30 Nomar Mazara RF

Mazara went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Athletics.

He waited until his final plate appearance of the season to do it, but Mazara's two-run double allowed him to eclipse 100 RBI for the campaign. Aside from making a big jump in RBI -- which was mostly a byproduct of favorable lineup slotting -- Mazara didn't show the cross-category growth some may have projected in his age-22 season. He only posted a six-point increase in OPS and his home-run total (20) was the same as 2016, despite making 48 more plate appearances.

Mazara went 2-for-4 with two RBI and a run in Friday's 5-3 win over the Athletics.

The two-RBI performance leaves Mazara just one shy of the century mark for the season with two games left to play. Mazara has faded in September with a .236 average and .284 on-base percentage, but he's recovered some power after mostly struggling in that department since the All-Star break, contributing four doubles and four home runs on the month.

Mazara went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's 8-1 loss to the Athletics.

Though he supplied the Rangers' only run Sunday, Mazara still turned in an underwhelming series, going 2-for-11 with three strikeouts as Texas was swept. Mazara's production has been on the downswing during September, but he still looks like a safe bet to make regular starts during the season's final week as the Rangers look to keep their slim playoff hopes alive.

Mazara is out of the lineup for Thursday's game against the Mariners, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Mazara will retreat to the bench following three straight starts, going 3-for-13 (.231 average) with a pair of RBI during that span. In his place, Delino DeShields slides over to left while Carlos Gomez draws the start in center.

Mazara went 2-for-5 with two RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's 8-6 win over the Mariners.

Mazara plated the pair of runs on a third-inning single, boosting his RBI total to a team-leading 96 for the season. The outfielder is slashing an unremarkable .253/.326/.410 in the second half, but due in no small part to his favorable slotting in a strong lineup, he's been able to drive in 40 runs in 58 games since the All-Star break.