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The Oakland Athletics (67-89) will try to end their three-game losing streak when they host the Texas Rangers (74-82) on Tuesday at 9:40 p.m. ET on BSSW. Bookmakers consider the Rangers to be -117 favorites for the contest, while the Athletics are -101 underdogs looking for the upset. Texas’ Nathan Eovaldi gets the start, and he’ll go against Oakland’s Mitch Spence.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $37.09
Rangers to win vs Athletics -117
Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Lines
- Favorite: Rangers (-117)
- Underdog: Athletics (-101)
- Over/under: 8
Rangers vs. Athletics Betting Insights
- The Rangers have been favorites in 85 games this season and have come away with the win 49 times (57.6%) in those contests.
- This season Texas has come away with a win 41 times in 74 chances when named as a favorite of at least -117 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Rangers have a 53.9% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Athletics have won 39.7% of the games this season they were the moneyline underdog (54-82).
- Oakland has a record of 49-79 when it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of -101 or longer (38.3%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Athletics’ implied win probability is 50.2%.
Rangers vs. Athletics Hitting Leaders
- Marcus Semien has been key for Texas with 22 home runs, 73 RBI and a batting average of .234 this season.
- Among hitters in Major League Baseball, Semien is 50th in home runs and 53rd in RBI.
- Wyatt Langford has collected 120 hits this season and has an OBP of .323. He’s slugging .404 on the year.
- Brent Rooker leads the Athletics with 38 home runs and 110 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-best batting average of .296.
- Rooker’s home run total ranks fifth in the majors, and he is fourth in RBI.
- JJ Bleday is hitting .245 with 43 doubles, four triples, 20 home runs and 66 walks.
Rangers vs. Athletics Pitching Rankings
- The Rangers average the 11th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.7) in the league this season.
- The Rangers have the 25th-ranked ERA (4.40) in the majors this season.
- The Rangers rank 22nd in MLB with a combined 1.302 WHIP this season.
- The pitching staff for the Athletics has a collective 7.9 K/9, the third-worst in MLB.
- Oakland’s 4.38 team ERA ranks 24th among all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Athletics average baseball’s 24th-ranked WHIP (1.338).