Chapman takes 11-game hit streak into matchup with Rangers

Updated Jun. 24, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

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Oakland Athletics (45-31, second in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (27-47, fifth in the AL West)

Arlington, Texas; Thursday, 2:05 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Chris Bassitt (7-2, 3.40 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 98 strikeouts) Rangers: Kolby Allard (2-2, 2.93 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)

LINE: Rangers +135, Athletics -156; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics travel to take on the Texas Rangers on Thursday.

The Rangers are 10-17 against teams from the AL West. Texas hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .299 this season, led by Joey Gallo with a mark of .381.

The Athletics are 14-15 against the rest of their division. Oakland's team on-base percentage of .319 is fourth in the American League. Mark Canha leads the lineup with an OBP of .378.

The Rangers won the last meeting 5-3. Brett Martin earned his second victory and Adolis Garcia went 2-for-4 with two home runs and two RBIs for Texas. Yusmeiro Petit registered his first loss for Oakland.

TOP PERFORMERS: Garcia leads the Rangers with 52 RBIs and is batting .276.

Matt Olson leads the Athletics with 76 hits and is batting .298.

LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 3-7, .258 batting average, 4.96 ERA, outscored by three runs

Athletics: 6-4, .267 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

INJURIES: Rangers: Hunter Wood: (elbow), Jose Leclerc: (elbow), Jonathan Hernandez: (elbow), Kyle Cody: (right shoulder), Matt Bush: (elbow), Kohei Arihara: (finger), David Dahl: (rib), Ronald Guzman: (knee), Sam Huff: (hamstring).

Athletics: J.B. Wendelken: (left oblique), Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Stephen Piscotty: (wrist).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Joey Gallo

Hunter Wood

Matt Olson

Chris Bassitt

Stephen Piscotty

Kolby Allard

Sam Huff

Brett Martin

Adolis García

J.B. Wendelken

Jonathan Hernández

Kyle Cody

Mark Canha

Mike Fiers

Yusmeiro Petit

David Dahl

Ronald Guzmán

José Leclerc

Oakland Athletics

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