DENVER -- For two months, they've traveled from sea to shining sea, seen the beautiful and spacious skies and made one final stop among the purple mountain majesties.

It's fair to say they've seen America the Beautiful.

And now, after playing 37 of the last 54 games on the road, the Rangers are ready to return to Arlington for a good, long spell, regardless of how hot it is. They return home with quite a few souvenirs from a summer spent seeing the country, the last being a 7-5 come-from-behind win over Colorado on Tuesday:

Among the others:

A big division lead: When the road-heavy portion of the schedule began on June 10, the Rangers had a four-game lead in the AL West. They extended it significantly despite 18,001 miles in travel over the last four road trips, all of them three-city trips.

To put that into context: They will travel only 22,906 miles over the eight trips that comprise the rest of the 2016 road schedule. The Rangers went 30-24 in this stretch and led second-place Seattle by 7 1/2 games before the Mariners hosted Detroit later Tuesday.

A huge home-field advantage: The schedule evens out. For all that time away from home, 30 of the Rangers' last 48 games will be in Arlington. They have more home games remaining than any other team in baseball, not insignificant considering they are 34-17 at home this year. The Rangers have a .682 winning percentage at home since Aug. 1 of last year, second in the majors to the Chicago Cubs' .702.

Seattle has 24 remaining home games, third-place Houston 21.

A season-ending competitive edge: The rest of the schedule is shaping up to give the Rangers an easier road to winning the division. For instance, the two teams chasing them, Seattle and Houston, meet head-to-head six times in the final 16 games of the season. The Rangers don't play either team in that stretch. Of their last 15 games, 12 are at home, and all 15 are against opponents that began Tuesday at least 10 games under .500.

The Rangers begin the home-heavy portion of the schedule with two games against a Colorado club they just twice came back to beat in the final innings. They return home having won four straight and nine of the last 12.

"I know we are in a pretty good situation in August," manager Jeff Banister said. "But it's August. We've got to go home to our park and create that energy and excitement and find more rhythm. This has been a challenge, but they have embraced it. The schedule, in theory, sets up well for us, but we still need to get better at things."

Two things, in particular might help: Getting consistent production from the supposedly beefed-up offense and getting starters other than Yu Darvish and Cole Hamels deep into games.

On Tuesday, A.J. Griffin failed to get through six innings for the 10th consecutive start. The Rangers can't afford such weak starts.

Also, the last two wins both took late rallies after the offense failed early. The Rangers had one run going to the ninth Monday before a rally fashioned from a double steal helped them rally for three runs and a 4-3 win. On Tuesday, they trailed 5-2 going to the eighth.

There are signs, though, that something is coming. In two of the last three games, recently-acquired Carlos Beltran has had key run-scoring hits late in games by simply reaching out and letting the bat do the work.

"He's such a professional hitter and that shows up at key moments," Banister said.

Also, Adrian Beltre, who had been slumping has multiple hits in three straight games and had a two-run double to tie the game in the eighth Tuesday. Elvis Andrus, who is second in the AL in average with runners in scoring position, has had either a game-tying and go-ahead hits in each of the last two games.

Briefly: LHP Derek Holland is scheduled to make his second rehab start Wednesday for Triple-A Round Rock. He is scheduled for 45-50 pitches in the game and an additional 15-20 in the bullpen after he is removed. The Rangers are still hopeful Holland could return from the DL on August 20, the first day he is eligible. ... RHP Colby Lewis will throw a 20-25 bullpen session on Wednesday in Arlington. He could be cleared to get more aggressive with his rehab program Friday after a follow-up MRI Friday. ... The double steal by Rougned Odor and Jurickson Profar in the ninth inning Monday was the first double steal in the ninth or later since the completely predictable pairing of Mitch Moreland and Esteban German did it on Oct. 1, 2010 against the Los Angeles Angels.