Oakland Athletics (42-75, fifth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (52-64, third in the AL West) Arlington, Texas; Wednesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Adam Oller (1-5, 7.26 ERA, 1.78 WHIP, 31 strikeouts); Rangers: Cole Ragans (0-1, 4.82 ERA, 1.71 WHIP, four strikeouts) LINE: Rangers -163, Athletics +139; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Texas Rangers square off against the Oakland Athletics on Wednesday.
The Rangers are more than a decade removed from their only World Series appearances, and mired in the longest stretch of consecutive losing seasons in the franchise's half-century in Texas. Less than nine months after a record offseason spending spree of more than a half-billion dollars, the Rangers fired Chris Woodward with the first-time manager late in his fourth season of what had become an extended rebuilding process. What the Rangers really hope to do over these final seven weeks is to build momentum going into 2023, which general manager Chris Young said is still when they expect to be a playoff-caliber team again.
Elvis Andrus blasted a two-run homer to help the Oakland Athletics end a nine-game losing streak with a 5-1 win against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday night in Arlington, Texas. Sean Murphy singled, homered and scored twice and Vimael Machin also had two hits for Oakland, which avoided its second 10-game losing streak of the season. A's starter JP Sears (4-0) threw five shutout innings, allowing four hits with two strikeouts and three walks.
No | Player | Pos |
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35 | P | |
68 | P | |
46 | P | |
33 | P | |
38 | SP | |
22 | P | |
52 | P | |
72 | P | |
31 | P | |
32 | P | |
25 | P | |
59 | P | |
49 | P | |
54 | P | |
50 | P | |
43 | P | |
19 | P | |
66 | P |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
18 | C | |
28 | C | |
60 | C |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
11 | 3B | |
70 | 3B | |
30 | 1B | |
9 | 2B | |
13 | 2B | |
5 | SS | |
2 | SS | |
47 | SS |
No | Player | Pos |
---|---|---|
56 | RF | |
53 | RF | |
3 | CF | |
65 | CF | |
41 | LF |