HOUSTON -- As the Rangers mind their loose ends in advance of the postseason, small victories take on greater significance with the American League West title all but clinched.On Monday night, the Rangers parlayed three strong performances from a trio of vital relief pitchers into a 4-3, 12-inning victory over the fading Astros.Before left-hander Jake Diekman recorded his fourth save with a perfect 12th inning, right-handers Matt Bush and Keone Kela combined to work 3 2/3 scoreless innings to help Texas (86-59) overcome the fifth blown save from closer Sam Dyson.Diekman had allowed eight consecutive batters to reach base during one recent four-game stretch. Kela was charged with a blown save on Saturday against the Angels, allowing a season-high four hits and three runs. Bush is just 1-for-4 in save opportunities. All three stepped forward when the Rangers needed them on Monday, and collectively Bush, Kela and Diekman are key cogs in Texas bullpen.I think its huge for them, Rangers manager Jeff Banister said. Obviously theyve had some minor challenges. For them to show up big for us ... thats what weve seen in the past from these guys, thats what were going to need to see from them going forward.Right-hander A.J. Griffin (7-4, 4.92 ERA) will start for Texas on Tuesday night. He has won two previous starts against the Astros this season, posting a 3.86 ERA over 11 2/3 innings. Griffin is 5-0 with a 4.54 ERA in six career starts against Houston, including a pair of victories at Minute Maid Park. His seventh start against the Astros will tie the Angels and Mariners for the most against one team in his career.The Astros (75-69), meanwhile, continue to search for answers against their in-state rivals. Houston fell to 3-14 against Texas this season and has dropped 22 of the last 27 meetings between the clubs dating back to Aug. 3, 2015. The Rangers improved to a remarkable 32-10 in one-run games on Monday night, thus their success in close contests with Houston isnt much of a shock. Of the 17 games played between the clubs this season, 13 have been decided by two runs or less.They have finished the games, Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. We have battled them. These are small margins and small increments that have not gone our way. I dont know what to say. They have beat us in close games. They have beat us in blowouts. We have beat them a few times along the way. Its baseball, it happens. We have to find a way to beat them tomorrow.Right-hander Brad Peacock (0-0, 3.38 ERA) will make his fifth career start against the Rangers as the Astros attempt to even the series. Peacock is 1/3 with a 3.76 ERA over five games against Texas. 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And were bringing back the Ryder Cup because of it.Sure enough, that 17-inch gold trophy was gleaming on a table, right next to a couple of champagne bottles on ice.This wasnt about being maybe the best team ever assembled.The Americans were a team, and that was all that mattered. For the first time since 1975, every U.S. player won at least one match. And for the first time since 2008, the Ryder Cup is staying in America.Four years after Davis Love III saw his team blow a 10-6 lead at Medinah, he watched them make more birdies and eagles than he could count as they filled the scoreboard with American red and took any suspense out of the outcome.There was a lot of pressure on these guys over the last couple years, Love said. We havent had a good run lately, and Im thrilled for them that they got the win. ... This team has been questioned and beat up for a long time, and Im proud of the way they came together.Europe, going for its fourth straight victory, never really had a chance.Reed outdueled and outshouted Rory McIlroy in a match so dynamic that they halved three straight holes with birdies. McIlroy holed a 60-foot putt up the slope on the par-3 eighth and cupped his hand to his ear to a loud an occasionally obnoxious crowd. Reed followed with a 35-foot birdie putt, wagging his finger at McIlroy. They bumped fists and patted each other on the back. McIlroys putter went cold, and Reed holed a 7-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to secure the 1-up victory.Mickelson and Sergio Garcia combined for 19 birdies, eight of them over the last five holes. Mickelson made an 18-foot birdie on the final hole, crouched and then leaped in the airr, capping off a big week under more pressure than usual because of his strong voice in all these changes.ddddddddddddOne of the changes from the Ryder Cup Task Force that Europe mocked was to spread out the captains picks until the very end. The last one went to Moore, who was added to the team only last Sunday. A week later, he was celebrating a 1-up victory over Lee Westwood that clinched the cup.Youre only as strong as your 12th man right there, Brandt Snedeker said to him.There wasnt much Europe to do. Thomas Pieters had the best showing of any European rookie by going 4-1. That was a lone bright spot.They did everything I asked of them. They tried their heart out. They worked hard. They fought hard, European captain Darren Clarke said. The American Ryder Cup team deserved to win. And were all gutted and disappointed. And we will be back stronger to fight in two years time in Paris.Mickelson already was looking ahead.He had said the work of the task force -- primarily for players and former captains to have more input in an event run by the PGA of America -- was not about this year but the next 10 years of the Ryder Cup.Even so, it was sweet to see that trophy just a few feet away.We need to build on this, Mickelson said. Otherwise, its all for naught. We created a very solid foundation this year. ... Yes, its great that we had success this week, but its not about one year or one Ryder Cup. Its about a multitude, for decades to come.About that time, Love popped the cork off a bottle of champagne.Thats