The Texas Rangers and the Oakland A’s meet Tuesday in MLB action from the Oakland Coliseum. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Texas Rangers will send out Nathan Eovaldi for the start here and Eovaldi is 11-8 with a 3.96 ERA and 154 strikeouts this season. In his last five starts against Oakland, Eovaldi is 2-0 with a 0.63 ERA and 35 strikeouts. Mitch Spence will get the start for the A’s here and is 8-9 with a 4.30 ERA and 119 strikeouts this season. This will be Spence’s second career start against Texas.
Texas Rangers Recap
The Texas Rangers come into this one looking to bounce back from their series loss to the Seattle Mariners this past weekend despite a 6-5 win in Sunday’s series finale. The Rangers will hope to rebound after picking up a series win over the Blue Jays in the series prior.
Rangers Title Defense Nearing Its End
Marcus Semien leads the Rangers with 146 hits along with 26 doubles, 22 home runs, and 73 RBIs while Adolis Garcia has 23 home runs and 80 RBIs with 26 doubles as well as 11 stolen bases. Jonah Heim has 12 homers and 55 RBIs and Josh Smith also has 27 doubles. Wyatt Langford also chipped in 25 doubles, a team-high 4 triples, 13 homers, 69 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases. Leody Taveras also has a team-high 21 stolen bases as well this season.
Why the Texas Rangers will win
- The Athletics have lost seven of their last eight games at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum.
- The road team has won each of the Athletics’ last five games.
- The Athletics have failed to cover the run line in each of their last five games against American League opponents.
- The road team has covered the run line in each of the Athletics’ last five games.
Oakland A’s Recap
The Oakland A’s come into this game looking to rebound from being swept by the New York Yankees this past weekend thanks to a 7-4 loss in Sunday’s series finale. The sweep followed the A’s series victory over the Chicago Cubs from this time last week.
A’s Trying To Finish Tenure In Oakland On High Note
Brent Rooker leads the A’s with 155 hits and 110 RBIs along with 38 home runs this season while Lawrence Butler has 22 home runs, 57 RBIs, and 23 doubles. JJ Bleday has a team-high 43 doubles, 4 triples, 134 hits and 57 RBIs. Rooker also has 167 K’s at the dish this season, while Zack Gelof has the unfortunate title of leading strikeout bat with 179 strikeouts this season. Shea Langeliers has also chipped in 28 home runs and 75 RBIs.
Why the Oakland Athletics will win
- The Athletics have won four of their last five games as home underdogs against AL West opponents following a home loss.
- The Rangers have lost each of their last four night games against AL West opponents.
- The Athletics have covered the run line in 13 of their last 14 night games against AL West opponents.
- The Rangers have failed to cover the run line in each of their last six games as road favorites following a win.
Oakland Athletics vs Texas Rangers Prediction
I’m on the A’s here. I just think that this has been a massively disappointing campaign for the Rangers, and I think that Texas is simply counting down the days for the season to end so that they can go on their revenge tour in 2025. This is the A’s final series in Oakland, and I have to think they want to finish their home half on a positive note. I’ll side with Oakland in this one.