterson scored a hat trick and Andy Reid completed the humiliation with the fifth in injury time. West Hams lineup further highlights the FA Cups increasing lack of appeal in the eyes of many top clubs nowadays but Allardyce made no apologies and knows there may be repercussions. "There might be, who knows?" Allardyce said. "Im not saying it wont happen unless I start to get results. I have got to get results, I know that." The depth of Chelseas squad shone through as Mikel headed home Willians free kick in the 66th minute for only his fourth goal for the club in 300 appearances, before Brazil playmaker Oscar struck a fierce shot in at the near post five minutes later. Chelsea will host Stoke in the fourth round while Liverpool must travel to Bournemouth or Burton. ' ' '