9:40 pm
August 6

Rangers @ Athletics

Who will WIN this matchup?

Texas Rangers (39-70)

@ Oakland Athletics (61-48)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Foltynewicz (TEX): 2-10; 6.00 ERA

Bassitt (OAK) 11-3; 3.28 ERA

 

Current odds:

Texas Rangers: (+260)

Oakland Athletics: (-300)

 

• The matchup of American League rivals occurs two days after the A’s snatched one of their former sluggers, Khris Davis, from the scrap heap; the Rangers had released him in June. While he tries to work his way back into shape at the A’s spring-training site in Arizona, Davis will watch from afar as his two most recent teams meet for the 11th time this season. Davis did not play in any of those games, which were split 5-5.

• Bassitt (11-3, 3.28 ERA) pitched nearly identical games in beating the Rangers three times in June and July. He went seven innings in each, giving up no more than five hits or one run in any. The hat trick improved his career record against Texas to 5-2 with a 3.31 ERA in 12 games, including eight starts.

• Foltynewicz (2-10, 6.00) hasn’t been quite as overpowering against Oakland as Bassitt has been versus Texas, but he’s nonetheless recorded one win and two no-decisions in his three starts against the A’s this season. He has allowed no more than three runs or six hits in any — going six, 6 1/3 and seven innings. He’s 2-0 with a 2.60 ERA in five lifetime games against the A’s, including four starts.

• Both starters are coming off solid efforts. Bassitt shut out the Angels on six hits over seven innings in a 2-0 road win last Friday, while Foltynewicz limited Seattle to two runs and three hits through five innings in a win Sunday. While several newcomers are vying for spots created when the Rangers dealt three pitchers at the deadline last week, Texas manager Chris Woodward warned that all his holdovers — including Foltynewicz — will be on short leashes moving forward.

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