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ARLINGTON, Texas -- Jonathan Villar had two home runs and a career-high five RBI and Matt Garza beat his former team as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Texas Rangers 8-3 on Monday night.The loss dropped American League West-champion Texas one-half game behind the Boston Red Sox in the race for the leagues best record. The Cleveland Indians pulled within one-half game of the Rangers.Villar, the major leagues stolen base leader with 59, hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning and a three-run shot in the seventh. He also doubled.Garza (6-8) allowed three runs and six hits in six innings. He spent the second half of the 2013 season with Texas as a rental acquisition from the Chicago Cubs, going 4-5 with a 4.38 ERA. It was Garzas first appearance against Texas since 2010.Rangers starter Martin Perez (10-11) was looking to set a career high for wins in a season. He gave up a season-high eight earned runs and nine hits in 6 2/3 innings. His home record this season fell to 8-3.Jonathan Lucroy, who played 6 1/2 seasons for Milwaukee before being traded to Texas on Aug. 1, faced his previous team for the first time. Lucroy went 1 for 4.Jeremy Jeffress, acquired by Texas in the same trade, made his first appearance since being reinstated Friday from the restricted list. He was arrested on a drunken driving charge in Dallas on Aug. 26 and was sent to an inpatient rehab clinic. Jeffress retired all four batters he faced.SHORT HOPSMilwaukee clinched fourth place in the NL Central. . Perez added to his major league-leading total of groundball double plays induced with his 36th of the season in the sixth inning. . Elvis Andrus and Carlos Gomez, another former Brewer, both had three hits for Texas.TRAINERS ROOMBrewers: RHP Taylor Jungmann wont pitch again this season after suffering a hip abductor during his start last Saturday night, which was his first in the majors since April.Rangers: OF Shin-Soo Choo (left forearm fracture) had three hits and two walks batting in all seven innings of an Instructional League game on Monday . Manager Jeff Banister said he hopes to get RHP Tony Barnette (strained oblique), who last pitched on Sept. 4, into Tuesday nights game.UP NEXTBrewers RHP Jimmy Nelson (8-15) leads the NL in losses after getting off to a 3-1 start. Rangers RHP A.J. Griffin (7-4) lasted only 1 2/3 innings last Tuesday in Anaheim, allowing three hits and four walks. If Texas elects to go with four starters in the Division Series, Griffin is a contender for the final slot. Jim Lee Hunt Jersey . 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The same hefty questions from a year ago still exist: Who will be the quarterback (senior Sean Maguire, who passed for just 1,520 yards last season, or one of two four-star freshman dual threats, Deondre Francois or Malik Henry)? And can any of them beat Clemson? Of course, solving both problems will be much easier if Heisman hopeful Dalvin Cook, who ran for 1,691 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore last season, maintains his torrid pace. --Ryan McGeeLast year FSU had the least experienced team in the entire FBS but still went 10-3 and nearly won in Death Valley. Add the fact that the Noles have averaged the third-best recruiting class over the past five years and that Fisher has a reputation as one of the best coaches at talent development and thats quite a combination. Along with Cook (1,935 scrimmage yards), they have my No. 6-ranked WR corps and a top-three O-line. And on defense, FSU has my ninth-rated D-line, No. 12 LBs and No. 21 secondary. While the Noles face my 14th-toughest schedule, I have them favored in every contest, with the closest games being Clemson (-3), at Louisville (-3) and at Miami (-4). You heard it here first: FSU is my favorite to win this years national title.IN IF... QB play is an asset. The wealth of talent surrounding the signal-caller -- whether its Maguire, Francois or Henry -- will help shoulder the load, but the Noles must improve on last years middle-of-the-pack ACC QBR (66.dddddddddddd.0) to get over the playoff hump.OUT IF... FSU falls to Clemson at home. The Tigers are too talented (FPI rank: 5) and their schedule too light (FPI: 36) to hope for two conference losses elsewhere.FSUs chances to win each game 09.05 vs. Ole Miss (Orlando): 70.5% 09.10 vs. Charleston Southern: ?99.7% 09.17 @ Louisville: 71.5% 09.24 @ South Florida: ?89.4% 10.01 vs. North Carolina: 85.7% 10.08 @ Miami: 81.6%% 10.15 vs. Wake Forest: ?96.2% 10.29 vs. Clemson: 63.5% 11.05 @ NC State: 87.6% 11.11 vs. Boston College: 95.5% 11.19 @ Syracuse: 92.2% 11.26 @ Florida: 85.6%No matter the quarterback, running back Dalvin Cook makes the Florida State offense fearsome. Pair that group with what looks to be one of the best defenses in the country, and the Seminoles should go 11-1 with a shot at a playoff spot.?-- Andrea AdelsonThere is simply no letting up in Tallahassee, where ballyhooed recruiting classes are there to replenish the program at even the slightest hint of a letup. Deondre Francois may not be Jameis Winston 2.0, but he wont need to be on a roster good enough to navigate a tough schedule and go 11-1, giving the Noles a shot at a playoff berth. -- Matt FortunaQuarterbacks get all the hype, and Florida State doesnt have a definite answer there. The rest of the roster though? Look out. The Seminoles are as deep and talented as any team in the country, and even at 11-1, they could be a factor in the playoff discussion.?-- David HaleTalent and experience around the quarterback should ease the transition for whomever Jimbo Fisher picks. Schedule strength and an 11-1 record puts them in the playoff.?-- Jared ShankerNo. 3 Oklahoma | No. 5 LSU | Top 25 ' ' '