Oakland Athletics (67-48, second in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (40-75, fifth in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Friday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Cole Irvin (8-10, 3.45 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, 94 strikeouts) Rangers: Dane Dunning (5-7, 4.07 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 93 strikeouts)
LINE: Rangers +146, Athletics -167; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Oakland Athletics travel to play the Texas Rangers on Friday.
The Rangers are 26-30 on their home turf. Texas has slugged .365 this season. Adolis Garcia leads the team with a .486 slugging percentage, including 43 extra-base hits and 25 home runs.
The Athletics are 33-23 on the road. Oakland has a collective .236 this season, led by Starling Marte with an average of .322.
The Athletics won the last meeting 6-3. James Kaprielian earned his sixth victory and Marte went 4-for-5 with an RBI for Oakland. Jordan Lyles took his ninth loss for Texas.
TOP PERFORMERS: Garcia leads the Rangers with 43 extra base hits and is slugging .486.
Matt Olson leads the Athletics with 112 hits and has 76 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 2-8, .173 batting average, 4.59 ERA, outscored by 28 runs
Athletics: 8-2, .274 batting average, 2.61 ERA, outscored opponents by 34 runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Hunter Wood: (elbow), Jose Leclerc: (elbow), John King: (shoulder), Jonathan Hernandez: (elbow), Dane Dunning: (ankle), Kyle Cody: (shoulder), Matt Bush: (elbow), Kohei Arihara: (finger), Eli White: (elbow), Willie Calhoun: (forearm), Ronald Guzman: (knee).
Athletics: Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Chad Pinder: (hamstring), Josh Harrison: (quad).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
