9:40 pm
June 29

Rangers @ Athletics

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Rangers (30-48)

@ Oakland Athletics (47-33)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Foltynewicz (TEX): 1-7; 5.40 ERA

Kaprielian (OAK) 4-1; 2.86 ERA

 

Current odds:

Texas Rangers: (+175)

Oakland Athletics: (-195)

 

• Texas Rangers right-hander Mike Foltynewicz returns to the scene of the best start of his big-league career, one day shy of the fourth anniversary, in the opener a three-game series against the host Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. Pitching for the Atlanta Braves at the time, Foltynewicz took a no-hitter into the bottom of the ninth on June 30, 2017 in Oakland before Matt Olson worked a nine-pitch at-bat and crushed a home run into the right-field bleachers to lead off the inning.

• Right-hander James Kaprielian (4-1, 2.86 ERA), who dueled Foltynewicz (1-7, 5.40) in Texas last week, is scheduled to start for the A’s. Kaprielian has been steady in four June starts, pitching between five and six innings in each and allowing no more than three runs. Last week’s start was his first ever against the Rangers, when he gave up two runs over six innings. In three career home outings (two starts), the rookie is 2-0 with a 1.23 ERA.

• The Rangers, who dropped six in a row before Oakland’s arrival last week, used the split as a springboard into a three-game home sweep of the Kansas City Royals over the weekend. Texas outscored Kansas City 21-5 in the series. Joey Gallo provided the power in 8-0 and 4-1 victories on Saturday and Sunday, respectively, hitting three home runs, with one that measured 451 feet and another at 445.

• The A’s also had bullpen issues in their just-completed series at San Francisco, a three-game matchup in which the Oakland starters allowed just three runs and eight hits in 19 innings, while the relievers were roughed up for 11 hits and seven runs (six earned) in 7 1/3 innings. Oakland lost two of three.

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