Los Angeles Angels (52-54, fourth in the AL West) vs. Texas Rangers (39-67, fifth in the AL West)
Arlington, Texas; Tuesday, 8:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Angels: Jose Suarez (4-4, 3.25 ERA, 1.20 WHIP, 41 strikeouts) Rangers: Jordan Lyles (5-7, 5.04 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, 90 strikeouts)
LINE: Rangers +125, Angels -145; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Texas and Los Angeles will square off on Tuesday.
The Rangers are 26-27 in home games in 2020. Texas has a collective batting average of .225 this season, led by Isiah Kiner-Falefa with an average of .255.
The Angels have gone 22-28 away from home. Los Angeles hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .309 this season, led by Shohei Ohtani with a mark of .350.
The Rangers won the last meeting 4-1. Dane Dunning earned his fifth victory and Brock Holt went 1-for-1 with a double and an RBI for Texas. Chris Rodriguez registered his first loss for Los Angeles.
TOP PERFORMERS: Adolis Garcia leads the Rangers with 23 home runs and is batting .251.
Ohtani leads the Angels with 63 extra base hits and is batting .269.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rangers: 4-6, .195 batting average, 4.03 ERA, outscored by 10 runs
Angels: 5-5, .200 batting average, 3.64 ERA, outscored by 12 runs
INJURIES: Rangers: Hunter Wood: (elbow), Jose Leclerc: (elbow), John King: (shoulder), Jonathan Hernandez: (elbow), Kyle Cody: (right shoulder), Matt Bush: (elbow), Kohei Arihara: (finger), Willie Calhoun: (forearm), Ronald Guzman: (knee).
Angels: Alex Cobb: (wrist), Luke Bard: (hip), Mike Trout: (calf), Dexter Fowler: (knee), Jared Walsh: (side), Anthony Rendon: (hamstring), Franklin Barreto: (right elbow).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
