Two American League West teams will square off Saturday night in the third game of a four game series. The Oakland Athletics started the series with a 16-18 record, and won their game on Wednesday over the Los Angeles Angels. The Athletics are in fourth place in the American League West.
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The Texas Rangers are in last place in the division. The Rangers started the series with a 15-20 record. Texas won two straight games before the Thursday night game against the Padres. The Oakland Athletics are small favorites at -122 over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
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When: Saturday May 13th, 2017; 7:05pm CT
Where: Globe Life Park in Arlington; Arlington, TX
TV: SNLA, MLBN, ROOTRM
Radio: KTNQ 1020, 570 LA Sports, KOA 850 AM / 94.1 FM
Stream Option: MLB.TV
Odds: Oakland Athletics -122
Why Bet on Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics have one of the worst run differential in all of the American League, at -37. Oakland has been playing well as of late though, with wins in four out of their last five games. The Athletics allowed just 3 wins in the 2 recent wins over the Angels. The Athletics are batting .232 as a team.
Yonder Alonso is off to a solid start for Oakland. The slugger is batting .303 on the season, with 11 homeruns and 27 runs batted in. On the pitching side, the Athletics are 18th in the league with a 4.25 earned run average. Opponents are batting .236 against Oakland this season.
Why Bet on Texas Rangers
The Texas Rangers have been one of the biggest disappointments in all of baseball thus far. The Rangers though are coming into Thursday’s game with back to back wins. The Rangers outscored San Diego 15-3 in the middle two games of the series. Texas is batting just .218, which is 29th in the league.
The Padres offense sees Elvis Andrus lead the team with a .278 batting average. Slugger Joey Gallo has been providing the power, with 11 home runs and 24 home runs, but is batting just .200. The Rangers are a league worst .189 against lefthanded pitching this season.
Expert Score & Prediction
This should be an interesting game between two teams that frankly have not been very good. Sonny Gray will go for the Oakland Athletics. The lefthander is 0-1 on the season with a 4.22 earned run average. On the other side, Nick Martinez is going to pitch for Texas. Martinez is 0-2 with a 5.18 earned run average.
The Oakland Athletics are going to win this game. The Athletics like what they have in Sonny Gray, and he is trying to get back to his old ways of pitching well. Look for Gray to pitch well, and beat the Rangers here. Bet the Oakland Athletics -122 over the Texas Rangers on Saturday.
