The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics meet Thursday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. The Texas Rangers look for a win after splitting their last eight games. The Oakland Athletics look for a win after splitting their last eight games.
The Texas Rangers have scored 12 runs in their last three games and three or fewer runs in five of their last six games. The Rangers have lost six of their last seven games when scoring three or fewer runs. Corey Seager leads the Rangers with 38 hits and 20 RBI, while Adolis Garcia and Kole Calhoun have combined for 64 hits and 42 RBI. Martin Perez gets the ball, and he is 3-2 with a 1.64 ERA and 38 strikeouts this season. Perez is 8-7 with a 4.88 ERA and 64 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.
The Oakland Athletics have scored 17 runs in their last three games and four or more runs in six of their last eight games. The Athletics have won eight of their last 10 games when scoring four or more runs. Sheldon Neuse leads the Athletics with 36 hits and 15 RBI, while Elvis Andrus and Seth Brown have combined for 58 hits and 29 RBI. Frankie Montas gets the ball, and he is 2-4 with a 3.55 ERA and 55 strikeouts this season. Montas is 2-3 with a 5.03 ERA and 45 strikeouts in his career against the Rangers.
The Rangers are 23-60 in their last 83 road games and 8-21 in their last 29 Thursday games. The Athletics are 41-20 in their last 61 Thursday games and 3-7 in their last 10 overall. The under is 5-0 in Rangers last 5 overall. The under is 5-2-2 in Athletics last 9 home games. The Rangers are 12-31 in the last 43 meetings in Oakland and 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.
Frankie Montas has been decent this season, but he gets little to no run support, and it’s why the A’s have lost each of his last six starts. Martin Perez has been lights out this month, allowing 22 hits and two earned runs in his last 28.1 innings. The Texas Rangers are also the more talented team from top to bottom, so there’s value off top getting them in the plus money role. Give me the Rangers and the more favorable price.