Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 7, 2024

The Texas Rangers (19-16) visit the Oakland Athletics (17-18) at 3:37 PM ET Tuesday for a sluggers’ duel between two of the best home-run hitters in baseball. Adolis Garcia has racked up eight homers this season (No. 9 in the league) for the favored Rangers which sit as -142 favorites, while Brent Rooker ranks 112th in the majors with three dingers of his own for the underdogs. Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi and Oakland’s Ross Stripling have been named the starters for this contest.

Check out our betting preview for this contest, and find all of our expert MLB picks, too!

Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Lines

• Favorite: Rangers (-142)
• Underdog: Athletics (+120)
• Over/under: 7.5

Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Insights

• The Rangers have come away with 10 wins in the 18 contests they have been listed as the favorites in this season.
• This year Texas has won five of eight games when listed as at least -142 on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 58.7% chance of pulling out a win.
• The Athletics have compiled a 12-17 record in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 41.4% of those games).
• Oakland has a record of 8-14 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +120 or longer (36.4%).
• The implied moneyline probablility in this matchup gives the Athletics a 45.5% chance to win.

Rangers vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders

• Marcus Semien has been key for Texas with 38 hits, an OBP of .308 plus a slugging percentage of .426.
• Semien ranks 50th in the majors in homers, and 24th in RBI.
• Garcia is batting .286 this season with a team-high eight home runs and 27 RBI.
• JJ Bleday is batting .246 with eight doubles, a triple, four home runs and 13 walks.
• Among all batters in the big leagues, Bleday’s home run total puts him 75th, and his RBI total ranks 111th.
• Brent Rooker has hit eight home runs with 20 runs batted in. Both pace his team.

Rangers vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings

• The Rangers strike out 8.7 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 10th-best in MLB.
• The Rangers have the 11th-ranked ERA (3.69) in the majors this season.
• The Rangers have a combined WHIP of just 1.181 as a pitching staff, which is the eighth-best in baseball this season.
• The Athletics pitching staff is 25th in MLB with a collective 8.1 strikeouts per nine innings.
• Oakland has the 17th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (3.99).
• Pitchers for the Athletics combine for the 18th-ranked WHIP in the majors (1.277).