Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers 5/28/22 MLB Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Texas Rangers and Oakland Athletics meet Saturday in MLB action at Oakland Coliseum. The Texas Rangers look for a win after splitting their last 8 games. The Oakland Athletics need a win after losing 5 of their last 7 games.

The Texas Rangers have scored 19 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Rangers have won 14 straight games when scoring 4 or more runs. Corey Seager leads the Rangers with 38 hits and 20 RBI, while Adolis Garcia and Nathaniel Lowe have combined for 70 hits and 41 RBI. Taylor Hearn gets the ball, and he is 2-3 with a 5.77 ERA and 33 strikeouts this season. Hearn is 1-1 with a 5.11 ERA and 11 strikeouts in his career against the Athletics.

The Oakland Athletics have scored 10 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their last 10 games. The Athletics have won 8 of their last 11 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Sheldon Neuse leads the Athletics with 36 hits and 15 RBI, while Tony Kemp and Elvis Andrus have combined for 66 hits and 15 RBI. Zach Logue gets the ball, and he is 2-3 with a 4.43 ERA and 20 strikeouts this season. This will be Logue’s first career game against the Rangers.

The Rangers are 25-60 in their last 85 road games and 4-12 in their last 16 games as a favorite. The Athletics are 5-16 in their last 21 home games and 9-19 in their last 28 overall. The under is 6-0-1 in Rangers last 7 overall. The under is 13-6-4 in Athletics last 23 overall. The Rangers are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Oakland and 5-1 in the last 6 meetings.

Taylor Hearn has allowed 40 hits and 22 runs in 34.1 innings this season, and he has a 10.57 ERA on the road through 7.2 innings. Zach Logue has allowed 21 hits and 11 runs in his last 21 innings. Neither of these pitchers are scaring anybody, and the total is rather low. Instead of leaning toward a side between these below average teams, I’ll back the over.